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How familiar are you with all OTW projects and committees, including but not limited to AO3 and Fanlore, have you work with them in any capacity that could prepare you for Board work?
[Note: There will be 2 Q&A posts total, covering all the topics brought up during the user-submitted Q&A period. Candidates were limited to 300 words per answer.]
What kind of research did you do about board work specifically before deciding to run? Thanks!
Theodore B. (He/Him): has been reading and writing creatively since childhood, with a love for science fiction and fantasy supported by his parents and (even more voracious) brother. One Piece as a child, Percy Jackson as a teen, and Red Rising as an adult have kept him attached to fandom, without even mentioning the millions of words of fanfic read—peaking at 25 million words in a single year. Beyond reading, he spends much of his time supporting the speedrunning side of fandom: hosting randomizer tournaments, moderating speedrun streams and leaderboards, and even commentating and running at Games Done Quick and other charity marathons.
Theodore joined the Organization for Transformative Works as a part of the Tag Wrangling Committee in August 2025. Since then, he has worked on several No Fandom-specific TW processes, such as helping to find synonymous tags for No Fandom canonicals both new and old, as well as deciding how to canonize new tags. His favorite wrangling activity is researching obscure tags; his second favorite is finding the perfect canonical to syn to. Outside of online volunteer work, he experiences Alternate Universe – Coffee Shop on the daily for a living wage; has worked at a summer camp welcoming LGBTQ+ youth; played the viola solo, in quartets, and in symphony orchestra for fifteen years; and graduated university with a Bachelor’s in English and a minor in linguistics.