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Alex Tischer's Bio and Manifesto

Year: 2015BioAlex Tischer, DrMedVet: Is an ECC veterinarian. Grew up in Germany and currently lives in the UK. Has been in fandom since before the millennium and has migrated through more fandoms than...

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Aline Carrão's Bio and Manifesto

Year: 2015BioAline has a Law degree from the Universidade de Juiz de Fora (Brazil). She has worked in consumer protection and civil law and is currently continuing her education to work as a civil...

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Andrea Horbinski's Bio and Manifesto

Year: 2015BioAndrea Horbinski is the Secretary of the OTW Board of Directors and a Ph.D. candidate in modern Japanese history with a designated emphasis in New Media at the University of California,...

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Atiya Hakeem's Bio and Manifesto

Year: 2015BioAtiya Hakeem (Lady Oscar) received her undergraduate degree in biology from the California Institute of Technology, then went to the University of Hawaii for a PhD in biomedical sciences....

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Daniel Lamson's Bio and Manifesto

Year: 2015BioDan Lamson is the executive director of a small nonprofit in Florida, USA focused on local environmental and quality of life issues. He graduated from Ursinus College in 2007 with a...

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Katarina Harju's Bio and Manifesto

Year: 2015BioKatarina is a Swedish-speaking Finn currently working towards a degree in Information Technology. Prior to this, she worked in accountancy for many years. She went searching for fandom in...

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Matty Bowers's Bio and Manifesto

Year: 2015BioMatty first stumbled upon fandom back in May of 1998; however, she didn't truly get involved until 2001. Her first fandoms were Highlander and Buffy, however she quickly fell into a...

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Nikisha Sanders's Bio and Manifesto

Year: 2015BioNikisha Sanders holds a BA in sociology and anthropology from Earlham College, where she authored a senior thesis on gender representation among queer women. She has worked as an activist...

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2015 Elections Candidates Announcement

Year: 2015The OTW is pleased to announce the following candidates for the 2015 Election (in alphabetical order by given name):Alex TischerAline CarrãoAndrea HorbinskiAtiya HakeemDaniel LamsonKatarina...

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Membership Deadline for Voters, Election Dates, Contact Form, and Proxies

Year: 2015Elections is happy to announce that the membership deadline for voting in 2015 has been set at October 6, 2014 through October 6, 2015, inclusive of both dates. If you have or will become a...

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Reminder: Q&A Questions due by 11:59pm UTC on September 21

Year: 2015We'd like to remind everyone that the question submission period for the Q&A will close on Monday at 11:59pm UTC. (What time is that for me?) Please submit all questions via our Contact...

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Announcement from OTW Board about 2015 Ballot

Year: 2015The Elections Committee has been directed by the OTW's Board of Directors to post the following text:"A message from the Board, to avoid any possible confusion regarding the composition of...

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Withdrawal of Candidate Dan Lamson

Year: 2015Effective September 27, Dan Lamson withdrew his candidacy for the Board for 2015. His withdrawal letter is reproduced below with his permission:"To Whom It May Concern:This letter is to...

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Q&A Process and First Answers!

Year: 2015Today the Elections Committee is excited to reveal the first set of Q&A answers! The topic will be conflict of interest. Before we begin, we'll explain how the posting process will...

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Q&A Responses - Retreat

Year: 2015Your 2015 candidates are still hard at work answering the questions you've sent them! Today we're pleased to provide you with the second complete group—you can read the candidates' answers on...

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Q&A Responses - General Management

Year: 2015The 2015 candidates have completed a third group of questions! You can read their answers on the topic of general management by clicking on the links below.Alex Tischer's General Management...

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Elections Membership Deadline and October Drive Timing

Year: 2015Some folks have asked why the October Drive and the election membership deadline are not connected this year, as they've been in the past. The change was made as part of a broader shift in...

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Q&A Responses - Finances (Group 1)

Year: 2015The fourth set of questions the 2015 candidates have completed is the first of two groups on the topic of finances. You can read their answers by clicking on the links below.Alex Tischer's...

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Q&A Responses - Goals and Vision

Year: 2015We're entering the home stretch of the Q&A process. Next up is our fifth complete group. You can read the candidates' answers on the subject of their goals and vision for the OTW by...

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Elections 2015 Q&A and Chats

Year: 2015The Elections season is still in full swing! This post has the full round-up of the candidates’ answers to your questions, as well as dates and times for the public chats.ChatsThere will be...

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2015 Voter Instructions

Year: 2015The OTW 2015 Board of Directors election will be held on November 06-09. It will open at 12:01am UTC on November 06 and close at 12:01am UTC on November 09. If you are not available during...

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Chat Transcript with Atiya Hakeem, Katarina Harju, and Matty Bowers - October...

Year: 2015briar_pipe Ok, looks like we've got a good group. I'll get us started.Hi everyone, and welcome to our candidate chats! My name is briar_pipe and I'm a member of the Elections Committee. I'll...

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Chat Transcript with Alex Tischer, Aline Carrão, and Andrea Horbinski -...

Year: 2015briar_pipe I'm going to start the official chat now, so after this, everything will be in the transcript.Hi everyone, and welcome to our candidate chats! My name is briar_pipe and I'm a...

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Chat Transcript with Alex Tischer, Atiya Hakeem, and Katarina Harju - October...

Year: 2015Krystal V. There's a small crowd tonight, hopefully anyone else who wants to join later will. We'll get the ball rolling now. :)Hi everyone, and welcome to our candidate chats! My name is...

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Chat Transcript with Aline Carrão, Andrea Horbinski, and Matty Bowers -...

Year: 2015Anna Temel Ok, we're going to start the official chat now! :)Hi everyone, and welcome to our candidate chats! My name is Anna and I'm a member of the Elections Committee. I'll be hosting...

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Chat Transcript with Alex Tischer, Aline Carrão, Andrea Horbinski, Atiya...

Year: 2015Anna Temel Let's get this started! :DHi everyone, and welcome to our candidate chats! My name is Anna and I'm a member of the Elections Committee. I'll be hosting today.This is the last in a...

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Election Delay

Year: 2015We've had a short delay in the election starting due to an issue with our voting software. It's now fixed, and the ballots will be out in the next two hours. Thank you so much for your...

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2015 Election Results

Year: 2015The Elections Committee would like to thank all of our candidates for their hard work in this year's election. With that, we are pleased to present the results of the 2015 Election.Atiya...

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Board Appointment of Last Place Candidate to Empty Board Seat

Year: 2015On 14 August 2015, the Board voted to change the size of the Board from 9 Directors to 7. Before this vote, the Board informed Elections that only 2 seats would be available to be filled this...

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Election Statistics for 2015

Year: 2015Some of you were interested in a release of statistics about the Election, especially regarding the number of votes each candidate has received. While we understand this request, due to...

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