2018 Moderator Election

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!

Hey! I'm WELZ.

This is my official nomination.

My answers to your questions

I'd be honored to be a moderator for our great community!

Why you do want me?

• I'm a reasonable guy and truly hope to contribute to this community.
• I'm an active member at Charcoal.
• 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.}