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Hey guys,

Every year we have welcomed suggestions from all MEFA members about ways
that we can improve the awards in future years. As we did last year, we
would like anyone who has a suggestion for the 2010 MEFAs to please
email it to mefasupport at gmail dot com with the subject 2009 Post-Mortem.

It will be discussed (at a bare minimum!) among the most active
volunteers - Marta, Inkling, Radbooks, elliska, and the tech support
team. If we think more input would help us make a better decision, we'll
talk to those members most affected by the suggestion - by emailing the
volunteers involved in a certain portion of the awards, for instance, or
by posting an opinion poll that anyone can participate in. (As in the
past, these polls would be for our information only, to help us see what
the majority wants; we will consider the majority opinion but weigh it
against other factors as well.)

Once all the suggestions have been considered, we will post here about
the changes that will be made for the 2010 awards. That way, everyone
will know what was decided upon.

One other thing: our tech support volunteers are currently working on a
major technical refresh of the voting website which should make it
easier to for everyone to use: nominators, authors, voters and
volunteers. It will also give us a much more solid base to carry on with
the awards: the current code does the job well, but it's starting to get
rather creaky behind the scenes. If all goes well with the
redevelopment, we'll unveil the new site for the opening of nominations
for the 2010 awards.

Because we need to make sure the new site still does all the things the
old site does, and does them correctly, we need to be very careful about
accepting any suggestions that involve new features that change how the
website works. There's still a lot of areas that we can make changes to
that won't affect the redevelopment, though. And we'll still take bug
reports, of course; just please don't ask for new features.

If you have any suggestions, please send them to mefasupport at gmail
dot com. Because we need to plan for next year, please email your
suggestions to us by January 20 at the latest.

Thanks,

Tanaqui
The MEFA Admin Team

May I make a suggestion? Please post reviews to the group as well as the
Live Journal. Personally, I loathe Live Journal, but I know others don't.
As I understand it, the posts get popped downward as a new post goes up,
like any blog. So things get lost. I don't go to Live Journal so I never
see those reviews. And yes, I've been very much a not-even-a-good-lurker
these last few years after founding and admining the MEFAs in the beginning.




But I do poke my head into the MEFAwards folder in my Outlook now and then,
where all the posts to this YahooGroup go. If I were to see reviews there
when I do, they just might entice me to read a story. This would be best if
reviews (finished and final) were posted during the reviewing time so that
if I do get enticed, I'll have time to read and review for the awards as
well.



As the MEFAs were basically copied from the alt.startrek.creative Awards FAQ
with certain necessary alterations, I will say that's one of the many great
things about the ASC awards (which are in danger of not being held this year
for lack of stories-so if you know someone who writes Trek fanfic, please
send them to that newsgroup to post this month!). I'll see the review posts
for TNG stories (which I generally don't bother to read) and maybe see one
that gets me. Then I'll read things I never planned to read.



And please, post the Winners list to the YahooGroup as well. No extra work
is needed to find them, which with real life and other stuff going on, it's
hard to do "other work". But since Outlook is open, I need only click this
folder and see what's new. If the winners have been notified then the list
is official, so please post it. That list also may entice me or others to
read some stories.



Thanks



Ainaechoiriel

Founder of the MEFAs



_____

From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Tanaqui
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:16 AM
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MEFAwards] ADMIN: Suggestions for 2010 Awards





Hey guys,

Every year we have welcomed suggestions from all MEFA members about ways
that we can improve the awards in future years. As we did last year, we
would like anyone who has a suggestion for the 2010 MEFAs to please
email it to mefasupport at gmail dot com with the subject 2009 Post-Mortem.

It will be discussed (at a bare minimum!) among the most active
volunteers - Marta, Inkling, Radbooks, elliska, and the tech support
team. If we think more input would help us make a better decision, we'll
talk to those members most affected by the suggestion - by emailing the
volunteers involved in a certain portion of the awards, for instance, or
by posting an opinion poll that anyone can participate in. (As in the
past, these polls would be for our information only, to help us see what
the majority wants; we will consider the majority opinion but weigh it
against other factors as well.)

Once all the suggestions have been considered, we will post here about
the changes that will be made for the 2010 awards. That way, everyone
will know what was decided upon.

One other thing: our tech support volunteers are currently working on a
major technical refresh of the voting website which should make it
easier to for everyone to use: nominators, authors, voters and
volunteers. It will also give us a much more solid base to carry on with
the awards: the current code does the job well, but it's starting to get
rather creaky behind the scenes. If all goes well with the
redevelopment, we'll unveil the new site for the opening of nominations
for the 2010 awards.

Because we need to make sure the new site still does all the things the
old site does, and does them correctly, we need to be very careful about
accepting any suggestions that involve new features that change how the
website works. There's still a lot of areas that we can make changes to
that won't affect the redevelopment, though. And we'll still take bug
reports, of course; just please don't ask for new features.

If you have any suggestions, please send them to mefasupport at gmail
dot com. Because we need to plan for next year, please email your
suggestions to us by January 20 at the latest.

Thanks,

Tanaqui
The MEFA Admin Team





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I just sent my list! I've been working on it for a while...

