Kelly Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 We are now taking nominations for a PT member for the office of Dedicated Research Contact. If you are interested, throw cookies, cakes, your hat, turnip, or whatever you have into the ring (but make it obvious that you wish to run; state "I nominate myself" or similar). The Project Team is in charge of visibility projects on AVEN. For more information about what the Project Team does, please see this link: http://avenpt.tumblr.com/projectteam Possible Project Team activities include: - dealing with AVEN's media and research requests, - managing resources, - giving help to others with their visibility projects. All PT positions have a duration of 2 years. If anyone steps down in that time, a new election will be held and the replacement will have a new term of 2 years. The office that we are presently in need of is: Dedicated Research Contact Responsibilities: The primary responsibilities of this position are to coordinate with researchers wanting to recruit research participants from AVEN, and to implement AVEN's policies for researchers. Responsibilities include briefing other members of the PT as to the research responsibilities of the PT; acting as the default mediator between the PT and any researcher who wishes to recruit from AVEN; starting votes on research requests, or ensuring that another PT member does this; be responsible for overseeing updates to the research policy, as and when appropriate. Requirements: The DRC must have a familiarity with the existing research literature on the subject of asexuality and a sound grasp of the field of online research ethics. The DRC must be able to coordinate with researchers of a wide variety of views on various issues. Ideally, the DRC should have or be in the last year of obtaining a Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field (i.e., a field that involves research with human subjects), but exceptions may be made for candidates with otherwise outstanding qualifications. If you think that you would be an awesome AVEN Project Team Member, please throw you hat, turnip, whatever, in here. Eligibility rules include: a person must have been a member for at least 6 months, and have at least 100 posts that are not in the Just For Fun or Welcome Area forums. You also cannot run with an active, current, warning. The eligibility criteria for PT are precisely the same as that for an Admod. A bio is required by voting time. Election rules are here: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/90514-rules-and-procedure-for-elections/ You can run for only one office at a time. Voting will be by a vote of confidence. This is the timeline for this election: Thursday, 31 December to Thursday, 7 January: Nominations. Thursday, 7 January to Sunday, 10 January: Dedicated Q&A period. Sunday, 10 January to Sunday, 17 January: Voting. Link to post Share on other sites
SpirallingSnowy Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 *Gently places an adorable Dalmatian puppy carrying a basket of home made Christmas puddings into the ring* yep I’m nominating myself. Christmas pudding anyone?? Link to post Share on other sites
Sea Lemon Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I did this last time and didn't keep on top of it 100% because brain shit, but now I'm about to be medicated for my ADHD and therefore more likely to cope with the workload, I'd like to try again: *places rat* Link to post Share on other sites
SpirallingSnowy Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Oh Sea Lemon, getting medicated for your ADHD hopefully will help you greatly ☺️ ( I have ADHD as well) Link to post Share on other sites
Sea Lemon Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 3 hours ago, SpirallingSnowy said: Oh Sea Lemon, getting medicated for your ADHD hopefully will help you greatly ☺️ ( I have ADHD as well) Thanks 😊 it's been a pain in the bum and I'm so excited about the prospect of being able to actually do stuff! Link to post Share on other sites
michaeld Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Yay! From no candidates (when we tried last month) to at least two very good candidates this time! Link to post Share on other sites
Ldlelee Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Can I ask a question that might be kind of blunt? Besides the obvious fact that it would give the candidate more experience in this kind of position, is there any real need for them to have a bachelor's degree or anything close in a "relevant field"? Link to post Share on other sites
Jarle Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Leedle-Lee said: Is there any real need for them to have a bachelor's degree or anything close in a "relevant field"? I'd say that it'd put that candidate at an advantage, as it indicates that they're likely to be more knowledgeable of research methodology. It isn't strictly necessary and I'd rather have a person on the team who's motivated and dedicated, but it would certainly come in handy. Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 *closes to start campaigns* Link to post Share on other sites
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