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Staff
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Below is a list of Sponge's staff members. Each section is presented alphabetically.

Project Leaders
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The **Project Leaders** are the stewards of the Sponge project, and make the final decisions to ensure the project operates efficiently.

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| Name                              | Role                              |
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| blood                             | Implementation Development Lead   |
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| sk89q                             | Chief Swag Officer                |
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| Zidane                            | API Development Lead              |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | LLC Director                      |
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Team Leaders
~~~~~~~~~~~~

The **Team Leaders** of Sponge each coordinate a separate aspect of the Sponge project.

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| Name                              | Role                              |
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| AbrarSyed                         | Master of ForgeGradle             |
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| gratimax                          | Web Development Lead              |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | API and Implementation Developer  |
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| Inscrutable                       | SpongeDocs Editor-in-Chief        |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Chief Mad Scientist at Yggdrasyl  |
|                                   | Laboratories, makers of FLARD     |
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| lukegb                            | System Operations Lead            |
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| Me4502                            | Subreddit Moderation Lead         |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | API and Implementation Developer  |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Owexz's Minion (basically)        |
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| Owexz                             | Support and Public Relations Lead |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | LLC Director                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Chief of Pestering                |
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API and Implementation Developers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The **API and Implementation Developers** work on producing the Sponge API and Sponge coremod, respectively.

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| Name                              | Role                              |
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| Aaron1011                         | Developer                         |
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| Deamon                            | Developer                         |
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| gabizou                           | API Design Specialist             |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Master of "closing in favor of"   |
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| kitskub                           | Developer                         |
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| kobata                            | Developer                         |
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| Minecrell                         | Developer                         |
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| modwizcode                        | Developer                         |
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| Mumfrey                           | Lord of Mixins                    |
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| progwml6                          | Developer                         |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | DevOps and IRC Flag Lead          |
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| sibomots                          | Developer                         |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | LLC Leader                        |
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| theresajayne                      | Developer                         |
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Website Ninjas
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The **Website Ninjas** make the Sponge website look completely awesome.

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| Name                              | Role                              |
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| Kornagan                          | Graphic Designer                  |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Website Extraordinaire            |
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SysOps Ninjas
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The **SysOps ninjas** ensure the efficient performance of Sponge's servers.

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| Name                              | Role                              |
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| armed_troop                       | System Operations Ninja           |
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| GenPage                           | System Operations Ninja           |
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SpongeDocs Editors
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The **SpongeDocs Editors** lovingly write articles for Sponge's official documentation.

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| Name                              | Role                              |
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| Kodfod                            | Senior Editor                     |
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| Cedeel                            | Editor and Contributor            |
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| hawtre                            | Editor and Contributor            |
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| Pandette                          | Editor and Contributor            |
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| Tyrannokapi                       | Editor and Contributor            |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Space-age Whiz Kid                |
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Moderators and Support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Moderators and members of the Support Team** patrol the forums and IRC channels, and help when needed.

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| Name                              | Role                              |
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| Dockter                           | Moderator                         |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Cat Aficionado                    |
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| drtshock                          | Forum and IRC Moderator           |
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| Grinch                            | Moderator                         |
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| mbaxter                           | Moderator                         |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Chief of Kittens                  |
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| phroa                             | IRC Moderator                     |
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| TnT                               | Cheerleader                       |
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