now, polls can be created by anyone in any message by following this faq:
http://empeg.comms.net/cgi-bin/faq_english.pl?Cat=#polls

If a new polls section WAS created, should...
Anyone be able to post messages and polls in it
Anyone be able to post polls in it, requiring moderator approval before becoming public
only moderators and Empeg employees be able to post polls on it

Choice 1
Advantages - anyone can post messages without any restrictions
Disadvantages - anyone can post messages without any restrictions, so that you might still get 1 poll with 12 regular messages replied to it

Choice 2 -
Advantages - Anyone can still post polls on that section, but a moderator would insure that only legitimate polls were posted
Disadvantages - Right now, with the state of the BBS, this isn't really necessary; but with a flood of new users coming in shortly, it might be

Choice 3 -
Advantages - Less system resource usage for PaulH:)
Disadvantages - umm.. yeah...

-mark

...proud to have owned one of the first Mark I units