###Notes:
I think Yvette would be a good choice for a few reasons:
- She's been active on both the main site and meta consistently. Other folks have more posts than she does on main, but in both cases, Yvette has spread her activity out over time. A good pro tem mod should be committed to stay with the site for a while, and I think her continued interest shows that she would be such a choice.
- She participates on meta! Honestly, that's something that is occasionally overlook. Yvette has both raised discussion issues and given her opinions on them - and, of course, cast quite a few votes.
- She's active in chat. That's certainly not a requirement for modship, but it proves one thing, which is that she's ready and willing to talk to folks about issues. Communication is key for a moderator, and an openness to communication is a great sign.
- Yvette has some moderator experience on Pets Stack Exchange. I know she's only been on the job for a month, so I understand if she's not yet ready to take on another site, but her previous participation there shows an aptitude for community moderation.
- She's also involved with Charcoal by the way.
I decline this nomination
I have nominated myself for moderator on StackOverflow (SO) and, although I may not be elected there, I do not think it is fair to have a foot in both camps. Besides we have enough excellent candidates for mod here, so my nomination will not be missed.
I came 3rd and may be called up - but will run again. Besides SO is my main love on the Stack Exchange network and having a modship on Pets.Se with my contributions on SO is enough.
Last Note
I've also decided to stop being active on this site. There's too much of a personality clash between myself and one of the active users on the site, which shows no chance of being resolved any time soon. I believe this will have an adverse affect on the community and am ok with not participating, as the other user is more committed to the site. For a site in such an early stage we cannot afford to have conflict that is not being resolved. Particularly for a site on InterPersonal Skills.
I'm posting this as a courtesy to the community, as I've been a regular on here since the launch.
I'd appreciate it if people respected my decision and do not ping me back to the site about this particular issue, thanks.
Older considerations:
Thanks for the nomination and support HDE 226868. I apologise for taking so long to reply, as I was giving this much consideration. As mentioned, I've recently been made mod on Pets.Se and was contemplating what sort of work load it would be moderating this site into public Beta.
The Pets site is small and the moderation duties are almost effortless. I check in on the site many times during the day, as I do this site. I check the feed in chat for new questions, both on the main site and meta and look at new answers - for both Pets and Interpersonal Skills.
I've regularly been checking the review queues on this site.
I've reviewed the:
- second most close posts
- third most first posts (Robert Cartaino has reviewed the most, as he was the only one with privileges when the site started.)
- third most reopen votes
- am mid way through the suggested edit reviews
I've made 59 suggested edits, many on tag wikis and excerpts, most of which have been approved.
I've cast 93 votes on the main site and am the most frequent attender of the site's chat room, The Awkward Silence.
I may not be the most high rep user (I ranked as 11th overall), but I think this is a good thing, as I've deliberately focused on moderating the site, as I find this interesting. Having said that, I have also discussed and focused on what content is on topic, participating in both meta and the chat room.
I work from home and have access to the site any time I am online. I check in over a 16-18 hour period, for reviews and would do the same for flags. I'm in AEST so serve as a good foil to most people who are available at differing timezones.
I've been active on Stack Exchange for some years now and am a member of the Charcoal team and the SOCVR. I've also participated on Stack Exchange Meta, from before it was separated from StackOverflow.
With the intent of full disclosure, I've had a long history with Stack Exchange, not all good. If you read my moderation nomination for Pets.Se, you'll see I take moderator positions seriously and as a responsibility to the community and our larger site. It is an honoured position.
I've proven to be a reliable and consistent user of the site and would make a consistent, reliable and responsible moderator.
Thank you for considering me and taking the time to read this and all the linked posts.
update
I've been automatically made room owner of our site's chatroom. Which means, I've been the most frequent attender of the chatroom.
The system will pick the room's most active user in this case and make them owner;
Caveat:
I have nominated myself on StackOverflow as Moderator. If, by chance, I am elected, I will to withdraw my nomination here, as it will be stretching myself too thin.
