{"id":534,"date":"2025-05-30T14:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-temp.tgeller.com\/?page_id=534"},"modified":"2025-05-30T17:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:23:37","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/so-temp.tgeller.com\/index.php\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f47dc1e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-xx-large-font-size\">Founded in July 2023, Stichting Otterdam is a Dutch nonprofit that enables anthropomorphic (\u201cfurry\u201d) arts and culture through productions, collaborations, resources, and information.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/otterdam.org\/documents\/stichting-otterdam-2024-financial-report.pdf\">2024 Financial Report<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/otterdam.org\/documents\/stichting-otterdam-2023-financial-report.pdf\">2023 Financial Report<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1M0VYGuYTdOAMKM6pXLdwpayn5ECoz3L1PimXnT4BdIY\/\">Foundational vision document<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-5-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c158ed778ede8d8b5d72dda5e3bc0055 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9a0fd1a4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:30px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e95033ad9cc824a40380610eec04c50\" id=\"Productions\">Staff and \u201cVolundiertjes\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Stichting Otterdam started with a series of \u201cOtterdances\u201d in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. With the 2024 Otterdam Furry Arts Festival we moved into our current direction, creating events for more-diverse audiences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Board of directors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Voorzitter \/ Founder<\/strong><\/td><td>Tom Geller (\u201cJack Newhorse\u201d)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Secretaris-penningmeester \/ Founder<\/strong><\/td><td>Christiaan de die le Clercq (&#8220;Techwolf\/Arumar&#8221;)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff volundiertjes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Online<\/strong><br>* Server manager: Tail<br>* Application manager: Tail, Arumar (Pretix)&nbsp;<br>* Web designer: Buck<br>* Web manager: Jack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Documentation and Communications<\/strong><br>* Documentation manager: Tail<br>* Library manager: OPEN<br>* Social media manager: OPEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Money<\/strong><br>* E-commerce manager: Jack<br>* Grants manager: Jack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Operations<\/strong><br>* Human resources manager: OPEN<br>* Physical assets manager: Zara<br>* Transportation manager: Zara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event volundiertjes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We couldn\u2019t throw events without help! See the [link]Productions[\/link] page to see who helped out at each one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-contrast-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-920bc2d0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:30px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-95a0f6b6b7fcc2e1bb2af800357ab702\">Our principles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a55da9940c249bd0e636473277681e5f\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Furry is social, psychological, and spiritual. It&#8217;s entertainment and participation. It&#8217;s a platform for creative expression; but it&#8217;s also walking down the street or sitting in a room. It&#8217;s seeing yourself and others in an interesting way. Stichting Otterdam celebrates all of these.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stichting Otterdam operates within general society and strives to always be good neighbours, colleagues, partners, and citizens. It seeks out places where a furry presence enriches an experience, along with experiences that enrich furries. We make furry more accessible, we don&#8217;t evangelise it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stichting Otterdam operates at a professional level. We aim to be transparent and welcome critiques for improvement. We employ (and pay for) high-quality tools, experts, and best practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Warm welcomes, not private jokes. Every Stichting Otterdam project must be as accessible to the first-timer as the &#8220;greymuzzle&#8221;, regardless of background or incarnation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Having good people is important. Blocking bad people is more important.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stichting Otterdam is demand-driven. It seeks out ways to fulfill its mission without duplicating efforts. If someone else is doing it well, we don\u2019t do it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s not do it&#8221; is always an option. Sometimes it&#8217;s the best option.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Culture, not cult. Communities of identity are too often cliquish, closed, and hostile to &#8220;mundanes&#8221;. Stichting Otterdam&#8217;s policies aim to broaden its operational base. Staff, board, and volundiertje positions should be transferred frequently, both to prevent consolidation of power and to develop talent within our community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stichting Otterdam recognizes that a tight-knit group such as the furry community will be changed by bringing it in contact with new audiences. It sees this emergence of furry arts and entertainment as inevitable, with or without our involvement. It aims to honour and respect that community while enhancing it through new venues and ideas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;Geen woorden, maar daden.&#8221; We judge ourselves and others by actions, not proclamations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-36434fa8b9ee759b13d71afafde8acb6 is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-920bc2d0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:30px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b7eb1de221c5cedbe9e5ce58b61b309f\"><strong>Partners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re proud to have partnered with these organisations for past initiatives. Would you like to join them? 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