2024-11-15T13:05:31-06:00 2023-12-31 161182991 DAVIE KAPLAN CPA PC 100 MERIDIAN CENTRE BLVD SUITE 200 ROCHESTER NY 14618 990 2023-01-01 383765024 ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS ORGA 9292603369 228 PARK AVE S NEW YORK NY 10003 YUECHIANG LUO TREASURER 9292603369 2024-11-11 1 0 NICHOLAS M PIEHLER CPA P01731433 5854544161 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z YUECHIANG LUO 228 PARK AVE S NEW YORK NY 10003 979278 0 X WWW.TRANSFORMATIVEWORKS.ORG X 2007 DE THE ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS (OTW) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION RUN BY AND FOR FANS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF FANWORKS AND FAN CULTURES. 7 7 0 896 0 0 1012647 979205 0 0 146 73 187 0 1012980 979278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98952 437813 634956 437813 634956 575167 344322 3106356 3469035 145 18502 3106211 3450533 X THE ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS (OTW) IS A NON-PROFIT RUN BY AND FOR FANS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF FANWORKS AND FAN CULTURES. 0 0 269417 THE ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN'S RESILIENCE WAS TESTED MULTIPLE TIMES IN 2023 DUE TO A SERIES OF ATTEMPTED DDOS ATTACKS. WHILE THE FIRST ONE IN JULY MANAGED TO TAKE DOWN AO3, FANLORE, AND THE OTW WEBSITE FOR A FEW DAYS, SERVICE WAS RESTORED QUICKLY AND SITE ACCESS REMAINED STABLE THROUGH ALL FURTHER ATTACKS. DETAILS OF THESE EVENTS WERE LATER <A HREF="HTTPS://ARCHIVEOFOUROWN.ORG/WORKS/54711364">REPORTED ON</A> BY SYSTEMS.DESPITE FURTHER ATTEMPTED ATTACKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE SITE REMAINED STABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. INDEED, ITS RAPID GROWTH NOT ONLY CONTINUED IN TERMS OF HOSTED FANWORKS, PASSING 12 MILLION IN NOVEMBER. IT ALSO PASSED 6 MILLION REGISTERED USERS DURING THE VERY WEEK OF THE JULY DDOS ATTACKS. TRAFFIC REACHED 31 BILLION AO3 VIEWS, AVERAGING 84.9 MILLION PAGE VIEWS OF AO3 PER DAY, 6 BILLION MORE THAN IN 2022. USERS CREATED 111,021,602 BOOKMARKS DURING THE YEAR, OVER 13 MILLION MORE THAN IN 2022.ALONG WITH PROVIDING MANY MORE SITE CHANGES AND UPDATES DURING THE YEAR, AD&T IMPROVED USER SAFETY AND COMFORT WITH TWO MAJOR UPDATES. ONE WAS THE ABILITY FOR LOGGED-IN USERS TO MUTE OTHERS, AND SECONDLY THE ABILITY FOR AO3 ADMINS TO TURN OFF GUEST COMMENTS ACROSS THE ARCHIVE, WHICH HELPS PROTECT IT AGAINST SPAM ATTACKS. ADDITIONALLY, A POST CLARIFYING THE ARCHIVE'S STAND ON AI AND SITE SCRAPING WAS MADE IN MAY. SYSTEMS BEGAN THE YEAR WITH A LOT OF WORK. A RUBY UPDATE, A CHANGE IN THE ARCHIVE'S SQL SOFTWARE TO MARIADB, AND A HARDWARE SWAP ENDED UP CAUSING SOME TEMPORARY PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL HARDWARE AND SOME CODE MODIFICATIONS. LATER IN 2023 THEY ALSO UPGRADED THE ARCHIVE TO DEBIAN BOOKWORM, AND ADDED TWO NEW VIRTUALIZATION SERVERS. MEANWHILE, TAG WRANGLING WRANGLED APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILLION TAGS, AN ENORMOUS INCREASE OVER 2022'S 4.85 MILLION, AND POLICY & ABUSE SHARED A GRAPHIC ABOUT HOW WHAT AREAS ITS APPROXIMATELY 23,600 TICKETS COVERED. </P><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="HTTPS://MEDIA.ARCHIVEOFOUROWN.ORG/AO3/2023%20PAC%20PIE%20CHART.PNG" ALT="A PIE CHART SHOWING THE NEARLY 23,600 POLICY & ABUSE TICKETS SUBMITTED IN 2023, DIVIDED BY TYPE OF COMPLAINT. NON-FANWORKS: 47%; REJECTED COMPLAINTS ABOUT OFFENSIVE CONTENT: 18%; PLAGIARISM AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT: 9%; HARASSMENT: 8%; COMMERCIAL PROMOTION: 7%; POLICY QUESTIONS: 3%; OTHER: 3%; INCORRECT FANDOM TAGS: 3%; INSUFFICIENT RATINGS OR WARNINGS: 2%. THESE CATEGORIES REFLECT THE SUBJECT OF THE COMPLAINT, AND (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OFFENSIVE CONTENT), DO NOT INDICATE WHETHER THE REPORT WAS UPHELD OR REJECTED."