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Unlike the open-ended [[mundane]] version, many [[fannish]] [[apas]] have a limited number of members. When that number is reached and the [[apa]] is not invitational, people who wish to join are kept, in the order of their application, on a "waiting list" in the [[Official Organ]] of the [[apa]]. When a member drops out or is dropped – resignation, failure to meet [[activity requirements]], failure to pay dues – the first person on the waiting list is invited to join. (When the [[apa]] is invitational, either members stop suggesting new members until a new opening occurs or they suggest a simultaneous increase in the size of the membership.) | Unlike the open-ended [[mundane]] version, many [[fannish]] [[apas]] have a limited number of members. When that number is reached and the [[apa]] is not invitational, people who wish to join are kept, in the order of their application, on a "waiting list" in the [[Official Organ]] of the [[apa]]. When a member drops out or is dropped – resignation, failure to meet [[activity requirements]], failure to pay dues – the first person on the waiting list is invited to join. (When the [[apa]] is invitational, either members stop suggesting new members until a new opening occurs or they suggest a simultaneous increase in the size of the membership.) | ||
| − | People on these lists are sometimes called '''Waiting Listers''', '''Waitlisters''' or occasionally written as '''WLers'''. There are two types: The ''active'' | + | People on these lists are sometimes called '''Waiting Listers''', '''Waitlisters''' or occasionally written as '''WLers'''. There are two types: The '''''active'''' (AWL), required to complete some form of [[minac]], and the '''''inactive''''' (IWL), who merely wait. |
The first waitlist was created for [[The Cult]] (probably because of its very low membership limit of 13). The [[FAPA]] waitlist grew to the point where at its peak it took around five years on the waitlist to gain [[FAPA]] membership -- the story was that [[neos]] would join the [[FAPA]] waitlist as soon as they heard about [[FAPA]], and would still be on it when they [[gafiated]]. | The first waitlist was created for [[The Cult]] (probably because of its very low membership limit of 13). The [[FAPA]] waitlist grew to the point where at its peak it took around five years on the waitlist to gain [[FAPA]] membership -- the story was that [[neos]] would join the [[FAPA]] waitlist as soon as they heard about [[FAPA]], and would still be on it when they [[gafiated]]. | ||
Revision as of 19:31, 6 October 2020
Also known as the waiting list, the waitlist is an official list of fans who have expressed interest in joining an apa (or, must less commonly, a club or con) with an upper membership limit after that limit has been reached.
Unlike the open-ended mundane version, many fannish apas have a limited number of members. When that number is reached and the apa is not invitational, people who wish to join are kept, in the order of their application, on a "waiting list" in the Official Organ of the apa. When a member drops out or is dropped – resignation, failure to meet activity requirements, failure to pay dues – the first person on the waiting list is invited to join. (When the apa is invitational, either members stop suggesting new members until a new opening occurs or they suggest a simultaneous increase in the size of the membership.)
People on these lists are sometimes called Waiting Listers, Waitlisters or occasionally written as WLers. There are two types: The active' (AWL), required to complete some form of minac, and the inactive (IWL), who merely wait.
The first waitlist was created for The Cult (probably because of its very low membership limit of 13). The FAPA waitlist grew to the point where at its peak it took around five years on the waitlist to gain FAPA membership -- the story was that neos would join the FAPA waitlist as soon as they heard about FAPA, and would still be on it when they gafiated.
In some apas, members of the waitlist get copies of mailings, in others they don't. FAPA's waitlist was, effectively, an apa all by itself called Shadow FAPA.
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