Whee! Membership of the Organiszation for Transformative Works is open!

I was going to talk about what membership means & entails, but you know? the Membership Committee have been working on getting those words right for MONTHS, so I will just copy & paste:

The OTW is based on the model of public broadcasting. All of our projects and services are free and open to the fan community, and we will never charge for them. For example, we will not require a donation to read or house fanfiction in the archive, nor will we sell advertising to support the archive, the journal, the wiki, or any other of the OTW’s projects.

However, creating and providing these services does cost money, and so the OTW needs some financial support. In return for a minimum annual donation of $10 USD, you can become a voting member of the OTW. (We happily accept larger donations, too!) Your membership fee allows us to support our projects without selling ad space. And since each membership is assigned a unique ID number, this membership process will help us ensure fair elections. Members elect the board of directors, who in turn shape the work the organization takes on.

There are also translations about membership there on otw_news for 35 different countries. THAT is pretty cool. bwee!

Even though the Archive isn't up and running yet (though you can totally see the awesome roadmap at www.transformativeworks.org), I'm very a-squee to be an early adopter :D