OTW needs to remove its head from its ass on so many levels

Last edited 6/24: The offer of OTW membership is open until 6/30/23.

I have organized OTW membership scholarships for 23 people so far, tapping 4 donators other than me for funds. Here's why, in case you've missed it.

As of 6/24, I still have 43 scholarships left, so please don't be shy if you need help!

A goodly number of the scholarships I have on offer are from mecurtin, who has set up a post offering exactly what I have been offering here, for anyone who feels more comfortable asking for help from her. I am still accepting offers of help from anyone who wants to pitch in but doesn't want to put their Paypal out for general consumption, and I will signal-boost anybody who wants to set up their own parallel post.

Someone decided to do a call-out of me for election tampering, which means I am doing something right. Just in case anyone's worried, I am asking nothing of anyone except an address to send the money to; if someone takes the 10USD and buys something other than an OTW membership with it, or they get an OTW membership and vote for someone I don't approve of, I will never know.

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( TL;DR: Racism & child abuse bad, volunteer abuse bad; anybody need an OTW membership? )

Signal Boost of myself: If you want but can't afford an OTW membership, come talk to me

Please spread this post and/or the Tumblr mirror far and wide.

If you are not currently able to join the Organization for Transformative Works for financial reasons, but you would also like to be able to vote for people who believe that volunteer abuse, unfettered racist material, and infinite passing-the-buck are antithetical to a functioning organization, several friends and I would be happy to fund a membership for you, readers. There are 22 slots remaining as of the last edit; the offer is open until June 30, 2023 because registration after that date will be too late to qualify for the upcoming election.

If you would like some financial help, no questions asked other than "How shall we accomplish the financial transfer?" then leave a comment on this post. The comments on that entry are screened, so no one will see them but me unless your comment is content solely about something other than money.

Comments from people who do not have Dreamwidth accounts are welcome. If you're asking for monetary assistance, please include an email address so we can coordinate funds transfer. I will not unscreen any comments that include email addresses, so if you have both a request and a substantive comment on the post, please make them separately.

Several people have stepped up to offer more funds toward the purpose, and I am happy to coordinate membership scholarships for anyone else who would be willing to trust me but not Random Internet People with their address/paypal/venmo/etc. I can provide my bona fides as someone who has met a lot of fans in meatspace and doxxed zero of them, should the question arise.

Ruth Huber appreciation - a contemporary composer

I am familiar with three of her songs and I like all of them. The first one is furious, the second defiant, and the third joyous. The first and third are written for treble voices in an SSAA arrangement.

Signs: Voices from the Women's March is exactly what it felt like to live through the first furious moments of the Trump Administration.

Courage To Be Who We Are is a Trans Day of Remembrance song par excellence.

Big Dogs, Music, And Wild, Wild Women is a sweet, light-hearted song that needs to be a vid, but I don't know what story it's for. Maybe someone needs to write the story that can turn into an audiovisual property after the writers' and actors' strike, and then someone can vid it.

OTW membership drive peer-to-peer donations

A bunch of people have offered to send funds to help more folks get OTW memberships at $10 each. It is not possible to gift memberships, which is why the monetary transfer is necessary. I started out with 10 openings, and after sending out money to 9 people, there are 25 openings remaining. (as of 6/19)

If you would like financial help getting an OTW membership for the purpose of voting for the Board, 4 out of 5 positions of which are open, no questions asked other than "How shall we accomplish the financial transfer?" then leave a comment on this post. The comments on that entry are screened, so no one will see them but me unless your comment is content solely about something other than money.

Comments from people who do not have Dreamwidth accounts are welcome. If you need money, I will eventually need an email address from you so we can coordinate funds transfer. I will not unscreen any comments that include addresses, so if you have both a request and a substantive comment on the post, please make them separately.

I am happy to coordinate membership scholarships for anyone else who would be willing to trust me but not Random Internet People with their address/paypal/venmo/etc. I can provide my bona fides as someone who has met a lot of fans in meatspace and doxxed zero of them, should the question arise.