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Hi All

I'm sure you'll all be pleased to hear that lotrfanfiction
(http://www.lotrfanfiction.com/) is back online.

I'll be swapping back all alternative URLs that authors supplied, so
that the MEFA site once more links to lotrfanfiction for those stories.

Thanks

Tanaqui
MEFA Admin Team

My gosh - many thanks to all those involved in this - the MEFA volunteers
are incredible....

Just a small thought on the 'happenings' with regards to websites.

One site that I follow closed down last month due to the mod's RW issues and
such.

One site that a friend follows closed down this month due to that mod's RW
issues and such.

I'm sure there are others that I don't know of and lotrfanfic site's
problems just makes me ponder the future.

I think that we all, myself included, must continue to support and nurture
the sites that we are involved with or post at or read.... notes of
encouragment, perhaps monetary donations, and especially 'activity' at these
sites are paramount to keeping folks who love LOTR and all things related to
it - up and running.... it has been too many years since I read the books
and fell in love with Tolkien's world... but since the movies came out, my
'involvement' has increased exponentially. Others though, have been in the
'field' much longer and can become tired, burnt out, distracted. To keep
these dedicated folks going (and their websites), I think it would behoove
us all to take a moment at least twice a year to say 'huzzah! thank you!' -
I don't think it can hurt.

Again, huzzah and thank you to the MEFA volunteers, those who submit, those
who review, and those who write. I do so enjoy this competition for the
plethora of materials and sites it brings to my attention.

Blessings and happy holidays!
Agape

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Tanaqui <tanaqui@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>
>
> Hi All
>
> I'm sure you'll all be pleased to hear that lotrfanfiction
> (http://www.lotrfanfiction.com/) is back online.
>
> I'll be swapping back all alternative URLs that authors supplied, so
> that the MEFA site once more links to lotrfanfiction for those stories.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tanaqui
> MEFA Admin Team
>
>
>



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Life's been good to me so far!!! Praise God!


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Thanks for the thanks, Agape - it does help!

Regarding archives closing down due to real-world issues and so on,
there's a fannish project to try and rescue archives when that happens.

It's run by the Organization for Transformative Works (you can read
about all the other fanfic/fanwork and fan-related things the OTW gets
up to at http://transformativeworks.org/). The archive rescue project is
called "Open Doors" and details can be found at
http://transformativeworks.org/projects/opendoors.

If you know of an archive that's at risk of being shut down, please do
let the person running the archive know about Open Doors. Maybe OTW can
help them keep the archive content online.

Tanaqui

Agape 4Rivendell wrote:

> My gosh - many thanks to all those involved in this - the MEFA volunteers
> are incredible....
>
> Just a small thought on the 'happenings' with regards to websites.
>
> One site that I follow closed down last month due to the mod's RW issues and
> such.
>
> One site that a friend follows closed down this month due to that mod's RW
> issues and such.
>
> I'm sure there are others that I don't know of and lotrfanfic site's
> problems just makes me ponder the future.
>
> I think that we all, myself included, must continue to support and nurture
> the sites that we are involved with or post at or read.... notes of
> encouragment, perhaps monetary donations, and especially 'activity' at these
> sites are paramount to keeping folks who love LOTR and all things related to
> it - up and running.... it has been too many years since I read the books
> and fell in love with Tolkien's world... but since the movies came out, my
> 'involvement' has increased exponentially. Others though, have been in the
> 'field' much longer and can become tired, burnt out, distracted. To keep
> these dedicated folks going (and their websites), I think it would behoove
> us all to take a moment at least twice a year to say 'huzzah! thank you!' -
> I don't think it can hurt.
>
> Again, huzzah and thank you to the MEFA volunteers, those who submit, those
> who review, and those who write. I do so enjoy this competition for the
> plethora of materials and sites it brings to my attention.
>
> Blessings and happy holidays!
> Agape