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Hey guys,

Time for another round-up about authors who have not yet begun their
nomination process. The list below includes (in theory) authors who
had at least one story nominated more than a week ago, and who have
not contacted their liaison, begun their forms, or otherwise indicated
that they know they've been nominated.

The bulk of these authors probably have not received their
notification email because it was flagged as spam. However, there are
other good reasons why an author would be on this list -- perhaps they
are still debating whether to compete or not, or perhaps there was
miscommunication between the liaisons and myself, for instance. This
list isn't intended as a scarlet letter of sorts; it's just a
safety-net to catch authors before their nominations are withdrawn
because they didn't get in touch with us.

If you do see your name listed below, please contact the liaison
listed to make sure there isn't a problem. If you don't hear back in a
few days please email me: mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net.

Here is this week's hard-to-reach authors list.

alex_quine (liaison: aranelgoldenflower,
aranelgoldenflower-at-yahoo-dot-co-dot-uk)
Erin's Daughter (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
Galadriel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
Indigo Bunting (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
KyMahalei (liaison: foxrafer (csevans8), foxrafer-at-gmail-dot-com)
LadyMSM (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
MedeaSmyke (liaison: elea24, elea24-at-googlemail-dot-com)
Rianiel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
SilverMoonLady (liaison: Cathleen, virginia_lee_redcat-at-yahoo-dot-com)

As always, thanks for your help.

Thanks,

Marta

I did recieve an acceptance email from Indigo Bunting, which I forwarded to
MEFAsupport. However, I have not heard from her since, and I have been
checking almost every day to see if she has begun her form. I also sent her
another email about four or five days ago, and have had no response.

Barbara

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Time for another round-up about authors who have not yet begun their
> nomination process. The list below includes (in theory) authors who
> had at least one story nominated more than a week ago, and who have
> not contacted their liaison, begun their forms, or otherwise indicated
> that they know they've been nominated.
>
> The bulk of these authors probably have not received their
> notification email because it was flagged as spam. However, there are
> other good reasons why an author would be on this list -- perhaps they
> are still debating whether to compete or not, or perhaps there was
> miscommunication between the liaisons and myself, for instance. This
> list isn't intended as a scarlet letter of sorts; it's just a
> safety-net to catch authors before their nominations are withdrawn
> because they didn't get in touch with us.
>
> If you do see your name listed below, please contact the liaison
> listed to make sure there isn't a problem. If you don't hear back in a
> few days please email me: mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net.
>
> Here is this week's hard-to-reach authors list.
>
> alex_quine (liaison: aranelgoldenflower,
> aranelgoldenflower-at-yahoo-dot-co-dot-uk)
> Erin's Daughter (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> Galadriel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> Indigo Bunting (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> KyMahalei (liaison: foxrafer (csevans8), foxrafer-at-gmail-dot-com)
> LadyMSM (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> MedeaSmyke (liaison: elea24, elea24-at-googlemail-dot-com)
> Rianiel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> SilverMoonLady (liaison: Cathleen, virginia_lee_redcat-at-yahoo-dot-com)
>
> As always, thanks for your help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marta
>
>


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Also, I forwarded an acceptance from Lady MSM about 3 days ago, and she
began her form, I think either late last night or early this morning.

Barbara

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Time for another round-up about authors who have not yet begun their
> nomination process. The list below includes (in theory) authors who
> had at least one story nominated more than a week ago, and who have
> not contacted their liaison, begun their forms, or otherwise indicated
> that they know they've been nominated.
>
> The bulk of these authors probably have not received their
> notification email because it was flagged as spam. However, there are
> other good reasons why an author would be on this list -- perhaps they
> are still debating whether to compete or not, or perhaps there was
> miscommunication between the liaisons and myself, for instance. This
> list isn't intended as a scarlet letter of sorts; it's just a
> safety-net to catch authors before their nominations are withdrawn
> because they didn't get in touch with us.
>
> If you do see your name listed below, please contact the liaison
> listed to make sure there isn't a problem. If you don't hear back in a
> few days please email me: mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net.
>
> Here is this week's hard-to-reach authors list.
>
> alex_quine (liaison: aranelgoldenflower,
> aranelgoldenflower-at-yahoo-dot-co-dot-uk)
> Erin's Daughter (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> Galadriel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> Indigo Bunting (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> KyMahalei (liaison: foxrafer (csevans8), foxrafer-at-gmail-dot-com)
> LadyMSM (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> MedeaSmyke (liaison: elea24, elea24-at-googlemail-dot-com)
> Rianiel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> SilverMoonLady (liaison: Cathleen, virginia_lee_redcat-at-yahoo-dot-com)
>
> As always, thanks for your help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marta
>
>


