Comm updates, request for volunteers, and a poll.

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Hey, guys! I wanted to apologize again for neglecting the comm a little bit lately, but hopefully we can try to remedy that, here.

SEASONAL ROUND-UPS: The newsletter I was planning kind of fell through the cracks. Interest seemed low and RL got messy, so I let it fall by the wayside. I'm in the process of compiling a kind of summertime round-up, though, for all the Dark Angel fanworks that were posted to the comm over the summer. And maybe include relevant challenges, like the Dark Angel BB? We'll see how that goes over. If it's a hit, I'd be THRILLED to get some volunteers to help keep it going with other seasonal round-ups (fall, spring & winter). I can give you a template to work from—it's fairly simple, I think (similar to the Summer Fest Masterlist), so anyone who's interested in possibly doing that, please let me know.

RECS: Just read something awesome and need to share instantly? The last few themed recs posts garnered little-to-no interest, so I've pretty much decided to let that go. The existing posts will stay up, and if anyone wants to add new recs to them, that's fine. Also, there is a general category: recs tag, so you can post recs directly to the comm if you'd prefer. In fact, have a template:


The subject line should list the type of fanwork(s) you're reccing. For multiple recs, include the theme, if there is one.

ex 1: FIC & ART RECS – hurt/comfort
ex 2: VID REC

Copy/paste this for the body of the post. Repeat as necessary for a multiple-rec post.

<<b>TYPE OF FANWORK:</b> <a href="URL">TITLE OF FANWORK</a> <b>Author/Artist/Source:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="LJUSERNAME"> (or <a href="URL">NAME</a>) <b>Rating:</b> <b>Warnings:</b> <b>Genre/Pairing:</b> <b>Word Count/Length:</b> (If no word count is listed, you can stick something like "oneshot" or "longfic" in here. If it's not applicable due to the rec being fanart/graphics, delete this. For vids, you can put the length.) <b>Summary/Description:</b> <b>Reccer's Comments:</b> (Tell us what you liked about this work/why we should check it out/etc..)

ex:
FIC: Shakedown
Author/Artist/Source: dollarformyname
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none listed
Genre/Pairing: Gen. Humor.
Word Count/Length: one-shot
Summary/Description: White goes to great pains to make tryptophan scarce in Seattle and, once the seizures set in, promises to supply Terminal City with all the medicine they could ever need if they agree to hand over 452. Cue infighting.

Reccer's Comments: This would be the be an awesome story if it existed. SOMEONE WRITE IT FOR REAL.


DIY FUN: Given your mods are being buried in RL, anyone who's looking for some kind of Dark Angel challenge or meme where none are happening, and don't want to do it in their personal journal, feel free to let us know via PM or comments! I'm happy to let members host/organize stuff like that themselves on the comm whenever the mods are too busy. I can share existing templates, or help come up with guidelines/organization, if wanted/needed, or you can feel free to handle all that yourself. Just make sure to abide by the basic comm rules, and to ask first, so we can make sure there are no scheduling conflicts. Having people throw simultaneous comment-fic memes, for example, might be slightly confusing and counterproductive.

LINKS: Just a quick FYI, I've updated the sidebar with links to the latest goings-on, and other DA comms you might be interested in checking out, if you haven't already.

QUICK POLL: Check all that apply.

[Poll #1870598]

Lastly, don't forget the suggestion box is always open. Drop in and give us your thoughts anytime.