i think this forum would benefit from a sticky in each section with (strict) rules regarding what you can talk about in said section. that would also greatly assist moderating, since you would have some written rules to motivate your moderating actions (moving threads, removing posts or whatever ir is one can do as a moderator.

Naturally general, ot and competitors would have rather loose rules compared to the more specific threads, but written rules are very nice to have.

Regarding who gets to moderate, I'd say the council, who are infact elected by the community, should have the power to select moderators, from those willing. (I might not be uptodate on how the process of council works, but it feels like a democracy).