On September 21, 2006 Sheila Vine and Valentina Dodge interviewed me (Vance) for half an hour or so regarding my moderation style with Webheads. I was happy to learn they classified Webheads as a community of practice they considered "successful" and the interview touched on what factors contributed to that; i.e. Webheads community members sustaining their community and goodwill toward one another in countless collaborations since 1998 including over 400 weekly online social meetings throughout that time.

The topic of the chapter in the book that authors Sheila and Valentina are preparing pertains to impact of gender on moderation. Most of the interview was about moderation in general but there were questions relating the topic. I tried to skirt the issue but I might have been trapped once or twice (but I think I got away with it

Anyway, I'm sure there are gender impacts but this is the realm of psychology and not really my field of expertise. Also I hope I successfully managed to avoid stereotyping. Overall I think that if there are gender influences that these are positive ones. In bringing up children for example, men and women might approach the task quite differently, but if women tend to be more emotional and men more rationale, I'm sure you can find where the opposite is true in particular cases.

Whatever the reasons, I like webheads just the way it is ...