Former AVEN Project Team members
This is a list AVEN's (known) former Project Team members, who've served as a PT member between July 2006 and the present day.
The Project Team was proposed by David Jay way back in June 2006[1]. Prior to this, visibility projects were informal and mostly headed by AVENguy (David Jay), with the occasional volunteers. Interestingly enough, DJ had raised the PT idea months before the very first Admod elections took place.
Nominations for this new team were held in June 2006 and lead by AVENguy, less than a week after he proposed the idea[2]. The nominees had to send in their nominations by eMail or private message, directly to AVENguy or Cashew (a present admin at the time). AVENguy had originally sought to set up a temporary forum for the voting process (due to an error with phpBB's poll software[3]), this forum continues to exist as the Elections Forum.
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2006/2007 (First Team)
Member | Elected | Departed | Position |
---|---|---|---|
AmoebicMe | June 24th 2006 | August 22nd, 2006 | Submissions (?) |
AVENguy | June 24th, 2006 | July 2007?? | Donations |
Dargon | June 24th, 2006 | September 2006 | Wikimaster (?) |
Hexipiral | June 24th, 2006 | September 12th, 2006 | (?) |
HuSongshu (Hu) | June 24th, 2006 | February 21st, 2007? | Web Team (?) |
Hallucigenia | June 24th, 2006 | Reran in and won July 2007 re-elections | Wikimaster |
Islander 9 | June 24th, 2006 | July 2007? | No assigned position (?) |
Jesh | June 24th, 2006 | February 21st, 2006 | Web Team (?) |
Nugan | June 24th, 2006 | July 26th, 2006 | Web Team (?) |
Triple A (Brodertun) | June 24th, 2006 | May 23rd, 2007 | Submissions (?) |
Xenius13 (Shockwave) | June 24th, 2006 | August 2nd, 2006 | AVEN store |
The first scheduled six-month re-elections should have taken place by December 2006, unfortunately the majority of the team had already stepped down from their position, leaving Hallucigenia and Triple-A as the last and only active team members. Five positions were advertised, and only five members nominated themselves, thus the scheduled re-elections were not held. The following members were appointed as temporary team members[4].
Member | Elected | Departed | Position |
---|---|---|---|
Cacille | December 21st, 2006 | July 17th, 2007 | Submissions |
elizapotter03 (alexparker) | December 21st, 2006 | ? | No assigned position (?) |
Kallan | December 21st, 2006 | July 2007? | No assigned position (?) |
Neurovore | December 21st, 2006 | July 2007? | No assigned position (?) |
SpirallingSnowy | December 21st, 2006 | Reran in and won July 2007 re-elections | No assigned position (?) |
2007/2008 (Second period)
There was a period of uncertainty between February and May 2007, which was discussed by Cashew[5]. This sparked a large and heated debate, which proved too much for Triple A, who subsequently resigned later that day[6]. This was a huge blow to the Project Team, leaving Hallucegenia as the only regularly active member. This is somewhat relevant, the state of the Project Team was reviewed, and the majority voted in favor of "open(ing) up the Project Team forum to everyone and immediately hold an election for one or more Project Team moderators, who will remain nominally separate from the rest of the admod team and arbitrate project decisions", establishing the current Project Team structure as a result.
The team reviewed the length of served terms and period lengths in October, and decided that the period should be increased from six months to one year[7].
Member | Elected | Departed | Position |
---|---|---|---|
Coleslaw | July 2007 | October 1st, 2008 | (?) |
M51 | July 2007 | aprx. August 2008 | (?) |
AntiBubble | August 3rd, 2007 | Reran in and won August 2008 re-elections | (?) |
Hallucigenia | Re-elected August 3rd, 2007 | Reran in and won August 2008 re-elections | AVENues (2008-2009), Wikimaster |
KBRD134 | August 3rd, 2007 | October 1st, 2008 | (?) |
SpiralingSnowy | August 3rd, 2007 | Reran in and won August 2008 re-elections | (?) |
2008/2009 (Third period)
August/July 2008 re-elections thread
Member | Elected | Departed | Position |
---|---|---|---|
Antibubble | Re-elected September 1st, 2008 | September 2009?? | (?) |
Hallucegenia | Re-elected September 1st, 2008 | September 2009 | Wikimaster/AVENues |
Lehcar | September 1st, 2008 | February 22nd, 2009 | Wikimaster |
Shockwave | September 1st 2008 | ??? | Wikimaster/Store manager |
SpirallingSnowy | Re-elected September 1st, 2008 | Reran in and won September 2009 re-elections | Australian Media (?) |
GoAllyGoGo (ThePieMaker) | Replaced Lehcar, April 2nd, 2009 | Reran in and won August 2009 re-elections | AVENues |
2009/2010 (Fourth period)
The original discussion thread
The next scheduled re-elections took place in August 2010. Nominations were taken in Announcements this time, rather than Visibility & Education. Combined roles were common at this point; EGD ran for the JFF mod spot in November 2009, GoAllyGoGo ran for the Announcements and Gender Forum mod spots in March 2010, and. . .but there are sounds ran for World Watch & Asexual Relationships in July 2010. All three won their elections, giving them combined roles.
