[Mana]

+0 since I'm still a t-mod and am working on my own issues.
I'd +1 but might come off as biased.

But other than that. I personally dont think there would be any other reason for applying for mod besides the cmds to help offload some of the servers issues. I dont understand why getting straight to the point is frowned upon. There honestly isnt a reason for trying to butter everyone up. 
You make a promotion req because you want to help even more and you feel that you can handle these new responsibilities. That's it.

And if theres an issue on amount of time between staff apps and promotions, I feel like that's up to the admins discretion whether or not to amp up the time requirements