It is difficult to remember sometimes that we are a blog with a large readership, but a small group of commenters. This Band of Bloggers sometimes forgets that we aren’t just talking to ourselves here.
For as long as I’ve been posting here — especially since this became a Team blog — I don’t think we’ve ever talked about how we work. This is it:
- Delaware Liberal is a progressive blog, largely to discuss progressive politics, discuss other stuff that interests us and to have some fun.
- Delaware Liberal contributors are a diverse bunch – opinionated as all get out, informed on the issues and delighted with interesting talk and argument.
- Delaware Liberal contributors write about what interests us or inspires us. And we do this on our own schedules and by our own rules. Sometimes our interests and inspirations piss people off.
- We are all busy people – we have demanding jobs, families to raise, communities to be involved with, interests to pursue. Sometimes some of us don’t post for days or weeks on end because our real life is keeping us occupied. We wish that we could go to more political functions and cover more local events, but there is only so much time in a day. And we figure people who can outdo us will start their own blogs and prove it.
- Delaware Liberal adds contributors by invitation. Sometimes I was the only one making the invite – sometimes I asked the other contributors to vote on the addition. New contributors work under the same rules as the rest of us. Basically, make your own.
- While Delaware Liberal has few rules of the road for postings, we do have a couple and we try to live with them. Having just a few rules of the road has led us to a dispute resolution process that is less than democratic.
- Delaware Liberal contributors are always right. Each. one. of. us. You see how this is going to end, right? When we are debating politics, we each work hard to demonstrate how right we are directly on the blog. When we are debating DL decisions, we do that debate among ourselves. There is more of this debate than you would think. There is more of this debate than I would like. Some of you saw public evidence of the intensity of one of these debates on Wednesday. For that, we all apologize. And for those of you who are looking for a rehash of those events? Sorry to disappoint.
- But it is important that you know that no one has been fired, and the Team is in place. I am changing my role in the Team however.
- Delaware Liberal is the premiere political blog in Delaware. Now is not a time to rest on our laurels. Now is a time for us to ensure that we continue to have a platform that takes hard look at politics in the First State and nationally. For this blog to continue to evolve, we need a more democratic form of leadership – one that doesn’t rely on me to make the tough decisions. To that end, I am stepping back from this blog for an undetermined time. That will let a more functional leadership organization to evolve to keep the blog going.
It’s always fun here at Delaware Liberal and this Band of Bloggers intends to keep it up.