Five Things Rachel G. Said
| Interviews by Fans | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Five Things Rachel G. Said |
| Interviewer: | Claudia Rebaza |
| Interviewee: | Rachel G. |
| Date(s): | August 13, 2017 |
| Medium: | online |
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| External Links: | Five Things Rachel G. Said |
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Five Things Rachel G. Said is a 2017 Q&A guest post with the OTW's Communications Committee volunteer Rachel G..
It was carried out as part of a series. See Five Things Said.
Excerpts
What is a typical week like for you as a volunteer?
My work as a volunteer depends on the committee’s needs and/or the time of the month. Since I have a full time job as a designer at an ad agency, my OTW activities are generally constrained to the weekends. Communications has been great about giving me long lead times on projects so that my volunteer work doesn’t become overwhelming.
I spend most of my time working on the Fandom First Friday graphics. I usually spend an hour or two conceptualizing how to visually represent the F3 theme (sometimes longer for the more abstract themes) and then take a few more hours to putting together the final graphic on the weekend before each month’s Fandom First Friday.
What’s the most fun thing to you about volunteering for the OTW?
Seeing things that I’ve created out in fandom and how people receive them has to be one of the most fun aspects. The creation process is pretty solitary for me so it is rewarding to know that my graphics are leading people to OTW events and discussions where they can interact with other fans.
What fannish things do you like to do?
I’m a huge fan of fantiction and I’ve been engaging with fandom through it for the last 15+ years. As you can imagine I’ve been in and out of quite a few fandoms over the years (LoTR and Ronin Warriors were the start). I’ve used fanfic archives, Yahoo Groups, LiveJournal, Fanfiction.net, AO3, and tumblr among others so I know just how important what OTW does is for fandom. I’ve seen the good (even great), bad, and ugly that can from fandom and I still keep coming back for more. I can’t get enough of seeing and reading other fans’ passion for the things that I love.