OTW Board Meeting Attendance

In July 2012, after an OTW Board member mentioned poor attendance at board meetings,Jenny Scott-Thompson. . Posted to Dreamwidth 4 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012). some fans calculated the attendance rate of different board members and posted their findings.Re:OTW Newsletter. Thread in fail_fandomanon started 4 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012)wistfuljane. Rarity. Posted to Dreamwidth 6 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012) So many fans expressed shock at the results that the board member wrote a follow-up post to clarify the relative importance of meeting attendance.Jenny Scott-Thompson. Clarifications and news. Posted to Dreamwidth 6 July 2012. (Accessed 30 July 2012)
==Context==
The meeting attendence discussion was prompted by Jenny Scott-Thompson's July 4 Dreamwidth post titled "Tired", which she posted in response to a discussion about OTW volunteer burnout. The burnout discussion occurred during a June 30 org-wide meeting. On Dreamwidth, awatson posted some general information about burnout on July 1, and hl also posted their thoughts on burnout in the org on July 4.
Jenny posted, 
==Board Meeting Attendance==
The following tables show attendance of board members at board meetings conducted via online chat, for the 2011 and 2012 terms.OTW Board Meeting Minutes. (Accessed 05 July 2012.)
 
===2011 Term===
From 12/29/2010 (at the start of a new term) and 12/4/2011 (near the end of a term), there were 28 meetings and this is the breakdown of board members' attendance:
Date
Allison Morris
Francesca Coppa
Hele Braunstein
Ira Gladkova
Kristen Murphy
Rachel Barenblat
Sheila Lane
12/29/2010
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
1/13/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
1/19/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
2/2/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
2/10/2011
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Absent
2/16/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
3/3/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
3/9/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
3/15/2011
Present
Absent
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
3/23/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
4/6/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
4/13/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
5/11/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
6/1/2011
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
6/8/2011
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
6/15/2011
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Absent
Present
6/22/2011
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Present
7/13/2011
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
7/20/2011
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
7/27/2011
Present
Absent
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
9/8/2011
Present
Absent
Present
Hiatus
Present
Present
Present
9/15/2011
Present
Present
Present
Hiatus
Present
Present
Present
9/29/2011
Present
Present
Present
Hiatus
Present
Absent
Present
10/13/2011
Present
Present
Present
Hiatus
Present
Absent
Absent
10/27/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
11/10/2011
Absent
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Absent
11/26/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Absent
12/4/2011
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Total Attendance
26 (93%)
19 (68%)
26 (93%)
22 (79%)
27 (96%)
17 (61%)
19 (68%)
===2012 Term===
From 11/26/2011 (when the transition between the new and old board starts) to 09/14/2012, there were 35 meetings and here is a breakdown of board members' attendance:
Timestamp
 Francesca Coppa
Ira Gladkova
Jenny Scott-Thompson
Julia Beck
Kristen Murphy
Naomi Novik
Nikisha Sanders
11/26/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
12/4/2011
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
12/21/2011
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
12/23/2011
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
1/16/2012
Present
Absent
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
1/21/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
1/28/2012
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
2/4/2012
Present
Absent
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
2/11/2012
Present
Present
Absent
Absent
Present
Present
Present
2/18/2012
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
2/25/2012
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
3/3/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
3/10/2012
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
3/24/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
3/31/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
4/7/2012
Present
Absent
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
4/14/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
4/28/2012
Absent
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
5/5/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Present
5/12/2012
Absent
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
5/19/2012
Absent
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Absent
Present
6/2/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
6/9/2012
Absent
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Absent
Present
6/16/2012
Absent
Present
Absent
Absent
Present
Absent
Present
6/23/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
7/7/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
7/14/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
7/21/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Absent
7/28/2012
Absent
Absent
Present
Present
Absent
Absent
Present
8/4/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Absent
Present
Total Attendance to 4 August
11 (37%)
22 (73%)
24 (80%)
24 (80%)
28 (93%)
14 (47%)
28 (93%)
8/11/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
8/18/2012
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
8/24/2012
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Present
9/8/2012
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
9/14/2012
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Absent
Present
Present
Total Attendance to 14 September
14 (40%)
27 (77%)
29 (83%)
28 (80%)
31 (89%)
16 (46%)
33 (94%)
==External Links==
*Board Meeting Minutes (2012 Wayback Machine copy)
*Board Meeting Minutes (current webpage)
*The OTW Board, Past and Future Pt. 1, Pt. 2 (September 2014)
===Discussion Links===
*fail_fandomanon: (July 4, 2012)
*unofficialotwnews: (July 5, 2012)
*branchandroot: (July 5, 2012)
*ira_gladkova: (July 8, 2012)
*jennyst: (July 6, 2012)
== References ==
Category:Organization for Transformative Works
Category:2012 Events