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Maia Bobrowicz
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| Name: | Maia Bobrowicz |
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| Type: | former OTW Board member (2013), convention program coordinator |
| Fandoms: | The Sentinel, Harry Potter, Supernatural, etc. |
| Communities: | Organization for Transformative Works, Swancon committee |
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Maia Bobrowicz is a former member of the Organization for Transformative Works Board of Directors, having served in 2013. Bobrowicz was appointed to the OTW Board in December 2012 to serve a two-year term after two previous Board members resigned[1]. She resigned from the her position on the Board in June 2013.[2]
She started volunteering with the OTW in 2008, and served as the chair of the Accessibility, Design & Technology committee in 2009.
OTW Biography
Maia is a business analyst and project manager with the software development branch of an international company and has trouble staying away from school. She has a BSc in Chemistry, Metallurgy and Philosophy, a Bachelor of Journalism and is completing a MBA at night. Maia got involved in online fandom in 2001 and slid slowly from reading, to organising, to volunteering. A volunteer with the OTW since 2008, Maia has chaired AD&T and helped launch the Archive of Our Own into open beta. As part of a philosophy of giving back to the community Maia was on the Swancon (an annual Western Australia science fiction convention) committee for 2009 as program coordinator. Maia championed a women and family friendly program and managed to get 49% female panelists and presenters. Maia co-runs an annual discussion panel called Safe Spaces dedicated to exploring ways to make conventions enjoyable and safe(r) for all attendees.[3]
External Links
- Introducing Maia Bobrowicz (31 January 2013)
References
- ^ OTW Board Announces the Resignation of Julia Beck at the OTW blog. 19 February 2013. (Accessed 03 March 2014.)
- ^ OTW Board announces the resignation of Maia Bobrowicz on the OTW blog. 12 June 2013. (Accessed 03 March 2014.)
- ^ Emerita Board Members. Organization for Transformative Works website. (Accessed 03 March 2014.)