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Hi Barbara,

Thanks for the additional information about this author. I'm glad to
know you have had some contact. When I set up these lists, I go by the
statuses at the websites, and this one had the status "Email Sent to
Author." That usually means the liaison has sent the email but not
heard back yet. So I include these kinds of stories on these lists.

To keep Indigo from showing up in the future as someone who's not made
contact, I've changed the status of that nomination to "Author has
replied but not begun form."

HTH,

Marta

On 6/15/09, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I did recieve an acceptance email from Indigo Bunting, which I forwarded to
> MEFAsupport. However, I have not heard from her since, and I have been
> checking almost every day to see if she has begun her form. I also sent her
> another email about four or five days ago, and have had no response.
>
> Barbara

>
> Also, I forwarded an acceptance from Lady MSM about 3 days ago, and she
> began her form, I think either late last night or early this morning.
>
> Barbara

Hi Barbara,

Okay, I looked at that nomination - it has that "Email Sent to Author"
status, too. But I see that the author has at least begun the form, so
what that means to me is that she forgot or didn't know to change the
status at the end of the form.

I have set this nomination's status to "Author has begun but not
finished form." That way she won't appear on future lists like this.
It probably would be a good idea to email her to make sure that's the
status she wants.

Thanks,

Marta

If an author begins the form, but forgets to change the status is it OK if I
do it? I thought that was something they were supposed to do, but it would
make it easier.

Dreamflower

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> >
> > Also, I forwarded an acceptance from Lady MSM about 3 days ago, and she
> > began her form, I think either late last night or early this morning.
> >
> > Barbara
>
> Hi Barbara,
>
> Okay, I looked at that nomination - it has that "Email Sent to Author"
> status, too. But I see that the author has at least begun the form, so
> what that means to me is that she forgot or didn't know to change the
> status at the end of the form.
>
> I have set this nomination's status to "Author has begun but not
> finished form." That way she won't appear on future lists like this.
> It probably would be a good idea to email her to make sure that's the
> status she wants.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marta
>
>
>


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Hi Dreamflower,

I encourage authors to change this status, but if they forget on this
one I think it's okay if you make the change for them. Please make a
note (in the nomination notes section of the form) that you have done
this, just for the record.

I do ask that you don't select the status "Author satisfied with form"
unless your author explicitly asks you to do that. That's part of how
they tell us they're done with the form, and we shouldn't just assume
that.

Thanks,

Marta

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Barbara Rich<aelfwina@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> If an author begins the form, but forgets to change the status is it OK if I
> do it? I thought that was something they were supposed to do, but it would
> make it easier.
>
> Dreamflower
>

I'll try to contact Erin's Daughter via LJ, and let her know she needs to get working on her Author Form ASAP. I don't know if she knows how to log in to the website; perhaps that's the problem? She definitely knows her story has been nominated!

