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It’s the OTW’s October fundraising drive! Some really nice swag this time—I myself am going for the diner mug—and your donation supports a nonprofit open-source archive that can survive in the long run, as well as many other great projects ranging from the journal Transformative Works & Cultures to the Fanlore wiki to our legal advocacy project, which in only 2 years is going to have to go back to the Copyright Office and ask for another vidding exemption. We also have a number of unsung heroes: among them, the hardworking and talented Systems folks who make everything run well and securely, the hardworking and talented translators who are translating more parts of the site every day, and the hardworking and talented volunteers committee who manage everything that goes on behind the scenes so that the right people can get the right resources. Volunteers are always, always welcome and loved (and you can do cool things and then put them on your resume!).
And there is exciting archive news! New code deploys soon, which should speed up the archive, improve skins (don’t like the name of an archive category or don’t want to see the category at all? Get rid of it!) and allow vid embedding from many major sites! New servers to handle our ever-increasing volume of stories and users! But it all runs on donations (which are tax-deductible in the US), and we have a generous matching donor, so your contribution will have double the punch.
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Right now we also have four candidates for three open board slots, which means an election, and an opportunity to talk to all the candidates (all of whom, as incredibly hardworking committee members, will have important roles regardless of the outcome of the election) about where the organization should go.
More fannish content soon, I hope. ( me, me, me )
And there is exciting archive news! New code deploys soon, which should speed up the archive, improve skins (don’t like the name of an archive category or don’t want to see the category at all? Get rid of it!) and allow vid embedding from many major sites! New servers to handle our ever-increasing volume of stories and users! But it all runs on donations (which are tax-deductible in the US), and we have a generous matching donor, so your contribution will have double the punch.
( wordy graphic behind cut )
Right now we also have four candidates for three open board slots, which means an election, and an opportunity to talk to all the candidates (all of whom, as incredibly hardworking committee members, will have important roles regardless of the outcome of the election) about where the organization should go.
More fannish content soon, I hope. ( me, me, me )