Somehow we've gone two weeks without someone posting this - I'm pretty sure that's a record. I figure that we can start nominating folks so that we're ready to go when we hit public beta in a few weeks. 

The following is shamelessly copied, with modifications, from [SR's nomination thread](http://meta.softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/67/nominate-temporary-moderators-for-this-site-here):

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Soon after the site launches into public beta, the Community Team will appoint provisional moderators from this community until the community graduates and is ready to hold its own elections.

**Deep engagement in the community's development** is required for all temporary moderator candidates. All potential candidates must:

> - Have a reasonably high reputation score to indicate active, consistent participation.
> - Show an interest in their meta’s community-building activities.
> - Lead by example, showing patience and respect for their fellow community members in everything they write.
> - Exhibit those intangible traits discussed in [A Theory of Moderation](https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/).
> 
> Bonus points for:
> 
> - Members with participation in both meta and the parent site (i.e. interest in both community building and expertise in the field).
> - Area 51 participation, social network referrals, or blogging about the site.
> - Members who have already shown an interest or ability to promote their community.
> 
> Candidates will be contacted and three of them will be selected to act
> as provisional Moderators until the community holds formal elections
> after the Beta period. 

## Nominating users to serve as moderators for the beta

For each user that you would like to nominate,

- post an answer containing the URLs to both of the user's **main and meta profiles on this site**
- make your answer **community wiki** (there's a checkbox in the answer form) so that candidates without editing privileges can edit in their acceptance
- optionally, link to the user's **Area 51 profile** or a profile from another site, or add a reason why you'd like him/her to moderate during beta
- **self-nominations** (i.e. posting your own profiles) are allowed *and encouraged*
- post each user as a separate answer, and add multiple answers if you wish to nominate multiple users

Additionally, if someone nominates *you*, please **edit the answer** to indicate your approval (or declination). Optionally, add a paragraph or two about yourself.

If you downvote a particular nomination, you are encouraged to **share why** you did so in the comments, though you are not required to do so. Optionally, you may do the same for upvotes.

For more information, see [this blog post](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/moderator-pro-tempore/).