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Celebrating International Volunteer Day 2022
This International Volunteer Day, the Organization for Transformative Works would like to recognize the incredible volunteers whose love and dedication keep our projects running smoothly. The OTW has always been a community-driven organization: we were founded by fans who wanted to take ownership over fandom preservation and advocacy. For the past fifteen years, we’ve remained true to that mission. It’s fans that have become the volunteers who comprise the backbone of the OTW – volunteers who maintain the technical infrastructure of our sites; volunteers who provide help documentation, FAQs, and news to keep the public informed about our activities; volunteers who liaise with AO3 users,… Read more
Five Things Alba Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with Alba, who volunteers as a Translation volunteer for Team Catalan. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? Like other Translation teams, Team Catalan translates a variety of documents related to the OTW and its projects. Doing this makes them more accessible to even more people and creates a feeling of inclusion…. Read more
Five Things Novic Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with Novic, who volunteers as a tag wrangler. This post was originally released in Chinese on the OTW’s Weibo account and contained a little extra information. It is presented here in its original form as well as an English translation (thanks to our Weibo moderators!) How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does?… Read more