I suggest that since Gerry was the first to volunteer, she should open a new list and get registered as its owner and moderator. Then she can appoint one or two reserve moderators. I don't mind being one of them as long as Gerry is prepared to take care of the routine business most of the time. Then the inauguration of a new forum should be announced on Nostratic and all the Nostratic members should be invited to join it -- excluding "idmpost34" or any other spammers, of course.
My policy on Cybalist is to moderate any new members until I have a chance to see that they know how to behave. Spammers are thrown off the list at once. I occasionally have to discipline people who violate standard netiquette, but I prefer to do that off-list. I'd set the status of all the Nostratic members who move to the new list to "Can post without moderation", and _then_ (after making sure that Mr. idmpost34 & al. are not aboard) select the setting "New members are moderated" in the list properties.