My questionnaire answer.

I've been around for awhile and have seen how the site has changed for nearly a decade. That long view of where we have been and what problems we have had gives me some optimism about where the site can go. It also means that I have seen what successful (and unsuccessful) moderation and behavior looks like.

My participation in answering questions is mostly on fluid-dynamics and related topics. I spend a lot of my time lurking, waiting for those questions to arrive. I hope we can encourage more participation for questions about the physics underlying engineering work.

Hi everyone, since it seems like we have a dearth of options, I'll throw my hat in.

My questionnaire

Why me:

• I really like this site, and like to contribute when I have the time
• I'm reasonably active in moderating (I have the Marshal badge and 5 of 6 Steward badges, 984 helpful flags, and 252 edited posts)
• I believe strongly in democracy, and as such would use my awesome mod powers with great discretion
• The aforementioned dearth of options

Why not me:

• I'm not terribly active on meta
• My time will be fairly limited for the next year or so. I don't expect to be able to spend more than a few hours a week moderating for that time period. Though based on what the current mods have said in chat, that may be all that is needed anyway

I care about the Physics SE very much, and would like to see some broad nudges for cleanup to some tags. I'd like to aim this toward traffic patterns, and maybe a few passion-plays attempt to bootstrap a few tags/communities.

I'm modded other online communities, and I've gained tremendously from online science and engineering spaces, so I would enjoy giving back.

to reinforce: While I've spent more time mod'ing other communities, recently, I would put that focus on Physics.SE, if elected.