no it is not up to him, it is up to the site staff.
the ones that the staff chooses to be mods are specially selected for their good work and they have the special qualities we are after.
when someone deserves a place in the staff team AND have the qualities we are looking for, they are promoted.
(and just for your information), there's a LOT of hard work going on behind the scenes that you never notice, so saying he does 60% of all the work on
pa is way off.
btw you are doing a good job neo, there's a reason you got promoted to RS.