Here is an exact copy that was posted on the mod board for review:
Ok, please post this message for me:
To Ron, and the rest of the mod team:
I would like to have access to the mod forum. I appreciate that you guys made me a mod on the MMA forum, but I honestly feel left out. I realize that you have had trust issues with prior mods, but I am asking that you give me a chance to prove that you can trust me.
I feel like I can be fair and impartial, as well as giving solid opinions and advice regarding forum affairs.
I have told many of you from the beginning, that I hoped that the MMA mod job was just to get my foot in the door. Let me prove that I can be amongst the other mods, without breaching your confidence in me.
Please do not take what I say next as an ultimatum: If you guys (Ron and the "supermods") feel that I do not deserve access to the mod forum, and the possibility of modding more sections in the future, then I ask that you remove me as a mod all together.
I appreciate the kindness that you guys have shown me over the years, and the patience of dealing with a borderline alcoholic at times.
I hope that you take my sobriety (10 months) as proof that I can change, and can keep my word.
I ask the roundtable to seriously consider my role here.
Thank you for your time, Shaun