FAQ series: first set

[femmequixotic]

Last week, ciderpress wrote:

There has been a great deal of discussion during and after our "Why OTW?" week, not only about OTW, but also about what it is to identify as a fan, what fandom means to different people and how individual fans and groups shape their own fannish experiences.

It's evident from what we've read that there have been some misconceptions about what our org is and what we hope to do. We apologise if we have been unclear about some of the concepts and policies, and we hope you will understand that we are still in the process of setting up policies and honing language. We don't have all the final, polished answers yet and we need time, hard work and your help to do that. In fact, our content policy will be up for discussion and feedback in a fandom-wide setting before we set our policies in stone.

In the hopes of not overwhelming you, we've decided to post the FAQ in bundles of five or six questions and answers, one bundle every other day or so. Ultimately, they'll all be added to the OTW website's FAQ.

What you'll read here in otw_news is a bit more informal than what will appear on the website; that's because the website is for fans and non-fans alike. But here, in otw_news, we're fans talking to fans. SRSLY.

Keep a look out for more bundles of FAQs as well as interviews with a few of the OTW's board members in the next few weeks!

( Questions and Answers, set one )

-- femmequixotic, bethbethbeth, ciderpress, mirabile_dictu, shrift, svmadelyn.
Community Relations Committee

Edited 7:39 p.m. 1/31/08 to remove phrase regarding hair colors per comments below.
Edited at 9:59 a.m. 2/1/08 to remove question 5 per comments below.
Edited at 9:50 p.m. 2/1/08 to re-add question 5, struckthrough, for archival and transparency purposes.

January 2008, Newsletter, vol. 3

[femmequixotic]

Welcome to the second January issue of the OTW Newsletter! We're constantly on the lookout for ways to keep fandom up-to-date and informed about what's going on behind the scenes here at OTW, so twice a month, ComRel will be compiling some updates about what the various committees are working on and we'll share them here.

Committee Updates

( Accessibility, Design, and Technology Update from Naomi Novik )

( Board Update from Francesca Coppa )

( Community Relations Update from Femme )

( Development and Membership Update from Ignaz )

( Elections Update from Ellen )

( Financial Update from Sanders )

( Legal Update from Killalla )

( Public Relations Update from Dafna )

( Systems Update from Jade Lennox )

( Volunteers and Recrutiting Update from KellyAnn Bessa )

( Content Policy Update from ainsley )

( Journal Update from Mafalda Stasi )

( Open Doors update from Mary Ellen Curtin )

( Wiki update )

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What details would you like to know? Where else should we be reaching out to fandom? Please give ComRel a helping hand and let us know! Email us at comrel @ transformativeworks.org.