With less than one day remaining in which to declare an intent to stand for office, it seems that no one aspires to the position of Curator Araneum. This important post that cannot be left vacant.
I have consulted with the existing web team - T. Octavius Pius; J. Sempronia Magna; M. Arminius Maior; F. Apulus Caesar; Sp. Postumius Tubertus. All have declined to step up to the Curatorship themselves (or, for the present Curator, to continue a second year); all have encouraged me to regain the office and wish to work as part of the same team next year.
Therefore, I now declare my intent to stand for the office of Curator Araneum for the year MMDCCLVII.
I have held this position twice before - in 2001 and 2002. Those who have seen the website before I began its maintenance will know what I did during those years - a static site with a few "mailto" forms has been transformed into one that is dynamic, continuously updated, and database-driven; all of this accomplished with free software (FreeBSD, PostgreSQL, gcc, Perl).
Next year, I will also be Censor. I do not expect to have much difficulty allocating time to two offices - and I speak from experience, in that I was Curator during my Consulship last year. I will continue to work with the current web team, as well as any new volunteers that wish to participate, and will delegate various tasks accordingly.
My priorities will be a new interface for approving citizens, continued internationalization of the new citizen application, promoting usage of the calendar, and providing an alternate representation of the Tabularium organized by subject matter.
Valete, Octavius.
-- Marcus Octavius Germanicus. Censor, Consular, Citizen. http://www.graveyards.com/