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On Stack Exchange, we believe the core moderators should come from the community, and be elected by the community itself through popular vote. We hold regular elections to determine who these community moderators will be.
I'm top user contributor on meta (that isn't yet a mod) and have been in the top few position for a while now.
I'm always looking for ways to help people out.
I have an open schedule and can dedicate more time than average to this community.
Reasons you may not want me:
I don't have much rep*.
I will sometimes disagree with you. (isn't that the case with everyone?!)
I don't have all the mod/edit badges (I do have most)
*I may not have much rep, but I do have a pretty great knowledge for how the (publicly documented) mod tools work and just an overall understanding of SE in general.
I am Emilie, member of GDSE for 4.5 years. I've witnessed our graduation and multiple changes since. My background:
College degree + BA in graphic design (6 years) + Graduate degree in Higher Ed. Teaching and completing an MA in EdTech.
18 years of varied experience in GD; freelancing, working in studios and teaching.
Since 2014, researching how StackExchange communities self-govern for my thesis. As a researcher, extra care would be taken with the information I would gain access to, in compliance with the moderator agreement.
I am concerned with integrating new valuable users to our community while retaining our experts.
I believe novice users (and questions) should be welcome, and that it is our duty to integrate and educate so newcomers can contribute and participate.
Some interesting questions in our field are often considered too broad. I think finding ways to accomodate various types of questions is critical to maintain the interest of some of our experts.
I welcome any questions the community may have for me!
In the election phase, up to 10 candidates advance to final community voting. Candidates are displayed in random order.
Any community member with 150 reputation may vote in the election. Each voter may select up to three candidates. Please make your selections in order of preference, with the most desirable candidate as first choice.
We will calculate the winners using OpaVote with the Meek STV method, which automatically weights users' votes in the way that does the most good for the candidates they have selected, in order of preference.
When the election is complete, the ballot file will be freely downloadable from this page for the life of the site. Individual users' voting choices are always private; only the aggregated tally will be made public.
