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It is with great pride and with many, many thanks that we acknowledge the thousands of volunteer moderators worldwide. Each local group generally has two to six local moderators who, in turn, are helping over four million members to keep good stuff out of landfills and to develop stronger community ties.
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It is with great pride and with many, many thanks that we acknowledge the thousands of volunteer moderators worldwide. Each local group generally has two to six local moderators who, in turn, are helping millions of members to keep good stuff out of landfills and to develop stronger community ties.
  
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Some of these moderators volunteer further time to approve new groups. In addition, there is a committed crew of moderators putting in countless hours for Group Outreach and Assistance, helping existing groups with day-to-day problems. Groups temporarily without moderators are kept running by another large group of volunteer moderators.
  
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Some 80 of these moderators volunteer further time to approve new groups for their state, province or country. In addition, there is a committed crew of some 20-30 moderators putting in countless hours for Group Outreach and Assistance, helping existing groups with day-to-day problems.
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Another group of volunteers takes care of Help Desk questions and others lead the worldwide moderator discussion groups FIOD and FLC. There are a few more volunteers who help administer the Web site and our extensive database. Each of these groups are led by volunteer team leaders who do a great job in helping teams do their jobs. Feel free to have a look at our org chart which is [[Moderator_Manual:Mod_orgchart|here]].
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Another 2-3 volunteers take care of info@freecycle.org questions, 4-5 lead the worldwide moderator group called the ModSquad, and there are 6-8 team leaders who do a great job in helping teams do their jobs. (There are also a few adhoc committees set up to deal with issues at hand.) There are a few more volunteers who help administer the Web site and our extensive database.
 
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Wow! Hats off to ALL these wonderful people!!
 
Wow! Hats off to ALL these wonderful people!!
  
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'''Deron''':
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The founder & Executive Director is [mailto:deron@freecycle.org Deron Beal]. Clocking in at 6'6", he heads up the Freecycle basketball team and is a sucker for black & white cats. He is blessed to be able to work with all these good people from his base at the Freecycle HQ -- which looks more like a guest bedroom to me, but so be it -- in Tucson, Arizona.
 
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Helping Deron is [mailto:nan@freecycle.org Nan], the Hub Coordinator. She works with all the team Coordinators and team leaders of the various areas to keep things rollin' along. Nan takes the TFN blue ribbon for the amazing amount of canning she does. If it stays in one place more than 10 seconds, Nan will can it. She brings this same enthusiasm to all her TFN duties. (nan@freecycle.org)
 
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The TM Team assists groups and the general public in using the Freecycle(TM) mark correctly; works to educate the press about proper use of the mark; and pursues infringement. At the helm of this team is [mailto:tmagent@freecycle.org Simon] who, thankfully, is probably the most organized person within Freecycle. Thank you, Simon! If you have any questions about the trademark or for help making your group trademark-compliant, please contact him at [mailto:tmagent@freecycle.org Trademark].
 
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Ann is the Coordinator for the Moderator Resource Assistance team. She and her team helps keep the groups for moderators humming along smoothly. Ann brings to his role her business experience, her longevity and experience in TFN, and her love for sci-fi movies (which often zoom over the heads of many of her teammate's heads). If you see someone wandering around here wearing a ring and a pirate hat, that will be her...
 
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The Group Outreach & Assistance (GOA) Team, Mentor Mod (MM) Team and Interim Mod (IMod) Team are all headed up by [mailto:dona@freecycle.org Dona], the Outreach Coordinator with the help of some wonderful Team Leaders. Dona puts a tremendous amount of time into unschooling and just being a Mom.
 
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Also in each American state, Canadian province, and country worldwide, there is a New Group Approver. The NGAs evaluate the need for, assist and approve new Freecycle groups. Jackie is the [ngacoordinator@freecycle.org NGA Coordinator]. Handling her TFN duties are a piece of cake since the experience with her children has helped her develop a get-to-the-point working mentality and much provided her with much experience on handling temper tantrums. She keeps the tech boys hopping because anytime she sees an error from the NGA POV, she lets them know.
 
