Good evening all.

You may have noticed that I have nominated for the Guardian position. This may come as a shock as it would mean if elected I would no longer be the Electoral Moderator. However, I have been planning to step down as Electoral Moderator anyway after the reshuffle of meta positions following the Meta Constitution reform.

Regardless of the results of the Guardian election, I will NOT be recontesting the Electoral Moderator position when it is reshuffled. I simply lack the time and commitment this community needs for the role. This has been obvious over the last few weeks as I have been unable to conduct regular polling and I will soon be absent again for another few weeks so I feel that now is a good time to step back. As I will not be re-entering canon due to my lack of availability, I will be able to remain as a member of the Electoral Commission to help onboard whoever succeeds me and remain as an advisor in the future if they so wish. I will try to continue to conduct the role until my successor is chosen but cannot guarantee anything. When I decided to run for this role a third time after nmtts stepped down I always knew that I would be unlikely to last a full term, I retired for a reason, but I believe my stepping in has helped provide needed stability to the electoral side of the simulation while the meta reform process was ongoing.

I have decided to run for the Guardian position as I see myself as a sensible candidate for the role. I will not have the time to be an active participant of the community anymore so I will not become tied up in the day-to-day dramas and such. I have been involved in the canon and meta of the simulation for nearly 5 years now so I have extensive knowledge on running the community so can provide advice to future moderators and help onboard them if required. I am one of the longest serving moderators so I can clearly be trusted with the core role of the position which is to own the subreddits and discord. I have been a long advocate for the hands-off nature of the Guardian position so I can be trusted to hold it in the way the community has voted for.

I hope you will consider my candidacy for Guardian, and thank you for placing your confidence in me to be your Electoral Moderator over the previous three terms I've served. It has been fun and I will certainly miss it.

For (hopefully) the last time,

Maaaaaaaaaadison

Electoral Moderator