The OTW is organized into committees and workgroups, which are all made up of volunteers. Each committee and workgroup has a specific focus, though most work together in supporting various OTW projects and contributing to the success of the organization. If you're interested in giving of your time to support the OTW, check the volunteer listings to see if there's an open position that matches your skills and interests. The OTW committees and workgroups are:

Abuse

Chair: Matty Lynne

Handles abuse functions for the Archive of Our Own, such as complaints and Terms of Service violations.

Accessibility, Design, & Technology

Chair: mumble

Coordinates software design and development on behalf of the Organization for Transformative Works. The main project currently occupying the Committee is the creation of an open-source software package, OTW-Archive, to build and support the Archive of Our Own.

Communications

Chair: Claudia Rebaza

Handles press releases, newsletters, blog posts, media contacts, and other tasks related to promoting our various projects. Additionally, promotes communication within the OTW itself, keeping information flowing between the various committees.

Content Policy

Chair: Rebecca Tushnet

Designs and implements the Terms of Service and other content policies for the Archive of Our Own.

Development & Membership

Chair: Lesann

Handles fundraising and membership-building for the organization. Also maintains our secure database of member and donor information, and ensures that each member is able to vote in OTW elections.

Fanhackers

Chair: Nele Noppe

Fanhackers’ goal is to connect useful research on fans, academic or otherwise, with people who want or need to hear about it. The Fanhackers team works to promote closer dialogue between acafans (fans who are also scholars), fandom at large, and relevant people outside fandom, by actively promoting academic work in fannish and activist circles, and also by making sure that acafans know about the great meta and resources that fans create about themselves. There is already a massive amount of good information about fans out there that is useful for fans, academics, and activists working on issues that are relevant to fandom, and Fanhackers wants to make sure that all that existing information is used to maximum effect.

Fan Video & Multimedia

Chair: Tisha Turk

Manages the OTW’s projects related to video and multimedia from all fannish traditions, including information and resources for creators and scholars, embeds at the AO3, oral histories of vidding, a test suite of fair use vids to help with legal advocacy, and a dark archive for the storage and protection of fan video

Financial

Co-chairs: Cat Meier & Nikisha Sanders

Tracks spending, writes checks, maintains financial records, and develops a budget for the OTW.

Internationalization & Outreach

Chair: Sole G.

Works to increase the international visibility and accessibility of OTW and its projects.

Journal

Chair: Karen Hellekson

Administers Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC), an international peer-reviewed twice-yearly academic online journal in the field of media studies. This involves administering TWC's open-source journal software (OJS), considering submissions, and working with authors and content as necessary. They also shepherd documents through OJS for peer review, revision, copyedit, and layout.

Legal

Chair: Betsy Rosenblatt

Advises the Board and various committees on legal matters and liaises with outside legal counsel. Mostly comprised of legal professionals.

Open Doors

Chair: Michelle Dong

Open Doors works to preserve at-risk fanworks of all kinds.

Strategic Planning

Chair: Hanna Lee

Reviews and revises the strategic plan for the Org every 1 – 3 years.

Support

Chair: Sam Johnsson

Handles communication between users and the various teams involved with the Archive of Our Own. The Support team helps to resolve technical problems experienced by users and passes on users' feedback.

Systems

Co-chairs: Amanda Furrow & Karen Johnson

Manages servers and infrastructure for the OTW and its projects.

Tag Wrangling

Co-chairs: briar_pipe & Qem

The Tag Wrangling Committee and their team of volunteer “Tag Wranglers” maintain and administer the tags on the Archive of Our Own, curating the folksonomy system that links related tags together for better filtering and searching, while allowing users to tag their works however they prefer. The Tag Wrangling Committee induct, advise and assist tag wrangler volunteers in handling new and existing issues, compose and maintain the written guidelines and tutorials to coordinate tag wrangler activity, communicate with other OTW committees on matters related to tagging, and serve as liaisons for moderators of challenges and ficathons hosted at the Archive with respect to tagging. Tag Wrangling volunteers sort and organize tags in their claimed fandoms according to the Archive’s Tag Wrangling guidelines, researching source canon and other sources to unravel tag conflicts when required. They discuss and help solve sticky organization puzzles with other wranglers in chat or on the email discussion list. Volunteer time varies depending on how many fandoms are signed up for and how busy they are. Fandoms currently in need of wranglers are listed here, though this list changes frequently.

Translation

Co-chairs: hele braunstein & Priscilla Del Cima

Coordinates volunteer translators and liaises with other committees to make their projects and documents available in as many languages as possible.

Volunteers & Recruiting

Chair: Renay

Recruits and manages volunteers and staffers for all committees and projects, equips them with a variety of tools, and tracks their service. Volunteers also maintains a large database of volunteer records, manages staffing drives, and creates internal reference materials and documentation for OTW projects and committees. This aids internal transparency and continuity by building and maintaining a robust knowledgebase.

Web Strategy, Design & Development

Chair: moonmagicks

Manages the OTW's informational websites and maintains the software packages that run transformativeworks.org and associated sites (Drupal), Open Doors (HTML/Drupal), Transformative Works and Cultures (OJS), and our donation and membership database (CiviCRM).

Wiki

Chair: Tiyire

Maintains the Fanlore wiki. This includes supporting Fanlore wiki editors, as well as establishing a flexible infrastructure to define and organize the wiki's content.