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OTW election crossfire
13 November 2011 12:42 amIt's election season for the OTW and there's a lot of talk about the org and its projects. And apparently a lot of unhappiness.
I didn't become a paid-up member in time to vote during this election. I'm not a volunteer (yet).
But I'm an avid user of the Archive of Our Own who also really loves Fanlore. And I very much believe in the parent org's goals and other projects; the legal advocacy, the Journal, Open Doors, etc.
Despite what a recent spate of unhappy outpourings says about the difficulty of getting heard as a volunteer or staffer or user by the people making decisions and certain seemingly large (but in my opinion not insurmountable) problems with how decisions are currently made at the OTW, if I had a vote, I would vote for Naomi Novik and (if her seat were up, which it isn't) Francesca Coppa in this election.
Not because what I've read makes me think they're unarguably doing the most fantastic jobs possible as a board candidate or board member.
But because: ( Read more... )
The less teal deer version:
I hope that every single member of the OTW's next board, no matter who is voted in, will challenge themselves to be insanely great -- about listening to, taking into consideration, and constructively using feedback from users, members, volunteers, staffers, other board members; adherents and naysayers and Devil's Advocates.
I didn't become a paid-up member in time to vote during this election. I'm not a volunteer (yet).
But I'm an avid user of the Archive of Our Own who also really loves Fanlore. And I very much believe in the parent org's goals and other projects; the legal advocacy, the Journal, Open Doors, etc.
Despite what a recent spate of unhappy outpourings says about the difficulty of getting heard as a volunteer or staffer or user by the people making decisions and certain seemingly large (but in my opinion not insurmountable) problems with how decisions are currently made at the OTW, if I had a vote, I would vote for Naomi Novik and (if her seat were up, which it isn't) Francesca Coppa in this election.
Not because what I've read makes me think they're unarguably doing the most fantastic jobs possible as a board candidate or board member.
But because: ( Read more... )
The less teal deer version:
I hope that every single member of the OTW's next board, no matter who is voted in, will challenge themselves to be insanely great -- about listening to, taking into consideration, and constructively using feedback from users, members, volunteers, staffers, other board members; adherents and naysayers and Devil's Advocates.