The Accessibility, Design, & Technology committee needs help! We're coming up on the end of our first term, which means getting all our records in order, and we want ADT to keep coding, so we're looking for people to help them get their meeting notes in order.

No technical knowledge is required--all you need is the ability to summarize a two-hour meeting in a half-page of short, bulleted minutes.

We need five to ten people for the job, and to show our gratitude for your hard work, each one will be paid with a shiny beta account at the Archive of Our Own.

The term ends in two weeks, so hurry hurry hurry. Send us your name and email address!

It's that time again! As the end of the OTW's first term nears, we will soon begin putting together the next round of committees for our second term, which means we are once again in search of people who are willing to serve.

We did an amazing amount of work during our first term, and we have a lot of things planned for the next, both internally (more comprehensive documentation!) and externally (more features for the archive!) Many of our current committee members will be returning for a second term, and we are looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people to join them.

Job: Systems Committee Member

Description: Systems is looking for a few additional committee members to help with backend support, keeping the operating system and the application software up and running.

We are currently using Debian, but if you are otherwise competent with Unix, knowing Debian specifically isn't a requirement. The software packages we administer are: Mailman, Apache2, Mongrel, Rails, Drupal, Mediawiki, Postfix, mySQL, Awstats, Nagios, Request Tracker, rsnapshot, S3Sync and Logwatch. Experience installing, configuring and troubleshooting any of these would be good—you need not know them all. Apache would be a huge bonus.

We are also looking for a systems architect. If you have experience in this area, please contact us!

Thank you for your interest in the Organization for Transformative Works! There are many ways to offer help to the OTW:

Volunteer!
Interested in helping out with one of our projects? Volunteers of all backgrounds and from all countries are welcome.

Make a donation!
The OTW is a member-supported nonprofit organization, and all our services are provided for free. We can't do this without your help! Please become a voting member with a $10 minimum donation, or if you're already a member, please help out when you can with an additional donation, maybe even a monthly subscription if you can. Even a little bit goes a long way.

Donate while you shop!

Interested in helping out with OTW or one of the projects? Volunteers of all backgrounds and from all countries are welcome. All meetings and communications are conducted online. Contact the Volunteers & Recruiting committee and let them know if you have a particular interest or expertise in a particular subject area.

The OTW committees and working groups are:

• Accessibility, Design, & Technology
• Community Relations
• Content Policy
• Development & Membership
• Documentation
• Elections
• Financial
• Journal
• Legal
• Public Relations
• Systems
• Translation

No. We welcome anyone who would like to help!

We are always on the lookout for great committee members! Committees are appointed annually, with occasional midseason replacements as needed. Chairs generally have a free hand in appointing their committees, and they will naturally be drawing most from those who have volunteered with their committee or have other (fannish or real-world) relevant experience. If you are interested in serving on a particular committee, please let the Volunteers committee know.

Absolutely! Please contact our Volunteers committee.