OFFICIAL ORGANfrom Fancyclopedia 2
or OO is a fanzine published under the auspices of
some organization and designated as official. In some cases the editor
volunteers; or he may be appointed or elected. He may offer an already-
established fanzine to become the OO in return for aid in stencilling and
running it or some other subsidy. The thing may be financed out of the
general treasury, as when membership dues to an organization include
subscription to the OO; more often it is paid for by subscriptions. Myriad
organizations with few activities on their programs have become no more than
their official organs; in such cases the OO may become dissociated and
continue on its own just like a subzine. In fact, this is a tendency even in
the official organs of thriving groups. Exceptions are the OOs of the fan
APAs and the N3F's National Fantasy Fan,
which are confined almost exclusively to official reports.
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