Organization for Transformative Works/Board

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Name: Board of Directors
Date(s): 2007-
Profit/Nonprofit: Nonprofit
Country based in: USA; international volunteers
Focus: Organizes committees, makes final decisions, keeps financial records, handles compliance.
External Links: Who We Are (OTW website), Board Meeting Minutes, Reports and Governing Documents
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The Board of Directors for the Organization for Transformative Works is responsible for running the organization. The OTW website describes the Board's role and how it is chosen:

It is the Board's responsibility to organize committees, make final decisions, keep financial records, handle compliance, and so on. Board members are asked to serve three-year terms. One-third of the Board is elected every year. The Board is elected from among members in good standing who have served at least one term on a committee. Every member of the OTW gets one vote in the election, regardless of how much they contribute.[1]

Current Board Members

The current board members are:

From Who We Are | Organization for Transformative Works (accessed 11 January 2013)

Emerita Board Members

According to the OTW website, the first Board of Directors was chosen as follows:

Naomi Novik put out a call for those willing to serve in the organization in June of 2007, and chose the first board from among those who responded, on the basis of putting together a team with the particular set of skills and experience needed to set up the infrastructure of a nonprofit organization, including its bylaws. These bylaws include the rules and terms under which a membership could be gathered and a future board legally elected. A third of the board seats were up for election in 2008; two founding members gave up their seats, and two new Board members were affirmed by the membership.[1]

2007-2008 Board Members

From OTW > About Us > Who We Are (accessed 5 August 2008)

2009 Board Members

  • Naomi Novik (President)
  • Rachel Barenblat
  • KellyAnn Bessa
  • Francesca Coppa (Secretary)
  • Susan Gibel (Treasurer)
  • Sheila Lane
  • Rebecca Tushnet

From OTW > About the OTW > Who We Are (accessed 27 February 2009)

2010 Board Members

  • Naomi Novik (President)
  • Rachel Barenblat
  • Francesca Coppa (Secretary)
  • Sheila Lane (Treasurer)
  • Allison Morris
  • Rebecca Tushnet (Elections)
  • Elizabeth Yalkut

From OTW > About the OTW > Who We Are (accessed 16 July 2010)

2011 Board Members

  • Allison Morris (President) (2nd year, 1st term) (resigned after 2011 term)[2]
  • Francesca Coppa (1st year, re-elected for 2nd consecutive term)
  • Hele Braunstein (1st year, 1st term) (resigned after 2011 term)
  • Ira Gladkova (Elections) (1st year, 1st term)
  • Kristen Murphy (Secretary) (1st year, 1st term)
  • Rachel Barenblat (3rd year, 1st term)
  • Sheila Lane (Treasurer) (3rd year, 1st term)

From OTW > About the OTW > Who We Are (accessed 28 February 2011)

2012 Board Members

The Board of Directors for 2012 were announced on November 19, 2011[3], following the OTW 2011 Board Election (see also List of OTW 2011 Board Election links).

Board Meeting Attendance

In July 2012, after a board member posted about poor attendance at board meetings,[4] some fans calculated the attendance rate of different board members and posted their findings.[5][6] So many fans expressed shock at the results[5] that the board member wrote a follow-up post to clarify the relative importance of meeting attendance.[7]

The following tables show attendance of board members at board meetings conducted via online chat, for the 2011 and 2012 terms.[8]

2011 Term

From 12/29/2010 (at the start of a new term) and 12/4/2011 (near the end of a term), there were 28 meetings and this is the breakdown of board members' attendance:

