As an update, Freemind and I are currently discussing giving access to the warning log for certain D team members. We're still working out the specifics as to the permissions that would be granted with admin etc, but it'd be based on issuing warnings and access to the warning log generally. GMs would still be required to add users to membership groups etc when required.
So if you are interested in applying please post below and specifically why you believe you should be trusted to issue warnings, your experience with reporting users, and why/how you would have good judgement for issuing warnings. You do not need to be a local/jnr mod to apply, only a D team member at minimum. The role would effectively be for a new position called D mod, per discussion in presidents lounge. This would otherwise be intended as a trial, so may be abandoned if doesn't function as intended. Ideally in future D team members in general would have permissions to view the warning log (though not issue warnings), as this can be useful when reporting users etc, but for now we are simply looking at a few mod promotions for this specific initiative.
For clarity, we already have a few D team members in mind for this, but it'd be interesting to know who would be interested in the role.
Apply below if interested.