running a forum isent to hard as long as you dont plan to leave it to its devices...more than once before when i have taken holidays forums that myself and aditional moderators and administrators have managed have gone out of control.. strict policys are my suggestion, and user restrictions... also dont over administrate your forum as this can "kill the coumunity" aspect in a way
The bets mods i feel are ones who are willing to do it, not out of power drive, and without getting paid but for the fun of helping the forum out. I made a forum recently and it just hit 500 posts. getting posts is one of the hardest things. Erasing spam is not too bad because most spam have stupid titles so you dont need to read the thread, i mean adult related and you can delete multiple at a time.