Plaza Election Five: Results coming soon!

[Narv]

Thank you all very much for your patience - we have our nominees! Many thanks to our nominees:

@Aikári Salmarinian
@Fuin Elda
@Moriel
@Pele Alarion
@Rillewen
@Romeran
@The Black Serpent
@Silky Gooseness
@Winddancer

Now for some light-edited copy pasting from February:

I think that those who voted last time around should have already received an email invitation to vote. If you have not received a link, you can get one here: https://civs1.civs.us/cgi-bin/opt_in.pl

Enter either 1) the email associated with your plaza account, or 2) the email you entered on the nomination form, if you chose to use a different one there. You'll be emailed a confirmation code - once you enter that code on the page you'll be all set to vote.

NOTES:
- If you've logged into the plaza anytime in 2022, you SHOULD automatically see a link to "LotR Plaza Election: July-December 2022" show up on that page after activating, which you can use to go vote. If you haven't logged in recently or don't see a link after entering the code, then lemme know here or at lotrplazaelection [at] gmail [dot] com and I'll make sure you get added in the system, at which point you'll get an email invite to vote.
- The site will only allow one vote per email address, only from the email addresses I allow (i.e. email addresses from plaza members), and nobody will see the election results until I close the poll, probably next weekend (around June 24th). At that point I'll be able to see the results will report the winners.
- Also note that when you vote you'll see a 'vote receipt' that you can apparently use to change your vote if you so desire anytime prior to the poll closing. To change your vote, re-click the link above and re-enter your email -- you'll get a link emailed to you that you can click, enter your vote receipt, and cast a new ballot.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about this new process, or run into any issues with voting.

NOMINEES: as before, if you'd like, feel free to use this space to put anything you'd like in terms of a blurb about yourself, any plan/outlook you may have on the site or adminning it or what have you. This is totally optional although I've got the vibe that some folks like the blurbs so.. up to you

[Fuin Elda]

CST (running late rather than early cause tattoo artist)

So I'm pretty well known by now I think? I enjoy my RPing my reading and art. I know the back end of phpbb from other forums so makes teaching me the ropes pretty easy in that regards. Personally I'm hoping to keep the hardest task as an admin picking atr recipients and whether to give 5 or 10 tribute points to a good post. I know there's more than that but that's my goal as an admin.

If you have questions feel free to ask I'm a pretty open book.

[Silky Gooseness]

Hello friends it is Sil. My only reason for running this time is i would like to do something fun on Hallowe’en. I know a lot of you aren’t super into that so if you don’t love it please feel free to vote for someone else. Otherwise I’ll continue to hang around doing things on my mobile and so on.

[Romeran]

Unfortunately my time is likely continuing to be fairly limited. That being said it's been a pleasure being an interim admin for the first half of the year even if my contributions have been largely icon creations and mediation. My goals as admin are largely to remain fair and unbiased and ensure that things run smoothly and with minimal conflict. There are lots of great candidates here so vote for who you want!

[Aikári Salmarinian]

From the Void calls one voice:

Ma Dance Macabre.

My basic real life profile surrounds these conditions: Organising, (flexible) problem solving, analytical, friendly, reliable, respectful and accurate. Just plucked from my resume and translated. An emphatic lass I was never, yet with love I care unconditioned for my dad with Alzheimer to who my life is mostly dedicated to these days. And I have a niece who demands my attention when she comes around visiting. I was promoted to aunt nearly five year ago. Further I am member of old, joined in 2004 and have a total of 19.233 posts on 19-06-2022. My posting colour was always Mandos Brown. My face can be found >>here<< in Under the Hood in Imladris. I am not easily rattled by something nasty, I was trained as social worker and know how to keep the balance of the mind. It is a piece of equipment to live alongside a person with progressive mental illness. Most of my interests dwell around handicrafts, history, space travel and social developments, music, writing Dutch and English stories, poems and other forms of poetry and photography. I guess this sums up a bit what my real life person could be? And with this my dance macabre ends.

[Moriel]

Hello friends! As always, my goal with adminship is to help keep the place running as smoothly as possible in as unobtrusive a manner as possible, mediating when necessary, making icons and such as needed, and generally skulking about to help make sure everyone is having a good time. And of course there's the bonus of Hallowe'en being in the upcoming term, which I always look forward to helping with the magic of

[Pele Alarion]

Let it be known that I do not like writing blurbs. And also I am making no promises and not building grand plans at the moment (should leave enough room to run around causing havoc or some other such thing).

[Winddancer]

You all know me by now and if you don't count yourself lucky :P You know what I stand for and how I am as an admin. If you have any questions though, feel feel to ask, I wont bite.

[The Black Serpent]

About me: I joined the Plaza back in 2004. Ever since then I've been a Minion (with short bursts in between in Minas Tirith). Loved being a Minion as you can so all sorts of fun evil things there :D
I've never been an admin here, but I've been here for many years and would like to take on responsibility for a site I love so much.

[Narv]

Thanks for participating everyone -- I just closed the polls and will be getting in touch with the nominees shortly, and then will announce the results.