@AliceD You have a very convincing nomination statement. I drafted one up for myself now, but I fully anticipate you'll get the position. I might stand a chance if you withdraw, ...and @mattdmo stays quiet...

@AliceD You should nominate yourself..

Ahh.. you have.. nice.

since we're in an election season...might as well start some election banter... :p

More seriously...I would vote for @AliceD in a heartbeat -- your answers are superb and represent a great model for others to follow, you're generally very friendly and helpful in both comments and in chat, you bring up good points in Meta, and you have a perfect 40/40 candidate score. However....

@AliceD, with such high rep, you essentially already have most of the capabilities of a diamond mod. Wouldn't it be better for someone like me or @James (or others I expect might nominate themselves in the coming days) who do not have as high rep (and therefore do not have as many mod privileges) to instead be the ones to gain those abilities to better "spread the work load"?

Again, @AliceD, I think you're an ideal candidate, but I might as well propose that we consider that detail. Or am I thinking about that all wrong?? What do others think? @AliceD what do you think? :p.

@theforestecologist it is an interesting point and I am truly flattered by your comments. Gracias.

However, the work load of a mod should not be the main starting point for deciding who should get the position. Firstly, the work load is not big on a small stack like Bio. Secondly, the close-vote privilege is the most important privilege users can get, which is acquired at 3k. You're at 7k ...

(cont) Thirdly, at the amazing near-light speed you are gaining rep these days you will hit the 10k quickly, at which point you will get access to all the moderation tools yourself. Hence, your standpoint basically would put you out of the running too :) Lastly, it's like picking the new CEO in a multi-billion dollar company by assigning the newest employee to spread, just for the sake of reducing workload of the seniors.

Instead, I am of the opinion mods should be chosen based on their qualities.

correction - "Lastly, it's like picking the new CEO in a multi-billion dollar company by assigning the newest employee, just for the sake of reducing workload of the seniors.

But then, apart from the reasoning here, you are really doing an awesome job here and that would be the only reason for me being very happy seeing you get this position. The fact you will may make my life easier has nothing to do with that whatsoever.

@chris @WYSIWYG @madscientist - please see biology.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3595/… and let me know what you think.

Greetings, I know that, as a noobie who joined the community today, I probably don't have the right to comment but I wanted to anyways (sorry about that).

I think the idea you posted is actually good as many might be looking at the questions instead of other things

wich would result in effectively more attention, again, I'm new so I don't know much.

@Kiny Newbies are the most precious thing. Fresh winds are as important as established rocks. Welcome!

@Kiny Please upvote the question on meta if you agree with it.

@Kiny I am really happy you came here and shared your view. Welcome!

I upvoted, thank you, since i came here I've recived nothing but warm welcom from the experienced members of this comunity! I hope to someday be able to also partecipate in votes!

@Kiny the community is indeed quite warm at this moment. You can vote all right, please do.

I can? isn't it for experienced users?

@Kiny see here

you've reached the point that you can upvote. Downvoting will take a bit more time

Experienced users is a relative thing. When folks upvote you (they did) you are basically good to go. Break a leg :-)

XD I might not always be lucky to find answers I know about. But i'll do my best!

This site has a structural deficiency of active (up)voters. Somehow people hold back on it. Personally I am a heavy voter (up and down for that matter) and that is what makes a site.

Also, don't hold back on upvoting questions! You do not have to start right away with assessing the merits of answers you know.

Don't worry xD I totally intend to upvote everything I like. But I can't vote on things i don't really understand.

Thankfully, as a Univercity student I get acess to a lot of research material while inside the campus. And this community provides a very fun and entertaining way of studying and learning more.

It seems

I went off topic, so back on topid, @Alice

@AliceD are you going to run for moderator?

@AliceD To bad I can't vote yet. I wish you good luck, and if my some sort of miracle I get enouth reputation to vote by the deadline you can count of me voting too!

*if by

@Kiny You can't? What is the system telling you?

Does anyone know why mad scientist is leaving?

@AliceD I think Kiny is referring to voting in the election which I think is 300 rep, not upvoting posts (though there might be a limit for meta that I'm not aware of)

@canadianer I think the reason was just juggling too many things, and being a moderator on another SE site as well, and wanting to let someone else take the position - there was an answer in the regular Biology.SE chat.

@canadianer I guess it was a pretty recent chat so I found it here

@BryanKrause AFAIK Voting in the election requires 150 rep.

How did u link that chat here. I was trying but unable to do :)