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Yes, I1ve finally gone through the FAQ with the fine-toothed comb -
does it tell anything about me when I admit that I had to print it
out first to find all details I needed? I guess it does... *sighs*

Anyway, I'd like to ask a few additional questions. The answer
probably is already in there, but be merciful with my lacking
language skills. Better ask twice stupidly than make mistakes, right?

So, here it comes.

I. ELIGIBILITY
4. Stories may compete in only one category.
Q: Can the same author have two or more stories in the same category
if nominated?

III. NOMINATION FORM
B. Preferred Fields.
Q: What is a sub-category? Is it, for example, "Men" in the Races &
Places" category?

IV. CATEGORIZATION
A. All category set up by a lower level can be changed by a higher
level.
Q: Does this mean that the staff can put a story in a different
category if they find that it has been nominated for the wrong one?

V. VOTING
3. Tie Breakers
Q#1: What is a tie, to begin with? (Aside from being a piece of
clothing for men, of course...)
Q#2: What does point d) mean? My trusted old dictionary lay its
weapons down facing that sentence. Of course, it is a *really* old
edition...

VI SCHEDULE
B. Check Ballot Season
Q: What is a check ballot? I mean, I do have a vague idea about what
it *might* be (after an hour and a half spent with going through all
documents with coloured pencils and stuff), but I'm still not
entirely sure.

I'm sorry for being so bothersome, but you must understand that
certain expressions that seem completely normal for a native speaker
can be a puzzle for me. *ducks*

Soledad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Soledad [mailto:annaliess@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:17 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] A few questions
>
> Yes, I1ve finally gone through the FAQ with the fine-toothed
> comb - does it tell anything about me when I admit that I had
> to print it out first to find all details I needed? I guess
> it does... *sighs*
>
> Anyway, I'd like to ask a few additional questions. The
> answer probably is already in there, but be merciful with my
> lacking language skills. Better ask twice stupidly than make
> mistakes, right?

Right. And I want to iron out any problems in the FAQ and/or add Qs and As
to the Q & A sheet.

>
> So, here it comes.
>
> I. ELIGIBILITY
> 4. Stories may compete in only one category.
> Q: Can the same author have two or more stories in the same
> category if nominated?

Yes. Remember the rule for a viable category is 5 stories by at least 2
authors. Which would have to mean one author wrote more than one story in
the category if there were only 2 authors and 5 stories.

> III. NOMINATION FORM
> B. Preferred Fields.
> Q: What is a sub-category? Is it, for example, "Men" in the
> Races & Places" category?

Those will most likely be made by us, though the nomintor can suggest this.
Basically they divide a category down further. Some examples:
Category Romance, subcategory Slash.
Category Men, subcategory Gondor.
Category Silm, subcategory 2nd Age.
Category Horror, subcategory Orcs.

> IV. CATEGORIZATION
> A. All category set up by a lower level can be changed by a
> higher level.
> Q: Does this mean that the staff can put a story in a
> different category if they find that it has been nominated
> for the wrong one?

Yes, and an author can override as well. Or say an author corrects a
category from Romance to Men, but there aren't 5 stories by 2 authors for
Men (I hope there will be as that's a main category!), so the Men category
isn't viable. We'd have to make a decision on a different category with or
without the author's opinion. Preferrably with.

>
> V. VOTING
> 3. Tie Breakers
> Q#1: What is a tie, to begin with? (Aside from being a piece
> of clothing for men, of course...)

If two stories end up with, for example 20 points. Neither one is an
obvious winner. They have tied.

> Q#2: What does point d) mean? My trusted old dictionary lay
> its weapons down facing that sentence. Of course, it is a
> *really* old edition...

I had to look up d): d. A tie in one placing will not negate the next
placing

An example, if two stories tie for 1st place. There will still be a 2nd
place and a 3rd place. Some awards/contests will skip a placing if there is
a tie: 2 1sts, no 2nds, 1 3rd.

>
> VI SCHEDULE
> B. Check Ballot Season
> Q: What is a check ballot? I mean, I do have a vague idea
> about what it *might* be (after an hour and a half spent with
> going through all documents with coloured pencils and stuff),
> but I'm still not entirely sure.

We'll send check ballots before the voting ballots to make sure the ballots
are correct. It's a last check for authors to see that their story is in
there correctly, to see if any one or anything is missing.

> I'm sorry for being so bothersome, but you must understand
> that certain expressions that seem completely normal for a
> native speaker can be a puzzle for me. *ducks*

No a problem. I feel that way about Czech, French and German. ;-)

--Ainaechoiriel

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
wrote:

> Yes. Remember the rule for a viable category is 5 stories by at

least 2 authors. Which would have to mean one author wrote more than
one story in the category if there were only 2 authors and 5 stories.

True, true. And I haven't realized that. *sighs*

> Those will most likely be made by us, though the nomintor can

suggest this.

> Basically they divide a category down further. Some examples:
> Category Romance, subcategory Slash.
> Category Men, subcategory Gondor.
> Category Silm, subcategory 2nd Age.
> Category Horror, subcategory Orcs.

I see. Can I suggest a Mystery category or subcategory? I've seen
people categorizing their stories as Mystery a few times. And I could
think of a few plots that would fit: Dagor Dagorath stories, for
example, as there are only rumours and prophecies concerning that
event.

> Yes, and an author can override as well. Or say an author corrects

a category from Romance to Men, but there aren't 5 stories by 2
authors for Men (I hope there will be as that's a main category!), so
the Men category isn't viable. We'd have to make a decision on a
different category with or without the author's opinion. Preferrably
with.

Let's hope there won't be need for that. Let's hope we'll get many
excellent stories to choose from. But it's a wise precaution
nevertheless.

Thanks for clearing up the other questions. I'll skip them as I now
do understand the details and don't want to take up valuable space.

Soledad,
who is enjoying this whole thing way too much <g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Soledad [mailto:annaliess@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 1:19 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Questions & a suggestion

>
> > Those will most likely be made by us, though the nomintor can
> suggest this.
> > Basically they divide a category down further. Some examples:
> > Category Romance, subcategory Slash.
> > Category Men, subcategory Gondor.
> > Category Silm, subcategory 2nd Age.
> > Category Horror, subcategory Orcs.
>
> I see. Can I suggest a Mystery category or subcategory? I've
> seen people categorizing their stories as Mystery a few
> times. And I could think of a few plots that would fit: Dagor
> Dagorath stories, for example, as there are only rumours and
> prophecies concerning that event.

Well, if we're going to add Categories, today is the time to do it.
Saturday being the start of Nomination Season at all. Let's see, can we
come up with 3 good Award titles for Mystery? Have there been any bonefied
"mysteries" in the Silm, LOTR or The Hobbit?

If we can't make a Category, I'd say it can probably be a subcategory of
Horror or Drama.

> Thanks for clearing up the other questions. I'll skip them as
> I now do understand the details and don't want to take up
> valuable space.

You're welcome. I'm going to add some of those qustions to the Q and A page.

> Soledad,
> who is enjoying this whole thing way too much <g>

Now that is good to hear!

--Ainaechoiriel

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

Just wanted to say a quick hello since I just joined the group. I'm looking forward to
helping with these awards. So now I'm off to catch up on all the posts that I've missed
so far.

:)
Arquen

=====
"If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours." - Viggo Mortensen




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