Date Allison Morris Francesca Coppa Hele Braunstein Ira Gladkova Kristen Murphy Rachel Barenblat Sheila Lane
12/29/2010 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
1/13/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
1/19/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Absent
2/2/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Absent
2/10/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Absent
2/16/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/3/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
3/9/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/15/2011 Present Absent Absent Present Present Present Present
3/23/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
4/6/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
4/13/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
5/11/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
6/1/2011 Absent Present Present Present Present Present Absent
6/8/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Present
6/15/2011 Present Present Present Absent Present Absent Present
6/22/2011 Present Absent Present Present Absent Present Present
7/13/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Present Absent
7/20/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Present Present
7/27/2011 Present Absent Absent Present Present Present Present
9/8/2011 Present Absent Present Hiatus Present Present Present
9/15/2011 Present Present Present Hiatus Present Present Present
9/29/2011 Present Present Present Hiatus Present Absent Present
10/13/2011 Present Present Present Hiatus Present Absent Absent
10/27/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
11/10/2011 Absent Present Present Absent Present Present Absent
11/26/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Absent
12/4/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Present Absent
Total Attendance 26 (93%) 19 (68%) 26 (93%) 22 (79%) 27 (96%) 17 (61%) 19 (68%)


2012 Term

From 11/26/2011 (when the transition between the new and old board starts) to 09/14/2012, there were 35 meetings and here is a breakdown of board members' attendance:

Timestamp Francesca Coppa Ira Gladkova Jenny Scott-Thompson Julia Beck Kristen Murphy Naomi Novik Nikisha Sanders
11/26/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
12/4/2011 Absent Present Present Present Present Present Present
12/21/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
12/23/2011 Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Present
1/16/2012 Present Absent Present Absent Present Present Present
1/21/2012 Absent Present Present Absent Present Present Present
1/28/2012 Present Present Absent Present Present Present Present
2/4/2012 Present Absent Absent Present Present Present Present
2/11/2012 Present Present Absent Absent Present Present Present
2/18/2011 Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
2/25/2012 Present Absent Present Present Present Present Absent
3/3/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/10/2012 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/24/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
3/31/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Present Present
4/7/2012 Present Absent Present Absent Present Present Present
4/14/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
4/28/2012 Absent Absent Present Present Present Present Present
5/5/2012 Absent Present Present Present Absent Present Present
5/12/2012 Absent Absent Present Present Present Absent Present
5/19/2012 Absent Present Absent Present Present Absent Present
6/2/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
6/9/2012 Absent Present Absent Present Present Absent Present
6/16/2012 Absent Present Absent Absent Present Absent Present
6/23/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
7/7/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
7/14/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
7/21/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Absent
7/28/2012 Absent Absent Present Present Absent Absent Present
8/4/2012 Absent Present Present Absent Present Absent Present
Total Attendance to 4 August 11 (37%) 22 (73%) 24 (80%) 24 (80%) 28 (93%) 14 (47%) 28 (93%)
8/11/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
8/18/2012 Absent Present Present Present Present Absent Present
8/24/2012 Present Present Present Present Absent Present Present
9/8/2012 Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present
9/14/2012 Present Present Present Absent Absent Present Present
Total Attendance to 14 September 14 (40%) 27 (77%) 29 (83%) 28 (80%) 31 (89%) 16 (46%) 33 (94%)


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 OTW Frequently Asked Questions. (Accessed 11 July 2012.)
  2. ↑ OTW 2011 Board Candidates and Election News, posted on 22 September 2011. (Accessed 05 July 2012.)
  3. ↑ OTW Elections website. (Accessed 11 July 2012.)]
  4. ↑ Jenny Scott-Thompson. Tired. Posted to Dreamwidth 4 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012). Jenny writes, "We have three people who can hardly ever make a meeting at the moment. I would say you can see from our minutes, but I'm having trouble getting a quorum to approve the minutes so I can post them."
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Re:OTW Newsletter. Thread in fail_fandomanon started 4 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012)
  6. ↑ wistfuljane. Rarity. Posted to Dreamwidth 6 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012)
  7. ↑ Jenny Scott-Thompson. Clarifications and news. Posted to Dreamwidth 6 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012)
  8. ↑ OTW Board Meeting Minutes. (Accessed 05 July 2012.)
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