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The Back Office Team Coordinator is [mailto:boc@freecycle.org Amy]. She brings with her the skills she utilizes in administrative nursing. Here, Amy tends to various administrative duties that fall under this umbrella. Let's just hope her pups don't get a hold of this umbrella and do to it what was done to her set of headphones...
 
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Richard spends a lot of his free time coding away on the next version of the Freecycle website. He also heads up a couple of testing and development teams here all doing his part at home, including that of being husband and dad. If you talk voice to him, you're likely to hear the new baby singing in the background.
 
  
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The founder & Executive Director is Deron Beal. Clocking in at 6'6", he heads up the Freecycle basketball team and is a sucker for black & white cats. He is blessed to be able to work with all these good people from his base at the Freecycle HQ in Tucson, Arizona.
  
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Nigel is responsible for the technical side of everything Wiki, offering support to Richard, Ash, and every fair maiden that begs for help with all things Freecycle.
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'''Ash''' (web guru):
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Alison is our volunteer Hub Coordinator, which means she oversees the activities of the all-volunteer teams of The Freecycle Network. Formerly Dona's assistant, Alison officially took over the role in October 2020. She tends to be somewhat fearless about tackling big projects.
  
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Ash is responsible for the daily operation of our website. He lives in London and more than walks the walk; he's amongst a growing number of people following the Freegan lifestyle. When not coding, poking around in skips or playing with Linux, he'll often be found taking extended bicycle tours.
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'''Gordon''' (web guru):
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The TM Team assists groups and the general public in using the Freecycle(TM) mark correctly; works to educate the press about proper use of the mark; and pursues infringement. At the helm of this team is Simon who, thankfully, is probably the most organized person within Freecycle. Thank you, Simon!
  
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Dedicating enormous amounts of time to maintaining the Freecycle FAQs, in addition to his other tech duties here at TFN is Gordon. Gordon hails from NZ and has a very interesting story to tell involving a box of glass bookmarks.
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In every state or region there is a Group Outreach and Assistance (GOA) volunteer. Each GOA team member works with existing volunteer group moderators when they are having issues with the local group. Jakkie volunteers as our head for this devoted international team. Jakkie's assistant, '''Penny M''', has years of experience behind her as a GOA and helps the team run smoothlyǃ
  
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Our newest teammate, John is working hard on the messagemaker so we can all send clear and concise messages to the board, each and every time!
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The New Group Approvals Team is responsible for assessing and responding appropriately to all applications to set up new groups that come in, up to and including establishing a new group and initially mentoring the applicant to moderate it.  Bernard volunteers as our NGA Coordinator.
  
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[mailto:infoteamleader@freecycle.org Nikki], better known as the midwest maven of My Freecycle; she holds the title of Info Team Lead. She shows her brilliance by heading up the teams that answer all questions "My.Freecycle". These teams include the Ambassador Team, the Info Team, Wiki Team and the FAQs.  She also works with the mailbox team (see Penny's description below) for member inquiries on the site and runs the [[mailto:sitemodhelp@freecycle.org|SiteModHelp]] addy. When does she sleep? Only the warring Mafias know... 
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Sutton is our full-time tech staffer, based out of the "Global HQ" in Tucson with Deron. He is very ably assisted on the tech team by '''Adam''' and by two volunteer system administrators, '''Nigel''' and '''Ryan''', who handle keeping the servers running, secure, and up-to-date.
  
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[mailto:myfreecycleadmin@freecycle.org Penny] helps members with any My.Freecycle issues they may be having, whether it's something that can be resolved easily or something that needs input from Richard. Any member's issue is followed up on and resolved as soon as possible.  Technical issues are tracked and members informed once resolved. Penny (and the admin team) can be contacted at [mailto:myfreecycleadmin@freecycle.org My Freecycle Admin]  Don't worry about a thing as Penny does all this with a cat perched by the keyboard making sure she's doing it right!
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Caroline volunteers as the Support Coordinator to help members and mods with any on-site Freecycle.org tech issues they may be having, whether it's something that can be resolved easily or something that needs input from Sutton. She shows her brilliance by heading up the teams that answer all such questions. These teams include the Support Team and the Spam Control Team. Any issue is followed up on and resolved as soon as possible. Technical issues are tracked and members informed once resolved.
  
