Who's Who
Members
As defined in The GCD Charter
Indexers
People who enter data for comics into the database.
Editors
Ensure the data being entered matches the correct formatting. Fix previously entered data.
Senior Editors
Ray Bottorff Jr is the Senior Editor and the leader of the Senior Editors Group. The Group is a body of nine editors picked from the group of editors who discuss data formatting and rules. Senior Editors are identified on the list of Editors in the previous section.
Coordinators
Membership Coordinator
Currently Ken Lemons
- Public contact point
- Recruits more contributors
- Answers questions
Reservations Coordinator
Currently Matthias Hofmann
- Accepts reservations
- Distributes reservation lists
Head Technical Coordinator
Currently Lionel English
- Mediates between the technical team and the Board (see: http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-board/browse_thread/thread/3acaa1eb2e7a0a63#)
- Coordinates the efforts of the other technical offices, which currently include:
- Head Programmer: Henry Andrews (Leads the web site and application design and implementation) (see: http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-board/browse_thread/thread/3acaa1eb2e7a0a63#)
- Data Coordinator: L. Jámal Walton (Leads the database design and implementation)
- GCD Postmaster: Ralf Haring (Postmaster reports to the Head Technical Coordinator and is responsible for the creation, maintenance, and deletion of mail accounts, in accordance with standard mail administrator responsibilities and in accordance with policies created by the Board. Postmaster is also responsible for advising the Board on issues of relevance to the performance of their job.) (see: http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-board/browse_thread/thread/d0da553e02035794#)
The Board
The "Board" refers to the GCD's Board of Directors.
The "Board" is a group with a maximum of nine members who help run the GCD. There are elections every year in which either four or five of the Board members are elected to two-year terms by the GCD membership. See The GCD Charter for exact information about the makeup of the board.
The Board exists to help set and revise GCD policy, to make sure that all of the administrative roles are adequately staffed, and to identify problem areas and set up action committees to resolve them. Another way of looking at this is, they don't handle the day-to-day operations of the GCD, but they make sure that there are resources in place to handle them, and make sure that the project addresses areas of change when needed.
You can e-mail the GCD Contact Email to get in touch with board members or if you are on any of the GCD discussion lists (Email Lists FAQ), you can ask questions there and a Board member will usually respond.
role | term | |
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Will Allred | 2007-2009 | |
Henry Andrews | 2008-2010 | |
Ray Bottorff Jr | 2008-2010 | |
Lionel English | 2008-2010 | |
Matt Gore | 2007-2009 | |
Ralf Haring | 2008-2010 | |
Lou Mazzella | Secretary | 2008-2010 |
Mike Nielsen | Board Chairman | 2007-2009 |
Tony Rose | Treasurer | 2007-2009 |
Board history by term
2002-2004 | 2003-2005 | 2004-2006 | 2005-2007 | 2006-2008 | 2007-2009 | 2008-2010 | |
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Will Allred | Ray Bottorff Jr | Will Allred | Ray Bottorff Jr | Will Allred | Ray Bottorff Jr | Will Allred | Henry Andrews |
Matthew Z. Head | Mike Catron | Matthew Z. Head | Mike Catron | Mike Nielsen | Mike Catron | Matt Gore | Ray Bottorff Jr |
Tony Rose | Matt Gore | Tony Rose | Matt Gore | Tony Rose | Matthias Hofmann | Mike Nielsen | Lionel English |
Per Sandell | Matthias Hofmann | Per Sandell | Matthias Hofmann | Per Sandell | Jim Ludwig | Tony Rose | Ralf Haring |
Lou Mazzella | Lou Mazzella | Lou Mazzella | Lou Mazzella |