i'd be happy to help out as well. i don't really have any specific qualifications that other people haven't listed (a long and active posting history, a non-american timezone, the ability to be impartial when necessary, ...) but i have no life and therefore plenty of time to devote to moderatorly duties.
of the previous applicants i think crabcake, türkisblau and cathcon are the best choices. preferably crabcake, as the mod team in its current state is significantly to the right of the forum as a whole
The current mod team is significantly more British than the forum as a whole also.
Afleitch and Peter (who is inactive)?
I sometimes forget Al is no longer a mod.
anyway, point is that such quotas are irrelevant as long as there is no threat of bias in moderation. And I don't see any threat against left-wing posters expressing their views more than against right-wing views; if anything it is the opposite.
The mod team is generally conservative.
Ernest is a conservative leaning independent
Dallasfan is a conservative leaning independent
Andrew CT is a Republican
Torie is Republican
Badger is Republican (sort of)
MasterJedi is a Republican (but has gone)
Muon is an
elected Republican
That leaves Mr Morden who’s a-political, Joe who’s a-political, Alcon who’s generally a-political as is The Mikado, Hashemite who’s more concerned about international politics, Gustaf who’s Swedish, Tender who’s Austrian, myself Scottish (and even I could be considered conservative), Beet who’s mute and Peter who’s English and gone.
Mr Moderate is probably the only one who argues from the Democratic position at the present time
