Volunteering

Volunteer Recruiting: Testing Volunteers & Web Developer Staff

Submitted by Curtis Jefferson on

We would like to thank everyone who responded to our previous call for Support Staff. The chairs are reviewing applications and should be contacting people within the next two weeks.

Today, we're excited to announce the opening of applications for:

  • Testing Volunteer - Closes May 27th
  • Web Developer Staff - Closes May 27th

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 volunteers@transformativeworks.org 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.

Note: We are continuing to work on a set of Volunteering Frequently Asked Questions that we hope to have posted within the next few weeks. If you have any questions about volunteering for the OTW, please let us know.

News topic tags: 
Accessibility, Design, & Technology
Volunteers & Recruiting
Webmasters Committee
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Volunteer Recruiting: AO3 Support & Tag Wrangling

Submitted by Curtis Jefferson on

We would like to thank everyone who responded to our initial call for Tag Wranglers, AO3 Documentation Volunteers, and Communications Staff. The AO3 Documentation Lead and Communications Chairs are reviewing applications and should be contacting people within the next two weeks.

Today, we're excited to announce the opening of applications for:

  • Support Staff - Applications due May 12
  • Tag Wrangler Volunteer - Applications accepted on an ongoing basis (role may be temporarily closed based on level of interest)

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 volunteers@transformativeworks.org 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.

Note: We are working on a set of Volunteering Frequently Asked Questions that we hope to have posted within the next few weeks. If you have any questions about volunteering for the OTW, please let us know.

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Support Committee
Tag Wrangling Committee
Volunteers & Recruiting
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Volunteer Recruiting: AO3 Documentation, Communications, and Tag Wranglers

Submitted by Curtis Jefferson on

We are pleased to announce that our first applications for new OTW volunteers are open! We have three roles from across the OTW in the first round:

  • AO3 Documentation Volunteer
  • Communications Staff (Media Outreach)
  • Tag Wrangler Volunteer
    Update 14 April 2013Due to the fantastic response from individuals interested in Tag Wrangling, we've temporarily closed the application while we train the over 50 volunteers who have already responded and get them settled in. We aim to reopen Tag Wrangler recruiting in mid-May.

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.

You may be wondering why you aren't seeing positions listed here that you know are open. Those committees are finalizing their position descriptions and training plans, and we will be posting those opportunities when they're ready.

If you have any questions about volunteering for the OTW, please let us know through the Volunteers & Recruiting contact form.

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AO3 Documentation
Communications Committee
Tag Wrangling Committee
Volunteers & Recruiting
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Urgent! Fortunecity.com free sites deleted

Submitted by Claudia Rebaza on

Fanlore is appealing for help in an urgent effort to assist fans affected by the disappearance of free sites on FortuneCity, an early Internet website provider that hosted many personal fanfic websites and small archives due to its free accounts. In conjunction with the more clearly communicated Geocities fadeout a few years ago, this action on Fortunecity's part has meant the loss of another chunk of fannish history.

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Volunteering, Roles, and Involvement Levels! OTW Willing to Serve Drive 2012

Submitted by .allison morris on

As the OTW continues with our Willing to Serve recruitment drive, those of us on the Volunteers & Recruiting committee wanted to take the opportunity to talk about different levels of involvement and the different role categories within the organization: Chair, Staff, and Volunteer.

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Willing to Serve, 2012 Term

Submitted by .allison morris on

As the end of the OTW's fourth full term approaches, our Volunteers & Recruiting committee is starting the search for people who are willing to serve on our committees in 2012. Some of our current staff will be returning to the same roles, some will be changing focus and trying new things, and many are ready to share their knowledge and responsibilities. All are looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people to join them.

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AD&T Coding Open House - Learn All About It!

Submitted by .allison morris on

Do you code for the Archive of Our Own or would you like to do so? Now is the time to learn how! Jenny, Training lead for the OTW's Accessibility, Design, & Technology committee, will lead a chat on coding for the OTW and the AO3, and also cover challenge moderation and challenge code. If you're a current coder, a new coder, or interested and curious about coding, this is the chat for you! If you've run a challenge on AO3 or want to learn more about how that works, this is the chat for you, too!

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Archive of Our Own
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Open Source
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Fanlore Wants You!

Submitted by .fcoppa on

It's the middle of 2011, and the Fanlore wiki committee is feeling the need for some new energy and new enthusiasm. We're also short on members, so we're putting out a call: we are looking for more fans to join the Fanlore Wiki Committee!

What's the wiki committee, exactly? The wiki committee is a group of volunteers which works to keep Fanlore up and running.

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Fanlore

Archive of Our Own Job Ad: MySQL Database Developer

Submitted by Lucy Pearson on

Do you love the Archive? Do you have skills in database analysis? Would you like to make these great two tastes taste great together?

We're looking for a MySQL database developer who can help us optimise our database performance on the Archive of Our Own. The Archive is run on MySQL 5.0 and Rails 3, but you don't need to know Rails to help -- we would really like someone who can look over our database query logs and help us spot inefficiencies!

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Archive of Our Own

Willing to Serve, 2011 term

Submitted by .allison morris on

It's that time again! As the end of the OTW's third term approaches, we are in search of people who are willing to serve on our committees. We have accomplished amazing things during this term, and we have big plans on the horizon for the next one! Many of our current committee members will be returning, and we are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated people to join them.

We've provided descriptions of the committees and their jobs below. Please note that while we're taking information now, we will be forming the committees when we come back from our break in mid-January.

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