Tony,
I don't think that is necessarily consistent with what we all said. None of us had any criticism of you whatsoever. Personally I mentioned that you are obviously active and enjoy the forum. My answer was more in the form of a question...
Do we need more mods? I don't know how many mods we even have in here, but I left it in the court of the administrators. My exchanges with the other mods regarding you was all positive though.
So... WELCOME!
You'll be receiving your secret decoder ring in the mail in the next couple of days!