We are happy to announce that the new OTW website is now live:

http://www.transformativeworks.org

The website will continue to grow, but you can learn more about the current status of the projects that fall under the umbrella of the OTW: the archive, the journal, legal assistance, and the wiki.

We'd like to draw your attention to our vision, our values, and our mission statement. Members of the OTW have listened to many conversations in many venues about these core values of the organization, and held many conversations among ourselves about them. We hope you see that level of attention reflected in the vision, values, and mission statement. We feel that it now represents as well as is possible the goals and directions of this organization. The OTW welcomes your feedback: most likely we will not be making additional changes in the near future, as a stable mission is important for moving forward and building the organization, but we will always be listening and there is always room for our organization and our mission to evolve over time.

The OTW of course does not represent all of fandom, as no one entity can make that claim. But we hope that many of you will find enough common ground with these goals to continue to support and participate in the OTW. At the core, this is what we believe in passionately and will work to achieve: to serve the interests of fans by providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms.

Please visit the OTW website!

Comments? Please visit the LJ announcement of the website!

--femmequixotic, bethbethbeth, ciderpress, mirabile_dictu, shrift, svmadelyn
Community Relations Committee

Welcome to the first issue of the OTW Newsletter! We're constantly on the lookout for ways to keep fandom up-to-date and informed about what's going on behind the scenes here at OTW, so twice a month, ComRel (OTW's Community Relations committee) will be compiling some updates about what the various committees are working on and we'll share them here.

First off, as we announced earlier today, the new OTW website is now live and contains our updated vision, values, and mission statement, as well as information on our various projects and a FAQ about the organization as a whole. Please take a moment to visit the updated site!

Committee Updates

( Accessibility, Design, and Technology Update from Naomi Novik )

( Community Relations Update from Femme )

( Development and Membership Update from Kass )

( Public Relations Update from Iphi )

( Systems Update from Jade Lennox )

( Volunteers and Recrutiting Update from Morganmuffle )

( Content Policy Update from Megan S )

( Journal Update from Karen Hellekson )

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What details would you like to know? Where else should we be reaching out to fandom? Please give ComRel a helping hand and let us know! Email us at comrel @ transformativeworks.org.


--femmequixotic, bethbethbeth, ciderpress, mirabile_dictu, shrift, svmadelyn
Community Relations Committee