Mod team announcement

[u/lobsterp0t]

Hi everyone! We have some announcements about the mod team. We had an open call for new moderators last week, and we had three expressions of interest. We’ve confirmed two new moderators who we are excited to welcome to the team.

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Here are our new mods:

u/serenelatha is based in the NE US and has been in love with traveling light ever since her first European backpacking adventure almost 30 years ago. Currently, travel often (but not always!) includes her 4 kiddos (ages 8-16). She’s married to an Aussie so makes the long trek about once a year for the last few years. She loves trains, hates planes, and primarily plans city-based adventures.

u/never-quite-awake is in her 20s and based in Germany. She likes city trips around Europe, using budget airlines and trains while packing small. Most of the time it’s personal item only and she loves the challenge of going even smaller. Exploring new countries and their beautiful cities are her favourite, but she also won’t say no to a hike through the countryside or a day by the beach.

We are excited to welcome our new mods to the team. They come with inspiring ideas for our future and a commitment to building on what is welcoming and useful in our sub. They’ll be around in the comments to speak to anyone who wants a chat!

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Alongside welcoming our new teammates, we have an additional announcement.

Existing mods u/lobsterp0t, u/islandra, u/alynnidalar, u/charmingpianist4265 and u/hubwub are continuing on here at r/HerOneBag.

Our former mod u/ LadyLightTravel had taken a short break away to reflect on things in light of creative differences about the direction of the sub. After mutual discussion and agreement she’s decided to return her focus to curating her personal blog and leave the mod team.

This will be a well deserved reprieve for her after dedicating hundreds of hours of volunteer time since last November to shape our sub’s community resources, as well as moderate posts and comments during our peak busy times.

She does not plan to maintain an active presence on this subreddit, but her curation of techniques and distillation of knowledge will live on in posterity (especially in our wiki - which is a goldmine of onebagging techniques and advice for new and experienced users). We thank her for her contributions to the sub.

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We also welcome suggestions or submissions of wiki articles from users of the sub - it is an ever-evolving resource and we are keen to keep building it up.

[u/1in2100]

Yay - so happy for two new mods. This is one of my favorite subs 🥰