wait, by demographical diversity being a plus, does this mean people from exotic places like Singapore will have a better chance than Americans? I'm guessing it's not but if it is that would be quite fishy :P

Also, I'm wondering: I already applies, but I don't quite get exactly what I would be doing. Would I look through all the recently archived files to find possible featured programs, or rely on the advice of a archiving staff member? Stupid question I know, but the only imbecile is the one who doesn't ask questions :)

Checking the archives, all forums and other websites.

Hopefully the focus would be new program releases and hardware releases. I'd think the editor would at least need to monitor the ticalc.org archives new file queue, the Cemetech/Omnimaga frontpages, the TI Education press releases, and whatever else is out there.

I don't have a final say in the manner, but I would certainly push for a user who is NOT deeply committed to any other major website. Loyalists would not be conducive to the overall mission of ticalc.org.

(Which includes admins/moderators on other forums as well as those who release programs as part of a "group" that competes).

A successful candidate will have to convince us they can put this site first.

I agree. When you apply for staff on a website I believe that they need to focus on the website first, in terms of online activities and to a lesser extent, all their hobbies and free time. Of course real life comes first, but if you feel you're not gonna have enough free time to devote to the website it's best to not apply altogether. IMHO it's OK if they also participate elsewhere, but as long as it won't hinder their participation here.

Definitely agreed, as per my note above, "One of the great things about ticalc.org is that the staff and editors are "impartial", so to speak; although ticalc.org is the unchallenged hub of the community, they are not of themselves one of the factions of the community." :) Glad we all are thinking the same way.

personally, I would hope I could keep from having favor in omnimaga/cemetech projects over other ones like UTI and TIBD (though they are dying as it is, so they don't really have many projects as it is)

Oh, ok, thanks for answering the question! I thought it had to do like where yuo lived rather than where you post stuff :P

That clears stuff up some.

(It actually does refer to geographical diversity. Most hires lately have lived in North America/Seattle)

but, isn't that a bit unfair? Location has nothing to do with experience/time... :(

This must be because Seattle/Washington is awesome. :P

The demographical diversity is one of those things that would be kind of nice if possible, but isn't really terribly important compared to many other criteria we're looking for. There are lots of things that can easily completely outweigh that point.

Kerm and Nikky have a very good point about news editors who are relatively unbiased. Given some of the issues that seem to have taken place recently, this appears to be something that is particularly important.

... any update on who got the position? It's been 6 weeks.

We've not made a decision yet.