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Why I Joined OTW Week - Jan. 7-12!

Jan 07, 2008 18:24

We have 55+ members in OTW at this point, and you're probably only used to hearing from a sixth of us ( Read more... )

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anarchicq January 8 2008, 00:58:52 UTC

Just curious- did all these 55 people put forth 10 bucks to become members?

Edited 'cause as hot as Nathan Petrelli is, he wasn't the OTW icon. *g* svmadelyn January 8 2008, 01:01:39 UTC

No, we did not. If you're curious, you can read a bit more about our financial structure here.

Re: Edited 'cause as hot as Nathan Petrelli is, he wasn't the OTW icon. *g* glasshouses January 13 2008, 06:06:46 UTC

Right now you can't become a member unless you are on a board/committee?

Re: Edited 'cause as hot as Nathan Petrelli is, he wasn't the OTW icon. *g* svmadelyn January 13 2008, 06:30:44 UTC

It's actually more of a terminology question - if you'll look at my ETA on the post, 'member' as I used it here was in reference to people on the board/committees. 'Member' as on the FAQ are the people who pay 10.00 in order to be able to vote in elections and support OTW costs.

So we haven't actually formally *opened* membership yet - there will be updates when we're ready for that.

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kassrachel January 8 2008, 08:02:20 UTC

Why I Joined the OTW, a post by me.

:-)

sheenaghpugh January 8 2008, 10:51:26 UTC

I am supporting it because I'd like it to become generally known as a place journalists could go to find out some useful information when they want to research and write articles on fan fiction, instead of rehashing the same old misinformation they usually do.

Why I joined the OTW - Alice Toulmin, AD&T Committee - Part 1 of 2 anonymous January 8 2008, 16:55:26 UTC

The following is written in a purely personal capacity, and is deliberately short and simple.Why OTW ( ... )

Why I joined the OTW - Alice Toulmin, AD&T Committee - Part 2 of 2 anonymous January 8 2008, 17:01:08 UTC

Who am I?
I'm a very quiet and mostly offline fan these days. It's coming up on ten years since I fell into fandom, and there have been years when it may have kept me sane and years when I didn't or couldn't look in at all. This is my real name. I have used it more consistently than any other name in fandom (never did get the hang of multiple identities outside the DCU), so it costs me nothing continue using it.

I haven't posted fic in a long time, and almost all my communication happens over email because I've always been a one-to-one person rather than one-to-many. I do have a Livejournal account (which). I use it purely for commenting on restricted story posts. There are no journal posts and it doesn't get much use. I am not anti-livejournal, but while I recognise that it is great for some people, it is unpleasant for me to use (both emotionally and in terms of user interface) and I avoid it where possible ( ... )

Re: Why I joined the OTW - Alice Toulmin, AD&T Committee - Part 2 of 2 devildoll January 9 2008, 22:17:17 UTC

Thank you, Alice, for the great post, and for all your hard work. Since my coding knowledge tops out at the LJ cut tag, I'm super grateful for everyone in the org with actual skills!

Post vonknibble January 8 2008, 17:17:23 UTC

My 'Why I Joined the OTW' Post :)