user27: This is the very first private beta I participate in. From what I understand, it takes about (sometimes more) a week for it to be a public beta.
When are moderators for it elected? During public beta? After it airs as an ordinary site?

user65: Moderators are appointed a few weeks into public beta (by us, the Stack Exchange Inc. Community Team); if/when the site graduates, there'll be an actual election where folks nominate themselves and other folks vote for them.
See:

Moderator Pro Tempore
Stack Exchange Moderator Elections Begin
A Theory of Moderation
The 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta


27: <p>This is the very first private beta I participate in. From what I understand, it takes about (sometimes more) a week for it to be a public beta.</p>

<p>When are moderators for it elected? During public beta? After it airs as an ordinary site?</p>
 65: <p>Moderators are <em>appointed</em> a few weeks into public beta (by us, the Stack Exchange Inc. <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/99338/who-are-the-community-managers-and-what-do-they-do">Community Team</a>); if/when the site graduates, there'll be an actual election where folks nominate themselves and other folks vote for them.</p>
<h2>See:</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/moderator-pro-tempore/">Moderator Pro Tempore</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/12/stack-exchange-moderator-elections-begin/">Stack Exchange Moderator Elections Begin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/">A Theory of Moderation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/the-7-essential-meta-questions-of-every-beta/">The 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta</a></li>
</ul>
