An important update
As you might have heard, @/astraldefender (GG) is no longer part of the mod team. This decision had been made on multiple statements by contributors from other zines she organized, talking about delays in announcement and ghosting on mods and their questions regarding pre-orders.
Last Sunday, 12.02.2018, Mod @iokayia (Io) was contacted by a contributor at 9:01 AM EST who sent them a screenshot of a tweet by rosinantes who turned out to be a contributor of a zine GG modded (https://twitter.com/rosinantes/status/1069152135789588480). It stated the following:
Io immediately sent this to the mod chat, as well as changed the Google Drive, Instagram and Twitter password and the recovery phone number of the Google Account. Furthermore, they also messaged the OP of the tweet and asked for more information. Due to time zone differences, they didn’t get a reply by said mod, so they dmed the other mods on twitter and discord. Mod @belovedsheith (Mei) got to read the screenshots 25 minutes later. The contributor had been added to a discord group with the mods of the Boko No Hero Academica Zine ‘Trick and Treat’ and Io and Mei were added shortly after. The mods shared screenshots and Io and Mei got to know that there were multiple instances where communication broke down between the mod and other people in several zines. They were linked to a post (http://lavenderarts.tumblr.com/post/180813718919/lets-get-a-little-personal) by GG on the BNHA zine which stated she miscalculated the zine funds and caused them to be -331$.
That can’t be allowed to happen when it comes to large amounts of time, energy, and money being in play. Because of that, no matter what other information comes out over the next few days, the mods decided to manage the zine themselves, without her involvement. Io and Mei made two announcements on the server sharing the information with the contributors. Shortly after that, the decision was made to move the server and urged the contributors to delete wips so GG won’t have access to them anymore. Mod @novamode (Cami) also joined and helped to migrate members to the new server. At 12:30 PM EST the new server was created and the contributors joined. All contributors have been very understanding and many offered help so the mod team decided to take the offer from @lookforanewangle (Lyss) and made her the Graphics Mod. Due to her work on ‘Hanakotoba’ and ‘Still Beating: A Genji Zine’ she had the opportunity to collect a vast amount of experience. The mods also readjusted mod duties, making Cami the mod for shipping and payment, Mei the mod for forms and check-ins as well as Io the social media mod. The current mods all have access to the necessary accounts and information. The mods decided to push back the first check-in by two days, making it 12.10.2018. Lyss will also work on new graphics for the zine and the contributor post will be uploaded again to separate ourselves from GG. The asks she answered had been deleted as well and Io is currently working on an FAQ collecting those asks and answer them anew. We’re extremely overwhelmed by the kindness and support of the contributors. Thank you so much, every one of you. Without your understanding, who knows where the zine would be now. We would also like to thank every follower who stuck with us until now and we hope this announcement offered enough insight to answer every question you might have. If not, feel free to send an ask! - The Mod Team of Beginnings: a Domestic Sheith Zine