Ithilwen

-----Original Message-----

>From: Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 15, 2009 6:07 PM
>To: MEFAwards <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [MEFAwards] hard-to-reach authors - 15 June
>
>Hey guys,
>
>Time for another round-up about authors who have not yet begun their
>nomination process. The list below includes (in theory) authors who
>had at least one story nominated more than a week ago, and who have
>not contacted their liaison, begun their forms, or otherwise indicated
>that they know they've been nominated.
>
>The bulk of these authors probably have not received their
>notification email because it was flagged as spam. However, there are
>other good reasons why an author would be on this list -- perhaps they
>are still debating whether to compete or not, or perhaps there was
>miscommunication between the liaisons and myself, for instance. This
>list isn't intended as a scarlet letter of sorts; it's just a
>safety-net to catch authors before their nominations are withdrawn
>because they didn't get in touch with us.
>
>If you do see your name listed below, please contact the liaison
>listed to make sure there isn't a problem. If you don't hear back in a
>few days please email me: mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net.
>
>Here is this week's hard-to-reach authors list.
>
>alex_quine (liaison: aranelgoldenflower,
>aranelgoldenflower-at-yahoo-dot-co-dot-uk)
>Erin's Daughter (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
>Galadriel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
>Indigo Bunting (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
>KyMahalei (liaison: foxrafer (csevans8), foxrafer-at-gmail-dot-com)
>LadyMSM (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
>MedeaSmyke (liaison: elea24, elea24-at-googlemail-dot-com)
>Rianiel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
>SilverMoonLady (liaison: Cathleen, virginia_lee_redcat-at-yahoo-dot-com)
>
>As always, thanks for your help.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Marta

Hi Ithilwen,

Thanks for the help. If she needs help logging in I am happy to help.
Just have her email mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net and I will reply.
If emails are getting lost I can also set up a post on LJ that only
she and I can see (I'd need her LJ name). I just am not comfortable
passing on passwords through a third party.

If she gets in touch with either Elliska or myself to say she wants to
compete then that will help even if she can't fill out the form
immediately. We allow nominators to withdraw the nomination after two
weeks, but only if the author hasn't been in contact at all. She can
then have until July 7 to accept the nomination and finalize the
story's form.

kthxbai,

Marta

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Diana Nevins<dlnevins@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> I'll try to contact Erin's Daughter via LJ, and let her know she needs to
> get working on her Author Form ASAP. I don't know if she knows how to log in
> to the website; perhaps that's the problem? She definitely knows her story
> has been nominated!
>
> Ithilwen
>

Hello!
I'm new in this group (joined as I received a nomination), but I noticed that KyMahalei is in this list. I'm in contact with her, so I can forward her your message if you need. (And if you tell me what I should say her).

Mirach

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Time for another round-up about authors who have not yet begun their
> nomination process. The list below includes (in theory) authors who
> had at least one story nominated more than a week ago, and who have
> not contacted their liaison, begun their forms, or otherwise indicated
> that they know they've been nominated.
>
> The bulk of these authors probably have not received their
> notification email because it was flagged as spam. However, there are
> other good reasons why an author would be on this list -- perhaps they
> are still debating whether to compete or not, or perhaps there was
> miscommunication between the liaisons and myself, for instance. This
> list isn't intended as a scarlet letter of sorts; it's just a
> safety-net to catch authors before their nominations are withdrawn
> because they didn't get in touch with us.
>
> If you do see your name listed below, please contact the liaison
> listed to make sure there isn't a problem. If you don't hear back in a
> few days please email me: mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net.
>
> Here is this week's hard-to-reach authors list.
>
> alex_quine (liaison: aranelgoldenflower,
> aranelgoldenflower-at-yahoo-dot-co-dot-uk)
> Erin's Daughter (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> Galadriel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> Indigo Bunting (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> KyMahalei (liaison: foxrafer (csevans8), foxrafer-at-gmail-dot-com)
> LadyMSM (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> MedeaSmyke (liaison: elea24, elea24-at-googlemail-dot-com)
> Rianiel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> SilverMoonLady (liaison: Cathleen, virginia_lee_redcat-at-yahoo-dot-com)
>
> As always, thanks for your help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marta
>

Marta, I heard from Indigo Bunting late last night. She has finished her
form and approved it, so I have set the story to "nomination approved by
liaison".

