Important! Forum election RESULTS

[Administrator]

Dear all - thank you so much for voting in the Diabetes Forum Moderator Elections.

The 8 moderators elected are (in no particular order):

@searley
@EllieM
@Andydragon
@Antje77
@Jaylee
@VashtiB
@Rachox
@Goonergal

Congratulations to everyone. New moderators - welcome we will be in touch over the next few days in regard to starting. Sympathies to the two nominations that were not elected, we hope that you will continue to support the community.

Thanks to everyone again. Here's to a compassionate, inclusive community that empowers people.

 

[Fenn]

Congratulations! Thank you

 

[Antje77]

Looking forward to having @searley ,@EllieM , @Andydragon and @VashtiB added to the team!

 

[Rachox]

Welcome to the newbie mods

 

[Lamont D]

Good luck to all of you.

Enjoy!

 

[In Response]

Great to see a new T1 in the mod team - congratulations @EllieM

 

[bulkbiker]

Great to see a new T1 in the mod team - congratulations @EllieM

Don't forget @searley

 

[zand]

Don't forget @searley

You beat me to it.

 

[Antje77]

Great to see a new T1 in the mod team - congratulations @EllieM

Two of the new mods have T1, and two of the remaining mods have T1.
This means a 50/50 split between T1 and T2 mods, so considering the general forum population the T1's are massively over-represented.

It might also be interesting to know that in my two years as a mod I haven't noticed any difference in moderating styles between the various type of diabetes.
We truly are a team, not a bunch of individuals only taking care of people with the same type of diabetes as our own.
Type doesn't matter.

 

[AndBreathe]

Congratulations to all the new Mods and commiserations to those who didn't quite make it this time around. And thank you to all those Mods who have done their time, and are stepping away for now.

 

[Riva_Roxaban]

Very pleased to see the results at last, congrats to the new mods, and a thank you to the retiring mods for a job well done.

 

[Pipp]

Sympathies to the two nominations that were not elected, we hope that you will continue to support the community.

Of course, I will.

 

[Pipp]

Well done, returning and new mods.
Thank you all, and special thanks to the retiring mods. Working with you in the past was a great privilege. Enjoy your well deserved rest.

 

[alf_Josiah]

Will the votings be published?

 

[Brunneria]

Will the votings be published?

They have never been published in the several years the mod elections have been running.
If you wish them to be published, then you can write to the email address given in the forum rules with your suggestion.
It certainly isn't a decision that moderators can make, since they do not run the elections, and do not have access to the vote figures.

 

[KK123]

Will the votings be published?

Does it matter? Personally all I want to know is that the winners received enough nominations to be successful and now they are equally valued.

 

[Antje77]

Will the votings be published?

I hope not. Mods are all equal, it's either in or out. No such thing as the mod with the most votes being somehow more mod than the others.
Knowing the exact votes also has the potential to cause friction within the mod team, I'm happy we don't know!

 

[Pipp]

I hope not. Mods are all equal, it's either in or out. No such thing as the mod with the most votes being somehow more mod than the others.
Knowing the exact votes also has the potential to cause friction within the mod team, I'm happy we don't know!

Similarly, As one of the two nominees who were not successful, I am happy to accept the results, as reported. I would find it insensitive in the extreme to know just how ‘unpopular’ I had been in the poll.

 

[zand]

And I really wanted to vote for 6 mods. As we only had 3 votes I tried to vote tactically, by trying to guess who would get lots of votes from others, and therefore wouldn't be needing mine. Sadly one of the ones I didn't vote for wasn't elected. I would be upset to find out that my one vote for that person would have made a difference.

 

[Riva_Roxaban]

My three choices were elected, I think members were more careful in choosing the new mods than before when there were six votes.