Member | Elected | Departed | Position |
---|---|---|---|
. . .but there are sounds | September 1st, 2009 | July 2010? | (?) |
Akiraluckystar | September 1st, 2009 | September 2010? | Wikimaster |
EGD | September 1st, 2009 | February 8th, 2010 | (?) |
GoAllyGoGo | Re-elected September 1st, 2009 | August 12th, 2010 | (?) |
Ily | September 1st, 2009 | August 2010 | Store owner |
SpirallingSnowy | Re-elected September 1st, 2009 | September 2010 | Australian media (?) |
2010/2011 (Fifth period)
At some point early in 2011, the admods decided to scrap combined roles (if a mod seeks to run for a PT position, they're required to resign from their mod position, and vice versa). Later in September 2011, the period between scheduled re-elections was increased from one year to two years.
Member | Elected | Departed | Position |
---|---|---|---|
Matt Engarde (Shinnok) | September 1st, 2010 | February 2011 | Wikimaster |
+Arielle | September 1st, 2010 | September 25th, 2011 | Online media |
mandrewliter/Lord Happy Toast | September 25th, 2010 | Reran in and won September 2011 re-election | US media |
michaeld | September 25th, 2010 | Reran in and won September 2011 re-elections | Offline UK activities |
Southpaw | September 1st, 2010 | September 25th, 2011 | Offline US activities |
Henrik | Replaced Matt Engarde, March 7th, 2011 | September 2011 | Wikimaster |
2011/2013 (Sixth period)
The length of served periods was revised yet again, increasing them from one to two years. Dedicated roles were also established, including a Dedicated Research Contact role[8].
Member | Elected | Departed | Position |
---|---|---|---|
Birdwing | September 24th, 2011 | October 26th, 2011 | Wikimaster |
Cleander | September 24th, 2011 | N/A, present | Online Media and Resources |
Lord Happy Toast | Re-elected September 24th, 2011 | N/A, present | Research |
michaeld | Re-elected September 24th, 2011 | N/A, present | UK media |
SpirallingSnowy | Re-elected September 24th, 2011 | January 2012 | Australian representative |
Project Team members now serve individual terms and periods, rather than subjecting the whole team to scheduled elections. If someone steps down before then, an election will be held to elect a new PT member, who will be elected to a two-year term from the date they were elected. As a result, the elections will from then be staggered, giving the team more continuity and allowing new members to learn from existing members.
The following Project Team members have ran or have yet to run in "staggered elections"...
Member | Elected | Departed | Position |
---|---|---|---|
Tadkitteh (Tadpole) | Replaced Birdwing, November 13th, 2011 | August 5th, 2012 | AVENues/Wikimaster |
Hexaquark | Replaced SpirallingSnowy, February 19th, 2012 | April 2013 | AVEN Historian |
Strivna | Replaced Tadkitteh, August 26th, 2012 | January 20th, 2013 | AVENues |
. . .but there are sounds | Replaced Strivna, February 24th, 2013 | N/A, present | Resources and Survey Director |
Arca nine Huggles | Replaced* Hexaquark, April 16th, 2013 | N/A, present | Answering Team/Wiki Coordinator |
2013 and onwards
Project Team elections are now staggered, thus individual PT members will run in individual elections rather than the whole team sharing a shared term. Reelections took place in September 2013.
Member | Elected | Departed | Position |
---|---|---|---|
. . .but there are sounds | Replaced Strivna, February 24th, 2013 | Elected moderator, November 10th, 2013 | Resources and Survey Director |
Arca nine Huggles | Replaced* Hexaquark, April 16th, 2013 | September 4th, 2014 | Answering Team/Wiki Coordinator |
Cleander | September 24th, 2011 | November 19th, 2013 | Online Media and Resources |
Lord Happy Toast | Re-elected September 24th, 2011 | December 1st, 2013 | Research |
michaeld | Re-elected September 24th, 2011 | N/A, present | UK media |
Robin L | October 20th, 2013 | Took Arca's position, September 4th, 2014 | Director of Social Media |
aqua-ace | December 1st, 2013 | N/A, present | Resources and Surveys Director |
starry night | December 1st, 2013 | N/A, present | Online resources and research |
Robin L | September 4th, 2014 | N/A, present | Answering Team/Wiki Coordinator |
Mycroft is Yourcroft | September 24th, 2014 | N/A, present | Director of Social Media |
Legend
- Pink indicates that the member is currently serving a term
- * position abolished or revised
See Also
- AVEN
- Project Team - Gives a more in depth description
References
- ↑ Proposal for General Review: AVEN Project Team - on AVEN Forums
- ↑ Run for the AVEN Project Team! Deadline Wed 6/14! - on AVEN Forums
- ↑ Run for the AVEN Project Team! Deadline Wed 6/14! (#30) - on AVEN Forums
- ↑ Temporary PT Members! - on AVEN Forums
- ↑ Project team - on AVEN Forums
- ↑ Project team (#20) - on AVEN Forums
- ↑ Do you want PT mod re-elections, and if so, how often? - on AVEN Forums
- ↑ New PT term limits and offices - on AVEN Forums