Join the Uncapped Team

Uncapped is created by a group of volunteer writers and editors. Experienced people and those wanting to learn and develop new skills are equally welcome. You can be involved as much or as little as you like. This page describes what you can do as part of the Uncapped team and how you can sign up to join.

What Can I Do?

The team works in three editorial sections: Exploration, Opinion and Membership (the type of content in each section is described in Editorial Sections). There are several jobs you can do, both within the groups and for Uncapped as a whole. You can volunteer for one or more job and one or more section.

Writer: Submits ideas for pieces; submits completed pieces; accepts assignments.

Editor: Edits completed pieces (degree of edit depends on the piece).

Tagger: Inserts finished pieces into HTML page templates.

Proofer: Proofreads pieces that have been edited and tagged, including testing hyperlinks.

Section Editor: Works in a small team (usually three people) leading one of the editorial sections. Section editor duties include:

• Deciding the editorial content
• Giving assignments to writers
• Assessing submissions from writers
• Assigning articles to editors and mediating between writer and editor when necessary
• Ensuring the section's editorial process stays on schedule
• Creating budget capsules for articles
• Attending Uncapped zine meetings and occasional section editor meetings

How Do I Sign Up?

The Uncapped zine team has a community set up on Yahoo! Groups called Writergrrlszine. This group facilitates communication and information sharing among the team members. Once you have joined this group, you will be able to:

• List in the Uncapped team database the zine roles you are interested in
• Receive notices of Uncapped team meetings
• Send and receive Uncapped team e-mail
• Access folders and documents containing information about Uncapped

To join the group, type the e–mail address you wish to subscribe with in the box below, and then click the "Join Now" button.

Note: If you haven't already registered with Yahoo! Groups, you will be prompted to do so.

This is a private group, so your membership has to be approved by the group moderator. She may ask for more information about you before approving your membership (just to make sure you are not a mischievous 13-year-old set to cause mayhem!).

You will receive an e-mail when you have been approved.