Now that I'm thinking more clearly I have something VERY VERY embarrassing to throw at all of you. This goes for EVERYONE who assumed there was something underhanded going on with level 2 access.
READ CAREFULLY: This is how you get into level 2 access...
http://oupower.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=203
That's it ...that was my criteria. Was it a secret group? Sort of. But could you get in... yes.
See when people think that there's some work involved you tend to weed out the crap pretty fast. So how many replies are in that thread??? 2? wow ...see a pattern here guys?
I had to ask the other mods on 2 occasions who they might consider to be a good moderator. I had to hunt for moderators because no one was volunteering. Mod = level 2
It's as simple as that.
The embarrassing part is that you all had the opportunity to join but no one cared to do so; yet now how many people are crying conspiracy? Look up the little children's story of "Little Red Hen" and see if it fits here guys.

http://www.bres.boothbay.k12.me.us/wq/n ... ed_hen.htm
Some apologies here would go a long way. -But hey I'm just the site admin, so it's probably not important.