We are not looking for mods at this time. We just had two come on our team not too long ago.
I think we're keeping up with the spam and movement of topics when necessary pretty well.
As a regular member, there is always the "Report This Post" icon (the yield sign thing under the avatar) which will prompt the mods for action. Don't get trigger happy though.. give us a couple to stumble upon it
As for the n00b issue.... if we ever want to grow, we need the noobs to turn into regulars.
out of the first 1000 members here, 85% no longer post here. It's just the life cycle of a forum. People move on, people get different cars, people get married and the wife hogs the computer all night reading about jessica simpson... whatever the case, the n00bs are the future of the board.
Instead of yelling at them, encouraging them to be more specific, or link them to a search result page instead of telling them to do it them selves.
I had a PM about the photo contest asking me what Photoshop and 1280 were. Not everyone is as computer savvy as others, some are non-native English speakers, and some are just out-right annoying... but we need to be nice and encourage the correct actions instead of bashing for the wrong actions. Over time, they will learn to post correctly, ask specific questions, and search the forums for common information. 90% of the time, there's an article in the reference section that you can link them to. If not, consider writing one yourself. I'll gladly move any reference material or article into said forums if its good enough.