Tag: Open Doors Committee

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OTW Recruitment

The OTW is Recruiting for Financial Analysts, Investment Specialist and Open Doors Technical Volunteers

Jess H 1 Comment

Do you know MySQL and want to rescue at-risk fan archives? Do you have a background in finance and accounting? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting!

We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for:

  • Finance Committee Staff: Financial Analyst – closing 26 August 2020 at 23:59 UTC
  • Finance Committee Staff: Investment Specialist – closing 26 August 2020 at 23:59 UTC
  • Open Doors Committee: Technical Volunteer – closing 26 August 2020 at 23:59 UTC or until we receive 30 applications

We have included more information on each role below. Open roles and applications will always be available at the volunteering page. If you don’t see a role that fits with your skills and interests now, keep an eye on the listings. We plan to put up new applications every few weeks, and we will also publicize new roles as they become available.

All applications generate a confirmation page and an auto-reply to your e-mail address. We encourage you to read the confirmation page and to whitelist our email address in your e-mail client. If you do not receive the auto-reply within 24 hours, please check your spam filters and then contact us.

If you have questions regarding volunteering for the OTW, check out our Volunteering FAQ.

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OTW Recruitment

The OTW is Recruiting for Open Doors Staff and Policy & Abuse Staff

Jess H 2 Comments

Do you want to rescue at-risk fan archives? Would you like to assist AO3 users by resolving complaints? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting!

We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for:

  • Open Doors Staff – closing 13 May 2020 at 23:59 UTC or after 30 applications
  • Policy & Abuse Staff – closing 13 May 2020 at 23:59 UTC

We have included more information on each role below. Open roles and applications will always be available at the volunteering page. If you don’t see a role that fits with your skills and interests now, keep an eye on the listings. We plan to put up new applications every few weeks, and we will also publicize new roles as they become available.

All applications generate a confirmation page and an auto-reply to your e-mail address. We encourage you to read the confirmation page and to whitelist our email address in your e-mail client. If you do not receive the auto-reply within 24 hours, please check your spam filters and then contact us.

If you have questions regarding volunteering for the OTW, check out our Volunteering FAQ.

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This Week in Fandom

This Week in Fandom, Volume 128

Jess H

Welcome to This Week in Fandom, the OTW’s roundup of things that are happening! Before we start, the Wonder Woman 1984 trailer was released this week! Are you as excited about it as we are? Leave your thoughts in the comments!

Our first news story of the week concerns the upcoming Yahoo Groups closure, originally scheduled for December 14. Since Verizon announced the closure in October, the OTW has been working in support of fandom efforts to preserve as much content from the platform as possible; you might have heard the chair of our Open Doors committee on an NPR segment on December 9, or read the open letter we recently sent to Verizon asking them to extend the closing deadline.

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