A website has been set up by Crafters United to sell donated crafts: Craft Revolution. All proceeds will go toward Hurricane Katrina disaster relief. If you make any art or craft you can submit it to be sold, or if you feel like buying something your purchases will be for a good cause. Please help. Thank you for your time and your compassion ( Read more... )

People wanting to do FTV-style fundraising for the tsunami victims should check out fandom_charity. Thanks for the link, cheshyreWe will be back in the New Year for a discussion of the future of this comm. The basic decision that has to be made is whether this will be a charity fundraiser, in which case I'd bow out (and I guess direct you to Fandom Charity) or whether ( Read more... )

makesmewannadie brought the OT posts in this comm to my attention earlier today. Over the summer, I noticed a few off-topic posts, but they seemed to be few and far between, so I let it go. But it got to be too much just before and after the election: sorry I didn't notice; I was traveling as a campaign volunteer and then regrouping ( Read more... )

Hello, FTV members.

It's been a month or so since the election, and I know I've been grieving and I'm sure all of you have, too. But it's time to pick ourselves up and brush ourselves off, so to speak. hederahelix suggested that we should continue FTV and use this as a platform for further fannish-political action, and I think it's a wonderful idea. It's ( Read more... )

For lisa_bee: Five things that Never Happened to Naoe Nagi

For mendax: Plumed Serpent (Good Omens, Crowley in Ancient Mexico)

I don't even know if anyone still reads this comm, but here goes:

greensilver offered to do LJ layouts - and I bid $30 for one. She agreed, but.

After some back and forth, she never did it and now she doesn't respond to my emails asking her what's up.

idlerat suggested I post again and see if anyone would be willing to make one for me ( Read more... )

This isn't a ftv offer. But it's relevant, so ( Read more... )

As our fundraising drive for Kerry winds down (though there's no reason you shouldn't continue to use the comm to raise money for MoveOn, for example), heidi8 has created a new community dedicated to other things we can do to "Show George the Door."

Find the new comm at show_w_the_door ( Read more... )

Hello Vote Fans!

A reminder--today was supposed to be the deadline for getting contributions to the Kerry campaign. I suppose you can still send money for a couple more weeks, but it's less and less likely to be used effectively since it all needs to be spent by the third week in July.
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An announcement by request of fluffy_angst: she just started an LJ ( Read more... )