Barbara

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:01 AM, mirach_ravaia <mirach_ravaia@yahoo.com>wrote:

>
>
> Hello!
> I'm new in this group (joined as I received a nomination), but I noticed
> that KyMahalei is in this list. I'm in contact with her, so I can forward
> her your message if you need. (And if you tell me what I should say her).
>
> Mirach
>
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com <MEFAwards%40yahoogroups.com>, Marta
> <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > Time for another round-up about authors who have not yet begun their
> > nomination process. The list below includes (in theory) authors who
> > had at least one story nominated more than a week ago, and who have
> > not contacted their liaison, begun their forms, or otherwise indicated
> > that they know they've been nominated.
> >
> > The bulk of these authors probably have not received their
> > notification email because it was flagged as spam. However, there are
> > other good reasons why an author would be on this list -- perhaps they
> > are still debating whether to compete or not, or perhaps there was
> > miscommunication between the liaisons and myself, for instance. This
> > list isn't intended as a scarlet letter of sorts; it's just a
> > safety-net to catch authors before their nominations are withdrawn
> > because they didn't get in touch with us.
> >
> > If you do see your name listed below, please contact the liaison
> > listed to make sure there isn't a problem. If you don't hear back in a
> > few days please email me: mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net.
> >
> > Here is this week's hard-to-reach authors list.
> >
> > alex_quine (liaison: aranelgoldenflower,
> > aranelgoldenflower-at-yahoo-dot-co-dot-uk)
> > Erin's Daughter (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> > Galadriel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> > Indigo Bunting (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> > KyMahalei (liaison: foxrafer (csevans8), foxrafer-at-gmail-dot-com)
> > LadyMSM (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> > MedeaSmyke (liaison: elea24, elea24-at-googlemail-dot-com)
> > Rianiel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> > SilverMoonLady (liaison: Cathleen, virginia_lee_redcat-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> >
> > As always, thanks for your help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marta
> >
>
>
>


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Thanks for the offer. She e-mailed me last night and I resent the e-mail directly through gmail so hopefully she has it now.

Candice

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "mirach_ravaia" <mirach_ravaia@...> wrote:
>
> Hello!
> I'm new in this group (joined as I received a nomination), but I noticed that KyMahalei is in this list. I'm in contact with her, so I can forward her your message if you need. (And if you tell me what I should say her).
>
> Mirach
>
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > Time for another round-up about authors who have not yet begun their
> > nomination process. The list below includes (in theory) authors who
> > had at least one story nominated more than a week ago, and who have
> > not contacted their liaison, begun their forms, or otherwise indicated
> > that they know they've been nominated.
> >
> > The bulk of these authors probably have not received their
> > notification email because it was flagged as spam. However, there are
> > other good reasons why an author would be on this list -- perhaps they
> > are still debating whether to compete or not, or perhaps there was
> > miscommunication between the liaisons and myself, for instance. This
> > list isn't intended as a scarlet letter of sorts; it's just a
> > safety-net to catch authors before their nominations are withdrawn
> > because they didn't get in touch with us.
> >
> > If you do see your name listed below, please contact the liaison
> > listed to make sure there isn't a problem. If you don't hear back in a
> > few days please email me: mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net.
> >
> > Here is this week's hard-to-reach authors list.
> >
> > alex_quine (liaison: aranelgoldenflower,
> > aranelgoldenflower-at-yahoo-dot-co-dot-uk)
> > Erin's Daughter (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> > Galadriel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> > Indigo Bunting (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> > KyMahalei (liaison: foxrafer (csevans8), foxrafer-at-gmail-dot-com)
> > LadyMSM (liaison: Dreamflower, aelfwina-at-gmail-dot-com)
> > MedeaSmyke (liaison: elea24, elea24-at-googlemail-dot-com)
> > Rianiel (liaison: elliska, elliska67-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> > SilverMoonLady (liaison: Cathleen, virginia_lee_redcat-at-yahoo-dot-com)
> >
> > As always, thanks for your help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marta
> >
>

Hiya Mirach,

Thanks for your offer to help. That would be great if you could get a
message to her.

Please tell her that her story "A Short Tale of a Tiny Elf" has been
nominated and that she was sent an email about this on 6/4 at 8:36 AM
(GMT). The email gave her instructions on the awards and how to accept
her nomination. She is free to find out more about the awards at our
website www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/ where we have extensive FAQs, and
she can log in as a guest to see what other stories are being
nominated. The thirty-second version is we are a fanfic compeition for
tolkien-based fanfic of all sorts (all races and time period; and het,
slash, and gen) where people vote by writing reviews for stories.

