Community Leaders

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This is a list of all the users who assist in the management of a state or region of Australia, as well as links to their editor profiles. More information on what each role can be found in the Editing Levels and Roles topic.

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Waze APAC Staff

Waze Staff members who represent Waze in the Asia Pacific region. For editing queries, questions are best directed at the State/Country Managers, not Waze staff.

Australian Leadership Team

The Australian Leadership Team are the country’s internal management and are responsible for country management decisions such as user management, approvals, and policy changes to editing in Australia.

  • LostInMyMaps (Australian Coordinator, Global Champ, Country Manager, Level 6)
  • GBSpeedy1305 (Australian Coordinator, Country Manager, Level 6)
  • deanonzl (Country Manager, Global Champ [NZ], Level 6)
  • Scoota (Australian Coordinator, Country Manager, Level 6)

Whole Country

State Managers

New South Wales

  • LostInMyMaps (Australian Coordinator, Global Champ, Country Manager, Level 6)
  • TimAThing (Country Manager, Level 5)
    • State Managers who manage New South Wales also have the Australian Capital Territory in their area. However, please defer to local managers for any questions about the ACT before asking NSW State Managers.

Australian Capital Territory

Queensland

Tasmania

  • LostInMyMaps (Australian Coordinator, Global Champ, Country Manager, Level 6)
  • TimAThing (Country Manager, Level 5)

Victoria

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Area Managers

Our list of area managers is maintained using the Waze Discuss group for Australian Area Managers.

Other Roles

Event Marshals

The Event Marshal role (formally called MTE Marshal) helps to promote Traffic Events on Waze and collaborate with closure teams. More info on their position here. Event Marshals also provide guidance on the creation of Traffic Events and RTC permissions.

Event Marshals in Australia are:

Real Time Closure (RTC) Permissions

The following users have been given real time closure permissions in a defined polygon to assist with Traffic Events. In assisting with these events editors on this list are able to close any segment (within their polygon) regardless of its’ lock level.

  • BeastlyHaz
  • ChopStir
  • JustDizzie
  • GBSpeedy1305
  • Kambingtinggi
  • Lachielol
  • Lacmacca
  • LostInMyMaps
  • LysdexiaEht
  • MiniDooper
  • reivaxX162
  • Scoota
  • TerritoryKate
  • TimAThing
  • Vestigal
  • Brandon28AU
  • age4670

First Responders

These level 3+ editors act as a bridge between the local community and Waze staff. Waze will reach out to local First Responders when we are considering whether to respond to an event and to get more local context. They also assist by sharing Information - first Responders are crucial for sharing helpful information and local resources with the Waze crisis team. Finally, they are responsible for adding/removing closures to the map (level 3+), and level 4+ editors, add and inactivate shelters/evacuation centres on the map.

Waze Australia First Responders are required to be level 3 or higher, active on the Waze Australia Discord server and map editing community, and willingness to join the Waze Australia First Responder Google Group.

Waze Australia First Responders Google Group

If you’d like to join and meet the above criteria, reach out to a Waze Australia Coordinator (listed above) with your preferred email address and they will add you to the Google Group. If you were previously a first responder but haven’t received an email in a while, reach out again to join again (as we’ve changed systems and you may have gotten lost).

Learn more about the Waze Crisis response program (operates slightly differently in Australia).

Waze for Cities - Partners Coordinators

The partners coordinator role aims to clarify and organise the relationship and knowledge sharing between editors and partners in a specific city, region or country. The coordinator will handle general communication, mentoring etc. playing a critical role in the city’s transportation flow. Each community should have 1-2 coordinators.

  • LostInMyMaps
  • Scoota

Social Media Managers

Moderators of the Waze Australia Facebook page. Once left to idle, another 2020 project to increase our content and connection. A new marketing project is underway in 2020, so our messaging has been put on hold except for new announcements. We regularly engage with comments and private messages however.

  • lakeyboy
  • LostInMyMaps

Localisers

These fine people help to translate the app into Australia specific spelling and phrasing. This is a new project commencing in 2020.

  • LostInMyMaps

TTS Coordinators

This project team works to localise the pronunciation of words and phrases in the TTS voice instructions to English (Australia) mannerisms. Want to make a request? Check out the Request a text to speech change wiki page.

  • LostInMyMaps
  • GBSpeedy1305
  • Scoota
  • reivaxX162

New Member Coordinator / Mentor Coordinator

These people assist new members of the Waze Australia Editing Community and refer them to mentors to support their growth. The new member coordinators also review and develop strategies to recruit and retain new map editors, and help develop resources to assist new members. They are a friendly face and advocate on behalf of new editors.

  • TerritoryKate

Toll Pricing Team

This team is responsible for updating the price of tolls in the Waze app. Read more in the toll pricing project.

  • GBSpeedy1305 - Project Lead - Toll Admin
  • brandon28au
  • reivaxX162
  • LostInMyMaps
  • Scoota

Other Communities

Community Boosters

Australia is very proud to have senior Australian editors supporting smaller international editing communities through the Community Booster program. Boosting around the global currently is:

  • None currently :slight_smile:

Beta Leaders

The Waze application beta testing program is led by passionate beta testing community members called beta leaders. Australia is represented by the following Australian beta leaders:

  • BeastlyHaz
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