Thank you for responding--it's good to get another perspective. I can understand being focused on the stories, on not wanting to lose the literature of fandom. (I work for the library, and it upsets me that we've gotten rid of so much, that weeding is now pushed so hard.)

I'm sorry, when I was talking about the movers and shakers in fandom in general--the ones I've interacted with. And it's not that I have anything against them, it's just that my priorities always seem to be different from theirs. I like a lot of them, but I don't want to deal with them in an "official" capacity. The OTW people might be different, but since I'm not planning on participating, I have no experience with them. So it may well be an unfair generalization.