burdened with glorious purpose ([info]femmequixotic) wrote in [info]otw_news,
2007-12-11 12:19:00
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Website and mission updates

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!

--[info]femmequixotic, [info]bethbethbeth, [info]ciderpress, [info]mirabile_dictu, [info]shrift, [info]svmadelyn
Community Relations Committee

Edited @ 12:37 p.m. to add ComRel committee (inadvertently left off)
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[info]laurashapiro

December 11 2007, 17:41:21 UTC 4 years ago

Great work. Yay!

[info]gracilejenn

December 11 2007, 17:50:57 UTC 4 years ago

Fabulous!

[info]luciademedici

December 11 2007, 17:56:39 UTC 4 years ago

You're missing an 'h' in your website link.

[info]femmequixotic

December 11 2007, 17:57:48 UTC 4 years ago

Thanks! It should be fixed now. :)

[info]birggitt

December 11 2007, 18:04:57 UTC 4 years ago

Wonderful!
Love how complete it is =D

[info]gchick

December 11 2007, 18:05:48 UTC 4 years ago

Congrats and yay!! Thanks for everything you've all done, and I can't wait for what's next!

[info]cereta

December 11 2007, 18:20:57 UTC 4 years ago

YAY!

[info]branchandroot

December 11 2007, 18:39:00 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you, that reads much better. I know I, for one, appreciate the work you're putting in.

[info]rogue_planet

December 11 2007, 18:39:42 UTC 4 years ago

I'm so excited about this. I can remember when FF.net had hopes and dreams like this, (minus the legal team) and how sad I was when they started putting all sorts of restrictions on writers. Yay for OTW!

[info]pir8fancier

December 11 2007, 19:11:21 UTC 4 years ago

HUZZAH!

[info]chasarumba

December 11 2007, 19:29:36 UTC 4 years ago

Looks excellent -- and promising!

[info]scribblemoose

December 11 2007, 19:41:52 UTC 4 years ago

This is fantastic stuff. Well done, and thank you.

Just one point, and I'm sure you've already discussed it many times, and I respect your decision to include it as a value - but the one thing that stops me wanting to affiliate with the OTW is the references to 'female culture'. I recognise that women dominate many parts of fandom, and that many of the attributes of fandom of merit are associated with females. However, I think our culture is (and should be) diverse and male-influenced too (in a good way!) and as such we should not explicitly limit ourselves on a gender-culture basis.

Just my view, but I feel strongly about it so had to share. Congratulations on the site and thank you for all your hard work.

[info]kerravonsen

December 11 2007, 20:53:48 UTC 4 years ago

Agreed; I did a double-take when I saw that sentence.

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[info]scribblesinink

December 11 2007, 19:41:56 UTC 4 years ago

Looking good! I love the umbrella logo :) Thanks for all your hard work for fandom.

[info]hector_rashbaum

December 11 2007, 20:39:01 UTC 4 years ago

There's just no pleasing some people :)

I'm much more comfortable with the new mission statement and values; however, you use this definition of transformative works in the FAQ:

Transformative works are creative works about characters or settings created by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creators.

You do explicitly state you consider RPF transformative (I still don't), but under this definition I don't see why. It's the phrase "original work" that throws me - there's no "original work" in RPF.

It's not so much the usage, or the fact I disagree with RPF as transformative because in the end that's just a difference of opinion, but that particular definition reads as rather exclusive.

[info]elfwreck

December 12 2007, 00:09:26 UTC 4 years ago

Re: There's just no pleasing some people :)

...there's no "original work" in RPF.

Sure there is. Any concert is an original work. So's a sports event. Or a movie award ceremony. Or an interview.

Just because the original works aren't fiction doesn't make them not "creative works," or whatever it is one makes fanfic(etc.) from. They're just as much a performance as a TV episode.

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[info]fullygoldy

December 11 2007, 20:43:32 UTC 4 years ago

I don't think I've mentioned lately that I'm awed and inspired by the lot of you that are driving OTW forward. Thanks for everything you're doing, and for how thoughtfully and carefully you are doing it.

[info]marialima

December 11 2007, 20:46:23 UTC 4 years ago

Kudos to you all!!

[info]willow_25

December 11 2007, 20:46:35 UTC 4 years ago

The site looks amazing, and I'm glad to see the project moving forward. These are very exciting times for fandom!

[info]neery

December 11 2007, 20:48:03 UTC 4 years ago

YAY! Just the existence of this project makes me so very happy, and it's such a thrill to watch it grow.

[info]nigeltde

December 11 2007, 20:51:34 UTC 4 years ago

It looks fabulous! I'm so excited! Magnificent work, everyone!

[info]dodificus

December 11 2007, 20:59:25 UTC 4 years ago

I'm excited to see this all coming together, you're all doing a wonderful job.

We value our identity as a predominantly female community with a rich history of creativity and commentary.

Admittedly we're not *all* women but I am and it's always been the way that I've looked at the community, a group of amazing, creative, diverse women.

[info]beloved4always

December 12 2007, 00:09:31 UTC 4 years ago

congratulations! it looks great.

[info]calligrafiti

December 12 2007, 00:14:24 UTC 4 years ago

Congratulations! It looks terrific. I'm sure tons of work went into it.

[info]lynnenne

December 12 2007, 00:28:16 UTC 4 years ago

Well done!

[info]partly_bouncy

December 12 2007, 00:59:19 UTC 4 years ago

Just curious... I know you're busy, but did you get my reply regarding doing something with [info]otw_news and http://www.fanhistory.com/"> History Wiki? I know we were in a discussion about Fan History Wiki... and just want to know what's going on now. Thanks.

[info]femmequixotic

December 12 2007, 03:14:20 UTC 4 years ago

Hi!

As I recall our discussion back in early October, you expressed a wish at that time not to be involved with the organization's wiki? If you are interested, though, you can contact volunteers@transformativeworks.org and let them know; they can put you in touch with our wiki committee chair.

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[info]counteragent

December 12 2007, 02:02:50 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

[info]lynnmonster

December 12 2007, 03:25:14 UTC 4 years ago

I am very excited -- the site looks wonderful. Congratulations, and thank you for all your hard work!
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