Meet the Board: Treasurer Leslie Carroll
The third in the on-going series of interviews with Girl-Wonder.org’s Board of Directors introduces treasurer Leslie Carroll, also known on the forums as Caribou.
What are your Board responsibilities?
First and foremost the treasurer, but I am also on the merchandising committee and I act as the liaison between the Board and the forum moderators at Girl-wonder.org
What experience do you have?
My very first experiences with NPOs and activism was as a volunteer with the now defunct NPO, National Iguana Awareness Day. Every year, I organized an event at the local library that basically persuaded people from buying iguanas as pets. Iguanas are remarkable animals, but certainly not pets for everyone!
How did you become involved with Girl-Wonder.org?
Mostly through my activity on the Girl-wonder.org forums, and my work as a moderator on those forums.
What do you most hope to achieve for Girl-Wonder.org?
I hope that Girl-Wonder.org continues to be a consciousness raising group of individuals when it comes to diversity in comics and comics fandom. I also hope that we can become a group who can support women and minority creators in the comics industry, and that one day people will stop asking me, “Why don’t women read comics?” (Answer: We do.)
How would you respond to falling into a pit of radioactive waste that gave you inexplicable powers instead of cancer?
After weeks of having fun playing practical jokes on the people who have antagonized me or made my life difficult (Comcast, I am looking in your direction) I would have some really devastating tragedy befall my life which would make me realize that I should be using my powers for something useful, not just writing SURRENDER DOROTHY in giant smoke letters in the sky. I would be a successful crime fighter, but despite my achievements in my secret double life, I would still dance funny and have days where I’m horrible at pool.
Complete: If kidnapped by a cackling supervillain in the service of tormenting my heroic significant other(s), I would –
Ohhh no. Messing with Caribou’s friends is crossing the line. I would clobber the supervillain while he’s in the middle of his monologue about his silly ingenious plan, and then save my friends while he’s crawling on the floor looking for his teeth. And I would totally steal the turkey sandwich he was looking forward to for lunch and eat it in front of him on my way out.
More questions for Caribou? Ask them here!
