We are in need of several new admins at the end of April--one to serve a two-month term, and two to serve three months. Because the charter is still in progress, we need to follow the procedure established earlier this year by the membership.
A poll will be put up this coming week listing eight current volunteers for the position of B77 admin. The poll will run for nine days. At the end of that time, the three with the most votes will be named as admins incoming on May 1. That should allow more than a week for new admins to practice on the experimental board.
This is the list of eight volunteers, which closed 10 April at 7 AM GMT:
- Holbytla
Laureanna
Nin
Areanor
Truehobbit
Voronwe_the_Faithful
tinwe_linto
MariaHobbit
However: We also welcome volunteers for the admin pool, to serve terms beginning in July, August, and later. Those terms will be filled either by another vote in June, or using the procedure in the charter, if that has been ratified. The charter procedure does not involve a vote like this one; it will probably be some form of anonymous approval vote for batches of candidates at once.
Admins essentially work with the nuts and bolts of B77--locking, moving, and deleting posts or threads as needed, handling member requests for things such as new titles, and answering questions. They will also handle member registrations and inquiries when B77 reopens to new members.
We are interested in having the admin staff cover a geographic range so that the board can be covered most hours of the day. We’re also hoping for diversity of age, gender, and nationality, and to include admins whose first language is not English.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post them here, or ask any of the current admins (Primula_Baggins, Berhael, Leoba, and Alassante_Estel). If you would like to put your name forward as a volunteer, please either post here or PM Primula_Baggins.
The list for this week's ballot is now closed. Thank you to the volunteers!