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Do they have a rough estimate?

1. I want this madness to end
2. Isn't it time already anyway? 

coolstuff wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

Do they have a rough estimate?

1. I want this madness to end
2. Isn't it time already anyway? 

Well, I don't believe there have been any official "plans" for the timing portion of the election, but then again, I don't do the planning. But I'd imagine the announcement will be made in a few weeks. 

A few weeks? 

*faints*

jk 

coolstuff wrote:

iCode-747 wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

Well, I don't believe there have been any official "plans" for the timing portion of the election, but then again, I don't do the planning. But I'd imagine the announcement will be made in a few weeks. 

A few weeks? 

*faints*

jk 

I meant "within a few weeks," actually... Allow me to edit that post to prevent any confusion 

Well, that is if they actually do decide to have a community moderator election.

hdarken wrote:

adriangl wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

I meant "within a few weeks," actually... Allow me to edit that post to prevent any confusion 

Well, that is if they actually do decide to have a community moderator election.

Yes, there will be a Community Moderator election sometime soon  .

I think adriangl meant that there may not be an election... Which is, of course, possible 

Jonathanpb wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

hdarken wrote:

Yes, there will be a Community Moderator election sometime soon  .

I think adriangl meant that there may not be an election... Which is, of course, possible 

With all this activity about the election, it'd be silly not to have one. xD

Please run, I beg you, I'll put you as #1, you'd make a great moderator! Scratch needs you, Jon, to be a moderator xD

All this hype makes me glad I'm not running. xP

Blade-Edge wrote:

When they choose, do they consider everything?

Actually, no
What would they consider?

A fair way to put it would be this question: how well does the Scratcher interact in the community and uphold ideal Scratch values? 

Jonathanpb wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

hdarken wrote:

Yes, there will be a Community Moderator election sometime soon  .

I think adriangl meant that there may not be an election... Which is, of course, possible 

With all this activity about the election, it'd be silly not to have one. xD

Well, the thing is, we have a lot of moderators now, and with the upcoming school year, Scratch activity is likely to decrease (so it's possible there may not be a really big need for moderators, and so, there may or may not be an election). Other things to consider are if the moderators plan on resigning/the Scratch Team decides they should take a break (which could open up positions for an upcoming election, if any).

If anybody wants to read my speech, the link is in my sig.

08jackt wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

Well, the thing is, we have a lot of moderators now, and with the upcoming school year, Scratch activity is likely to decrease (so it's possible there may not be a really big need for moderators, and so, there may or may not be an election).

note that not everyone comes from america- in australia our school break starts in 2 week ;D

Yes, but it's a well-known fact that the majority of Scratch users come from the US of A, so obviously activity will decline during the school year.

gettysburg11 wrote:

You know, half of me keeps expecting the Scratch team to come out and say that all four mods will be keeping their positions and thus there wouldn't be an election. Wonder how that'd go down with the community after all this discussion...

I'd say the team would get flamed. 

gettysburg11 wrote:

You know, half of me keeps expecting the Scratch team to come out and say that all four mods will be keeping their positions and thus there wouldn't be an election. Wonder how that'd go down with the community after all this discussion...

Or they could just let us continue with this possibly useless talk of election for several months, and then they reveal that there will be no election. By this time, we will all have figured it out and no flames will happen  .*

*Sunrise-Moon is not responsible for any injuries while reading this paragraph.

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