This micro-management betrays, perhaps, a distrust of the people who volunteer to help in managing the forum which may, in part, explain the reluctance of some people to get involved.
Yes, exactly and proved in practice already.
As Oliver remarked some time ago, we (at mandrivaUser.de) have experienced a totally sufficient setup for all occasions with
- a group of 3 admins (1 for visible presence and management, 1 for technical purposes where the first admin needs help, 1 for assisting and replacing the first admin in cases of legal administration like contracts with hoster, etc. and 1 allround for adding manpower to the admin group).
- a group of Global Admins who have all permissions except banning users or changes in the software (styles in ACP).
That's all we needed in all those years.
Admins (except the founder) and Global Moderators were nominated by their peers based on their behavior and actions, like we do it in the Mageia teams.
In the German Mageia forum we have one active admin and two Global Moderators where the Global Moderator has all permissions he needs, that's all. Admin and Global Moderators and users are happy AFAICS.