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The insomniac, obsessive, compulsive maniac of the team who talks with her hands more than you will ever know, Bex leads up the Wiki team and Ambassador teams. Heaven help those that work with her, but at least they can scream and she won't hear it!
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Becky and Miriam head up the Interim Moderator Team (the "IMods"). This  team steps in and moderates local groups when a local volunteer steps down and they look after that group until new local volunteers can be found. It is a large team and they run a tight ship.

Latest revision as of 15:58, 9 March 2024

It is with great pride and with many, many thanks that we acknowledge the thousands of volunteer moderators worldwide. Each local group generally has two to six local moderators who, in turn, are helping millions of members to keep good stuff out of landfills and to develop stronger community ties.

Some of these moderators volunteer further time to approve new groups. In addition, there is a committed crew of moderators putting in countless hours for Group Outreach and Assistance, helping existing groups with day-to-day problems. Groups temporarily without moderators are kept running by another large group of volunteer moderators.

Another group of volunteers takes care of Help Desk questions and others lead the worldwide moderator discussion groups FIOD and FLC. There are a few more volunteers who help administer the Web site and our extensive database. Each of these groups are led by volunteer team leaders who do a great job in helping teams do their jobs. Feel free to have a look at our org chart which is here.

Wow! Hats off to ALL these wonderful people!!

Deron:

The founder & Executive Director is Deron Beal. Clocking in at 6'6", he heads up the Freecycle basketball team and is a sucker for black & white cats. He is blessed to be able to work with all these good people from his base at the Freecycle HQ in Tucson, Arizona.

Alison:

Alison is our volunteer Hub Coordinator, which means she oversees the activities of the all-volunteer teams of The Freecycle Network. Formerly Dona's assistant, Alison officially took over the role in October 2020. She tends to be somewhat fearless about tackling big projects.

Simon:

The TM Team assists groups and the general public in using the Freecycle(TM) mark correctly; works to educate the press about proper use of the mark; and pursues infringement. At the helm of this team is Simon who, thankfully, is probably the most organized person within Freecycle. Thank you, Simon!

Jakkie:

In every state or region there is a Group Outreach and Assistance (GOA) volunteer. Each GOA team member works with existing volunteer group moderators when they are having issues with the local group. Jakkie volunteers as our head for this devoted international team. Jakkie's assistant, Penny M, has years of experience behind her as a GOA and helps the team run smoothlyǃ

Bernard:

The New Group Approvals Team is responsible for assessing and responding appropriately to all applications to set up new groups that come in, up to and including establishing a new group and initially mentoring the applicant to moderate it. Bernard volunteers as our NGA Coordinator.

Sutton (Senior Engineer):

Sutton is our full-time tech staffer, based out of the "Global HQ" in Tucson with Deron. He is very ably assisted on the tech team by Adam and by two volunteer system administrators, Nigel and Ryan, who handle keeping the servers running, secure, and up-to-date.

Caroline:

Caroline volunteers as the Support Coordinator to help members and mods with any on-site Freecycle.org tech issues they may be having, whether it's something that can be resolved easily or something that needs input from Sutton. She shows her brilliance by heading up the teams that answer all such questions. These teams include the Support Team and the Spam Control Team. Any issue is followed up on and resolved as soon as possible. Technical issues are tracked and members informed once resolved.

Becky and Miriam:

Becky and Miriam head up the Interim Moderator Team (the "IMods"). This team steps in and moderates local groups when a local volunteer steps down and they look after that group until new local volunteers can be found. It is a large team and they run a tight ship.

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