I'm actually not sure why it makes sense to people when there's no correlation between the two aside from the both of them needing to interact with the applicant. The beta-readers have nothing to do with the app team unless the app team member decides to split his or her time with beta-reading prior to the app cycle. When you say a 'common misconception', how common is common? We're going to work on making this clearer in the revisions we are making to the app form and the guides/reserves pages, etc.

Regardless of whether the reply comes from the mod or the app team, the answers to all the questions related to this post would also be the same. I understand what you're saying regarding the confusion (we've forgotten to update the app team list, which is on the profile page, but we'll get to that in a moment and move it and the pertinent information to the mod contact page), but I also don't understand why it matters if a fellow player who happens to know what's going on behind the app scene, has the agreement of the mods to answer things for them when they can't, and is willing to help out, can answer the same thing and in faster time. At any rate, this may be a discussion that should be left in another avenue, since it's already rather out of topic in this post. The information should be updated in the mod contact page soonly.