Moderators

What is the role of moderators? #

Moderators encourage and oversee activity on the Climate CoLab. They do this by:

• Commenting and contributing (adding comments, voting, and contributing to proposals);
• Ensuring quality (removing offensive or damaging content, identifying content that seems inaccurate or not useful and initiating a process to improve it).

As the site becomes more populated with content and the community grows, other moderator tasks are likely to become important, including:

• Working with members of the Expert Council to resolve substantive questions in the CoLab, such as:
  • assessing credibility of models,
• identifying new content that deserves attention which might otherwise be missed,
• defining how the moderator role should evolve as the CoLab community grows.

How are moderators selected? #

Moderators are expected to be able to:

• use good judgement in resolving differences of opinion in a fair and objective way,
• communicate effectively in writing,
• interact constructively with other members of the community.

In addition, for many moderator tasks, it will also be useful to:

• be knowledgeable about climate change issues.

Currently, moderators are selected by other moderators working with the CoLab project staff and members of the Expert Council as needed.

In the future, other methods of selecting moderators may be used.

Who are the moderators? #

The current moderators are:

• James Greyson
• Mike Matessa
• Erik Duhaime
• Lisa Jing
• Thomas Malone
• Robert Laubacher
• Joshua Introne
• Yang Ruan
• Lara Pierpoint
• Kat Donnelly
• Deborah Berebichez

Can I apply to become a moderator? #

If you would like to become a moderator, please send an email to Robert Laubacher rjl@mit.edu.