She will provide information about her story that will be used to sort
it into a subcategory of 5-13 pieces, and within that subcategory we
give out awards based on how many and how long of reviews a story
gets; but even if she does not win an award she can still see the
reviews and enjoy the increased publicity. Like I said, our awards
program crosses all time periods and races, so she may get readers who
wouldn't follow the archive where she posts. The down side is that we
do allow constructive criticism, and while reviewers are highly
encouraged to mix the good with the bad and we do delete flames,
authors do need to think about whether that would be upsetting for
them.

I'm happy to discuss this with her, as is her liaison. She can contact
me at mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net, or her liaison at
foxrafer-at-gmail-dot-com.

On to the nomination. To compete KyMahalei will need to fill out a
form at our website, and to do that she will need a password. She
should have already been sent this (sorry, I can't track down
precisely when), but if she never received it she can have it resent
by using the "Forgotten Password?" link at www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
. Or she can email me at mefasupport-at-mefawards-dot-net and I will
send it to her by email.

Once she is logged in she needs to begin her form by clicking the
"View your stories that have been nominated" link, then clicking the
"Edit Data" link under the story she wants to work on. This will bring
her to a form she fills out giving us the information to organize her
story into a category and subcategory; the information is also used by
voters to find stories they want to read - e.g. about a certain
character. She will also need to email her liaison to say she wants to
compete, and either email her liaison again to say she is done with
the form or make a note to this effect in the "Nomination Notes"
section of the form itself. She can copy me on that email, too, if
she's concerned emails aren't getting through.

We're under a bit of a time situation here. Foxrafer sent an email to
this author on June 4 saying she was nominated, and authors are
supposed to have two weeks to reply to that email or otherwise show
they know they've been nominated. Otherwise the liaison is supposed to
offer to withdraw the nomination, so the nominator can nominate
another one in its place. That means that technically we're supposed
to hear from KyMahalei that she wants to compete by June 18 - two days
from now. I'll ask Foxrafer to hold off on this until the twentieth to
give you more time to contact Kymahalei, but at that point the
nomination *may* be withdrawn if the nominator wants to nominate
something else. KyMahalei would still have until June 7 to finish her
form and let us know she was done with it.

I know this is a lot of information and I went on longer than I wanted
to! So if you could perhaps emphasize the most important bits (what
KyMahalei needs to do to compete, and when she needs to do it by) that
would be great. Feel free to pass on as much information as you like.

Thanks,

Marta

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:01 AM, mirach_ravaia<mirach_ravaia@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello!
> I'm new in this group (joined as I received a nomination), but I noticed
> that KyMahalei is in this list. I'm in contact with her, so I can forward
> her your message if you need. (And if you tell me what I should say her).
>
> Mirach
>

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Barbara Rich<aelfwina@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Marta, I heard from Indigo Bunting late last night. She has finished her
> form and approved it, so I have set the story to "nomination approved by
> liaison".
>
> Barbara
>

*cheers* I'll look over her forms the next time I do that - probably a
little later this evening.

Marta

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Candice<foxrafer@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Thanks for the offer. She e-mailed me last night and I resent the e-mail
> directly through gmail so hopefully she has it now.
>
> Candice
>

Oof, email wires getting crossed. I sent my previous email before
seeing this one.

In any event, I hope the information I provided was informative to someone. :^)

Marta

KyMahalei hasn't got her email - I guess it got caught in her spam filter.
I've asked her to contact her liaison.
Sapphire


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Hey there. Do you mean she didn't receive the original e-mail or the one I sent last night? If she didn't get either and neither are in her spam folder, do you know if there's another e-mail I can use to reach her?

Candice

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Jedi Sapphire <jedisapphire@...> wrote:
>
> KyMahalei hasn't got her email - I guess it got caught in her spam filter.
> I've asked her to contact her liaison.
> Sapphire
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>