Call for new Moderators

[Book Crumpet, Inactive]

Hey guys,
so firstly I want to apologise for being absent from the group for so long; there have been a lot of personal transitions for me (eventually positive) and recently I have found it really difficult to balance other parts of my life with the group and recreational/ reading time.

For the moment I am still around online, however, I do need help with moderating the group, getting discussion going, providing fun things and so on.

If you feel that you fit this bill and you'd like to be a second or third Moderator, please express your interest here, or let me know!
Love always, Crumpet

[Marina]

Hi Book Crumpet!

I'm very glad to know the transitions you've been through are positive, I wouldn't have liked to see this group die out. I'm a quite new member but I really like the group and the spirit behind it.

That's for this reason I think it would be nice to be a co-moderator of the group. As for a short bio, I'm very interested in mental health as I've been struggling with mental illness for almost half my life now. I'm what you might call a high-funcioning mental patient, but I still have hard times from time to time. If you're interested in my diagnosis and my struggle, I can tell you more in private, for the moment I just don't wish to go all public with it.
English is not my mother tongue but I guess I can say I speak and write it fairly well, mostly because I'm a translator, so I deal with the language daily (oh, and before you ask, no, unfortunatutely I don't translate books, I'm a technical translator).
I'm already moderator (and founder) of a very small and - unfortunately - not really active group on book swapping: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

I love the idea of a mental health bookclub and I would love to see the group spice up a bit. I'll be honest, I don't have any real ideas on how to spice it up as yet, but we can talk about it together and eventually find a way, if you consider my application interesting enough.

Let me know here or PM me anytime!

Marina

[Lana]

I'd also love to be a moderator. I just joined the group, but I too am a high functioning person living with depression. I'm an English and psychology major and have a master's degree in Counseling Psychology, even though most of my work experience has been more social work-oriented. I love reading books that related to mental health as well. Give me a shout if you want to talk further.

Lana

[Sami]

I do hope this group doesn't die out! Would be willing to be a moderator if the group needed it, though I'd much rather be a passive participant due to time constraints.

Lana and Marina you seem like you'd be excellent mods :)

My bio: I'm studying a medical degree at the moment. I don't have much personal experience or education with mental health issues except for a few close friends and my patients on placement. My main interest is social work and I joined this group because I feel that an increase in mental health education is needed in multi-ethnic communities such as the one I came from.

[Rachel]

So do we have a new moderator yet?

[Doreen]

Even though I am a newer member I would like to volunteer myself as a co-moderator. I have the time to devote to the group and hopefully would be able to help it grow and become strong. If you feel I fit I would be happy to do it.