/>THE SUPPORT COMMITTEE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 24,800 TICKETS, WHICH WAS A MAJOR INCREASE FROM 2022'S 18,000, REFLECTING IN PART THE ATTACKS ON THE SITE. SUPPORT ALSO TOOK OVER VARIOUS DUTIES FROM POLICY & ABUSE IN 2023 SUCH AS DUPLICATE WORKS ERROR REPORTS AND FANNISH NEXT-OF-KIN SIGN UPS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE TRANSFERRED DURING LATE 2022 WHICH WERE LOSS OF ACCESS TO AN ACCOUNT, QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS CONCERNING ORPHANED WORKS, AND WORKS LABELED WITH AN INCORRECT LANGUAGE.THE AO3 DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE MADE VARIOUS UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING AN UPDATED ACCESSING FANWORKS FAQ, AND ADDING FIVE NEW TERMS TO THE AO3 GLOSSARY. 15119 FANLORE SAW AROUND 5,000 NEW PAGES AND 141,000 NEW EDITS MADE, ENDING THE YEAR WITH 66,000 PAGES AND 1,353,000 EDITS EXPLORING THE HISTORY, CULTURE, PEOPLE, AND ARTIFACTS THAT MAKE UP FANDOM. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SOME ERRORS IN DATA COLLECTION, THE NUMBER FOR 2022 WAS INCORRECT, AS THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 135,000 EDITS MADE AND THEY ENDED THE YEAR WITH 1,212,000 EDITS.ACROSS THE YEAR, THE FANLORE COMMITTEE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE WITH EDITORS AND FANS THROUGH FOUR MONTHS OF THEMED POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: FEMSLASH FEBRUARY, COMICS MONTH, FANDOM IN COLOR, AND PODTOBER. FANLORE ALSO HELD ITS THREE ANNUAL CHALLENGES: THE IFD FANLORE CHALLENGE, THE BINGO CHALLENGE, AND STUB SEPTEMBER. FANLORE ALSO SAW TWO NEW CHAIRS INDUCTED, JOANNA PERNICK AND NOAH A., AND FANLORE CHAIR REBECCA SENTANCE STEPPED DOWN. 3719 THE OTW'S INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED ONLINE JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC FAN STUDIES, TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS AND CULTURES, RELEASED THREE ISSUES IN 2023: NO. 39, "TRANS FANDOM," GUEST EDITED BY JENNIFER DUGAN AND ANGIE FAZEKAS IN MARCH; NO. 40, A GENERAL ISSUE, IN SEPTEMBER, WHOSE OPENING EDITORIAL WORKED TO STAKE OUT THE "STATE OF THE FIELD; AND NO. 41, "CHINESE FANDOMS", GUEST EDITED BY ZHEN TROY CHEN AND CELIA LAM. ALL WERE RELEASED ON SCHEDULE CONTINUING TWC'S PUBLICATION RECORD SINCE THE START OF THE JOURNAL. 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A FORMAL MOTION IS TAKEN TO ADOPT THE 990 DOCUMENT BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISCLOSE ANNUALLY ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN A FORMAL BOARD MEETING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES ITS GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND 990 DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FREELY ON ITS WEBSITE. ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS MAY BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.