Rest assured, I had outlined this post long before reading yours. And I want to reiterate that the further marginalization of marginalized peoples is a moral evil and I don't doubt that you've felt that, and I am sorry for it.
I think you're right that OTW excludes people who are not part of its fannish history, and I agree with you that that's not in itself problematic. I don't see where they are trying to represent people beyond that, though. I particularly remember the discussions over "media fandom" which especially showed the commitment was to a particular community with a particular documented history rather than trying to embrace everyone who had ever tried to do something fannish. Not to mention ComRel's (top-level post) statrement here: "The OTW of course does not represent all of fandom, as no one entity can make that claim. But we hope that many of you will find enough common ground with these goals to continue to support and participate in the OTW."
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Date: 2008-01-12 06:37 pm (UTC)I think you're right that OTW excludes people who are not part of its fannish history, and I agree with you that that's not in itself problematic. I don't see where they are trying to represent people beyond that, though. I particularly remember the discussions over "media fandom" which especially showed the commitment was to a particular community with a particular documented history rather than trying to embrace everyone who had ever tried to do something fannish. Not to mention ComRel's (top-level post) statrement here: "The OTW of course does not represent all of fandom, as no one entity can make that claim. But we hope that many of you will find enough common ground with these goals to continue to support and participate in the OTW."