The nominations are in and it's time to make a decision. The three nominees are:

1. Thoth
2. Larfen
3. Helsinki

Please only vote once. The votes will be finalized and tabulated on Dec. 31st.

Sorry for causing some trouble when you were the admin of the server, but I hope that I don’t cause any for the next one.

But I want to thank you for upholding the constitution when I did something wrong and stupid( from a few occasions this year). I don’t know how to explain how much that actually means to me.

I hope that you will have a worthy successor that can work with the rest of the moderators PoorCynic!

-SomeRandomPersonAccount

I haven't known you as long as many others, but I have felt your presence. It's been great having you as a mod on the Discord- you're everything you described and more. I'm glad to be the latest of many people benefiting from the advice articles you've written about writing and betaing. Take care!

Goodbye, PC! See you around!

First off, I've apparently been nominated. Wow. Okay. I mean... I could do the job, I'm more surprised that anyone considers me a mature and responsible member of the community. But if I do become a mod, I'll do my best to uphold that trust.

With that out of the way, I have my own nomination—Helsinki. Hel (who you may have previously known as Maxwell) is approachable, even-handed, and consistently keeps a cool head. They'll say what needs to be said and proposes rational solutions to problems that arise. They're frequently online and very accessible. I think they would make an excellent mod.

I nominate GMA/Geema/GoodModAddict as he seems to fulfill the requirements set out in the above post.

1) I see him frequently active in #badfic at least, and in VOIP, meaning that he's available. (though I don't usually participate directly with him or anyone in the latter due to my going to bed early most nights) 2) Visible: [Insert LIZARD SECKS joke here]...ahem. Aside from the memes, I'd say he's well known for digging up and through horrendous badfic and generally can be seen as being present in the chat. We all know who GMA is. I think. 3) Approachable: He qualifies for sure, although it's hard for me to really quantify. I can't speak to any particular instance that shows this, but he's generally come across as forthcoming and friendly? 4) Impartial: I haven't really seen him under pressure/in tense situations much as far as I recall, but he's been willing to look at both sides in the one disagreement I do remember having with him. Guess that speaks to #3. 5) See #4, I guess

I know I'll still see you in that other Discord server, but . . . I'm sad I won't get to hear more from your characters any more.

I feel like there should be more to say, but . . . I just don't know what to.

—doctorlit

In my opinion, Larfen would make a fine mod. Well regarded, and can handle a timeframe our current mod team aren't usually awake for.

So I guess I'm getting this started then?

Right, so my nomination is Thoth, and my reasoning is this: 1) He's well known. I think it's safe to say almost everyone is at the very least aware of Thoth, and that's a good thing. 2) He's fairly active, and seems to be happy engaging people in chat. 3) He's approachable. Personally I feel like I could go talk to him and be comfortable knowing that he'd be there to help. He's not scary, he's nice and friendly. 4) He's got a good sense of fair. While I'm aware Thoth has said that he would have a hard time monitoring the salt channels, I still fee like he's the sort of person who knows what's fair and is willing to see both sides of the situation and if he has a hard time dealing with the salt, well... 5) He's the sort of person that can delegate. Or at least, that's how I feel. And while this may come up more often than not in the salt chats, I feel like Thoth is the sort of person that knows when to back down or ask for help.

So TL;DR (I guess) I feel like Thoth is a well known, decently active person who is easy to approach and talk to who knows what fair means and has a good head on their shoulders which can allow them to help solve problems. But who also knows his limits and can ask for help when the situation is more than he can handle.

Thus I nominate Thoth as the next Mod of Discord.

Nova P.S Apologies for the repitition, I've only just noticed it.