hi i read and summarized them all so you dont have to read allat
for c ryan s
1. running to make the election contested
2. ambiguous "many skills" from being on many different committees, dungeon master, student council, moderator of communities so just discord or reddit mod
3. bro did NOT state a goal, a general statement of "all goals are important, we should be ambitious, btw congrats team for meeting goals that werent specified or stated"
4. ok so bro does have qualification, has served on many committees, would say the best way to handle committees is listen to them and give them what they want
5. he wouldn't step back from his current committee roles and would use google calender and trello to keep up with his schedule.
for elizabeth w
1. running bc she personally believes that the otw's work is super important, that its important the otw matures, and shes now running b/c she has time and energy to dedicate to otw board
2. her skills are commercial experience("overseen multimillion dollar procurement activities, managing contracts, running financial analyses"), communication(nerd to corporate translator?), change and project management("moving financial practice from a dollar based framework to risk based thresholds"), and experience(tag wrangler since 2022, chair of board assistant team since its founding in 2023)
3. most important goals to her are organizational maturity and internationalization. to help achieve progress in organization maturity, she would start certain projects that address specific issues, and internationalization she would make non-english users would be a top priority
4. has had at least some contact with most committees, would hold regular meetings with committees, and would open doors(haha) for more board collaboration with committees
5. will give more BAT work to co chair, and reduce the fandoms that she tag wrangles for so that she can balance that w/ being a board member
for harlan l.b.
1. the otw's work is deeply important to him, so he's stepping back from some of his responsibilities to run for board
2. communication(has talked with many volunteers), budgeting(has worked in govt and business budgeting), software vendor acquisition and management
3. biggest goal is making sure the otw has resources long term, and would look at the resources currently available to make sure they are being used sustainably. would be a massive group effort.
4. has worked on the open doors committee, CSD(what does that mean), and BAT. did not mention how he would support and strengthen committees.
5. if elected, he would continue much of his work in CSD but "from the other side, turning recommendations into actions to be taken by various committees". for open doors, it's usually slow going over there so he'll be able to do his board work.
my diagnosis: elizabeth is most qualified, harlan is ok, i'd probably get banned for what i have to say about ryan. all im going to say is that in my personal opinion, he;s underqualified compared to the other candidates, and only running to make this election an election. i would suggest voting for elizabeth and harlan. ABSOLUTELY NOT RYAN. thank you
This comment describes how I feel, but laid out nicely. I would also be banned for what I want to say about Ryan, because I cannot be bothered phrasing it correctly <3
Ryan is clearly running as a backup candidate, but I wouldn't say anything bad about him because of that - it IS important to make sure the election is an election. There was a AO3 board candidate a couple of years ago who it turned out had run for political office as a Republican in the U.S., and another one from a couple years before that who expressed some pro-censorship stuff. So if there were only two candidates running for the two open seats, then both of them would be guaranteed to get on the Board even if it turned out that one of them was really bad for some reason. By having a backup candidate like Ryan run, it means that if it turns out that one of the other two candidates is unacceptable for whatever reason, voters will have the option to make sure the unacceptable person doesn't get in.
So basically: don't vote for Ryan, because Ryan doesn't WANT anybody to vote for him, which is why his candidacy statement is intentionally mid; he thinks he's doing more useful things in his current role at AO3 than he would be on the Board...unless, at some point between now and the election, one of the other two candidates says or does something that makes them an unacceptable choice, in which case he's available as an adequate fallback option.
☝🏼☝🏼 This is my general feeling. We need contested elections in the otw even if we have Ryans in them. Hopefully we could have contested elections with no backup candidate... but. I'll take this.
additional notes ryan: linked to goals from 2018 that got done, includes establishing the OTW newsletter and tableing at more conventions harlan: CSD stands for cybersecurity delegate, as in the one in charge of the cybersecurity audit from the strategic plan. that report was finished in march 2025 and is currently being actioned. I've never heard of any of these people besides knowing there even was a cybersecurity delegate (because I follow along with the strategic plan god I love roadmaps), but I also would not vote for the candidate openly saying he's only running to make it contested. kudos to him anyway for bothering to make it contested cause otherwize absolutely no one would bother paying attention to who's getting elected or what any of them are saying lol.
It's worth noting similar concerns were raised regarding C Ryan S' participation during the last election. I'm not sure what to feel about the fact that little has changed but suppose one can only admire the gusto and consistency.
Harlan and Elizabeth W(in) though seem like great choices indeed.
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