What's your favorite otw_news post?

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otw_news has made the shortlist for inclusion in a Live Journal 10th Anniversary Anthology celebrating LJ's ten years in business; this anthology intends to highlight "100 favorite journals and communities from over the past decade." (You can read more about the project here, in the LJ community lj_turns10.) We think it's important than fan posts and fan communities like ours get written into the official history of Livejournal, so we're going to try to make the cut.

We've been asked to submit links to our five favorite entries on otw_news. We're currently trawling through our back entries, but if you have a favorite post from this community, please comment with a link and let us know! Thanks!

Job Search: Fanlore Graphics

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Job: Fanlore Graphics

Description: Fanlore is looking for someone to design some small buttons suitable for sidebar display, in 100x100, 64x64, and 128x128 sizes, as well as various "badges." (Badges are about 210 px wide, and vary in height, but are generally rectangular.)

You can see the Fanlore wiki here. You are not tied to our color scheme, but we do want all the graphics to have a unified look, and be easily recognizable as part of Fanlore.

How to Volunteer: Email your designs to wiki@transformativeworks.org. Please submit one square and one rectangular sample of your proposed design.

Graphics cannot include any images under copyright, so no Batman or Fox Mulder, etc. Public domain images that you think are appropriate (books, computers, etc) are acceptable, but please make sure they are not under copyright. Of course, any work you would create on your own and allow us to use would be welcomed, as well.

Send us samples information by: March 24th, 2009.

Last Day of the March Membership Drive!

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OK, the truth is: you can actually sign up for membership (and donate) to the OTW all year round. But like public television and radio, OTW holds membership drives at fixed times during the year so that we're not constantly pestering you for money. Tomorrow is the last day of our March membership drive; after that, this site will be a free fannish space until October. So here's our last plea for cash!

If you're not a member of OTW, please become a member! If you're already a member, renew your membership! Non-profit spaces like the OTW are one of the ways we fans can push back against the increasing commercialization of the internet and fight the attempted commercialization of our communities. Ten bucks is enough to get you a year of membership and voting rights in our organization.

We are building our own software and buying our own servers. We are stepping away from the increasingly advertising-driven culture of Web 2.0. We are declaring our pride in fandom and the real worth of our fannish communities, practices, activities, and fanworks. We are working together to preserve our many and varied histories and to keep fandom open and alive for all newbies everywhere, without gatekeepers or restrictions.

Join OTW!



Mirrored from an original post on the OTW blog.