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Contents 1 Current coordinators 2 Responsibilities 3 Selection 4 History 5 Notes

[edit] Current coordinators

The project coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the project, and serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers, nor with any authority over article content or editor conduct.

Lead coordinator 

TomStar81

Coordinators 

Abraham, B.S., Cam, Eurocopter, EyeSerene, Ian Rose, Joe N, Juliancolton, Maralia, MBK004, Nick-D, Parsecboy, Sturmvogel 66, The ed17, Woody

Coordinators emeritus 

Kirill Lokshin, Roger Davies

[edit] Responsibilities

The coordinators' main role is performing the maintenance and housekeeping tasks required to keep the project and its internal processes running smoothly. This includes keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth. There is little that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course—the coordinators are only explicitly written into a few processes—but, since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, the most efficient route has proven to be to delegate formal responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group.

The coordinators also have several other roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. In addition, they have highly informal roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to informally resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive. The coordinators are not, however, a body for formal dispute resolution; serious disputes should be addressed through the normal dispute resolution process.

[edit] Selection

Coordinators are elected by a simple approval vote of the membership, normally held every six months. Any project member in good standing may nominate himself or herself, including current coordinators, who may serve as many times as they wish. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes becomes the lead coordinator, and bears overall responsibility for coordinating the project; the other coordinators support and advise the lead coordinator, and focus on any specific areas that require special attention.

If, between elections, the project has more work than the current coordinators can handle, and no election is imminent, the coordinators may co-opt additional coordinators, to serve until the next election.

Occasionally, a motion to appoint a former lead coordinator as a coodinator emeritus is made for endorsement during an election. The objective is that the project may continue to benefit from their help and experience. The position has no special responsibilities and is held for as long as the coordinator emeritus wishes.

Coordinator

Lead coordinator

Coordinator emeritus

Traditionally, coordinators are presented with stars, shown above, at the start of each term. There are three separate sets, representing the three types of coordinators.

[edit] History

The initial discussion that led to the creation of the project coordinator positions took place in January 2006; it arose from the development of the "task force" concept within the project.

Tranche	Term	Election	Lead coordinator	Assistant coordinators
I	6 February 2006 – 26 August 2006	January – February 2006	Kirill Lokshin	Loopy Miborovsky
II	27 August 2006 – 25 February 2007	August 2006	Kirill Lokshin	Dryzen Grafikm LordAmeth Nobunaga24 Oldwindybear Wandalstouring
III	26 February 2007 – 28 August 2007	February 2007	Kirill Lokshin	Carom FayssalF Kyriakos LordAmeth Petercorless Wandalstouring
IV	29 August 2007 – 28 February 2008	August 2007	Kirill Lokshin	Carom Cla68 Eurocopter FayssalF Kyriakos LordAmeth Roger Davies TomStar81

Tranche	Term	Election	Lead coordinator	Coordinators[1]
V	29 February 2008 – 30 September 2008	February 2008	Roger Davies	Eurocopter Kirill Lokshin[2] Kyriakos LordAmeth Nick-D TomStar81 Wandalstouring Woody YellowMonkey

Tranche	Term	Election	Lead coordinator	Coordinators	Coordinators emeritus[3]
VI	1 October 2008 – 28 March 2009	September 2008	Roger Davies	Bedford Cam Eurocopter EyeSerene[2] JonCatalán Maralia[2] MBK004 Nick-D the_ed17[2] TomStar81[4] Woody	Kirill Lokshin[5]
VII	29 March 2009 – 26 September 2009	March 2009	Roger Davies	Abraham B.S. Bellhalla Cam Eurocopter EyeSerene Ian Rose Jackyd101 Joe N Lordoliver Maralia MBK004 Nick-D Skinny87 The ed17 TomStar81	Kirill Lokshin[6]
VIII	27 September 2009 – 28 March 2010	September 2009	TomStar81	Abraham, B.S. Cam Eurocopter EyeSerene Ian Rose Joe N Juliancolton Maralia MBK004 Nick-D Parsecboy Sturmvogel 66 The ed17 Woody	Kirill Lokshin[6] Roger Davies[7]

[edit] Notes