Like all members of @forums-governance, I can grant moderator status. We don’t make this decision arbitrarily, though, but base it on the Moderator Selection Criteria. It has a list of criteria to become a moderator, as well as a section on how to run a poll. As far as I know, no such poll has been conducted yet regarding your candidacy. I would consider it acceptable in this particular case for the existing moderators to set up the poll, and there has probably been sufficient time for community discussion that it can be started immediately. Please start a new thread with an unambiguous title for that purpose. I can help if there are technical difficulties.
However, I’d also like to manage expectations regarding this point:
The role of a moderator is to keep the conversations in a forum category civil and constructive within the bounds of the guidelines. A moderator does not represent the community to the outside world.