Dreamflower

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Tanaqui <tanaqui@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Every year we have welcomed suggestions from all MEFA members about ways
> that we can improve the awards in future years. As we did last year, we
> would like anyone who has a suggestion for the 2010 MEFAs to please
> email it to mefasupport at gmail dot com with the subject 2009 Post-Mortem.
>
> It will be discussed (at a bare minimum!) among the most active
> volunteers - Marta, Inkling, Radbooks, elliska, and the tech support
> team. If we think more input would help us make a better decision, we'll
> talk to those members most affected by the suggestion - by emailing the
> volunteers involved in a certain portion of the awards, for instance, or
> by posting an opinion poll that anyone can participate in. (As in the
> past, these polls would be for our information only, to help us see what
> the majority wants; we will consider the majority opinion but weigh it
> against other factors as well.)
>
> Once all the suggestions have been considered, we will post here about
> the changes that will be made for the 2010 awards. That way, everyone
> will know what was decided upon.
>
> One other thing: our tech support volunteers are currently working on a
> major technical refresh of the voting website which should make it
> easier to for everyone to use: nominators, authors, voters and
> volunteers. It will also give us a much more solid base to carry on with
> the awards: the current code does the job well, but it's starting to get
> rather creaky behind the scenes. If all goes well with the
> redevelopment, we'll unveil the new site for the opening of nominations
> for the 2010 awards.
>
> Because we need to make sure the new site still does all the things the
> old site does, and does them correctly, we need to be very careful about
> accepting any suggestions that involve new features that change how the
> website works. There's still a lot of areas that we can make changes to
> that won't affect the redevelopment, though. And we'll still take bug
> reports, of course; just please don't ask for new features.
>
> If you have any suggestions, please send them to mefasupport at gmail
> dot com. Because we need to plan for next year, please email your
> suggestions to us by January 20 at the latest.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tanaqui
> The MEFA Admin Team
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Ainae

I just saw that you also sent this to mefasupport at gmail dot com.
Thanks for doing that, as that's the best way for us to gather
suggestions this year.

Tanaqui
The MEFA Admin Team

Ainaechoiriel wrote:

>
>
> May I make a suggestion? Please post reviews to the group as well as the
> Live Journal. Personally, I loathe Live Journal, but I know others don't.
> As I understand it, the posts get popped downward as a new post goes up,
> like any blog. So things get lost. I don't go to Live Journal so I never
> see those reviews. And yes, I've been very much a not-even-a-good-lurker
> these last few years after founding and admining the MEFAs in the beginning.
>
> But I do poke my head into the MEFAwards folder in my Outlook now and then,
> where all the posts to this YahooGroup go. If I were to see reviews there
> when I do, they just might entice me to read a story. This would be best if
> reviews (finished and final) were posted during the reviewing time so that
> if I do get enticed, I'll have time to read and review for the awards as
> well.
>
> As the MEFAs were basically copied from the alt.startrek.creative Awards FAQ
> with certain necessary alterations, I will say that's one of the many great
> things about the ASC awards (which are in danger of not being held this year
> for lack of stories-so if you know someone who writes Trek fanfic, please
> send them to that newsgroup to post this month!). I'll see the review posts
> for TNG stories (which I generally don't bother to read) and maybe see one
> that gets me. Then I'll read things I never planned to read.
>
> And please, post the Winners list to the YahooGroup as well. No extra work
> is needed to find them, which with real life and other stuff going on, it's
> hard to do "other work". But since Outlook is open, I need only click this
> folder and see what's new. If the winners have been notified then the list
> is official, so please post it. That list also may entice me or others to
> read some stories.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ainaechoiriel
>
> Founder of the MEFAs
>
> _____
>
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com <mailto:MEFAwards%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com <mailto:MEFAwards%40yahoogroups.com>]
> On Behalf
> Of Tanaqui
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:16 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com <mailto:MEFAwards%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [MEFAwards] ADMIN: Suggestions for 2010 Awards
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Every year we have welcomed suggestions from all MEFA members about ways
> that we can improve the awards in future years. As we did last year, we
> would like anyone who has a suggestion for the 2010 MEFAs to please
> email it to mefasupport at gmail dot com with the subject 2009 Post-Mortem.
>
> It will be discussed (at a bare minimum!) among the most active
> volunteers - Marta, Inkling, Radbooks, elliska, and the tech support
> team. If we think more input would help us make a better decision, we'll
> talk to those members most affected by the suggestion - by emailing the
> volunteers involved in a certain portion of the awards, for instance, or
> by posting an opinion poll that anyone can participate in. (As in the
> past, these polls would be for our information only, to help us see what
> the majority wants; we will consider the majority opinion but weigh it
> against other factors as well.)
>
> Once all the suggestions have been considered, we will post here about
> the changes that will be made for the 2010 awards. That way, everyone
> will know what was decided upon.
>
> One other thing: our tech support volunteers are currently working on a
> major technical refresh of the voting website which should make it
> easier to for everyone to use: nominators, authors, voters and
> volunteers. It will also give us a much more solid base to carry on with
> the awards: the current code does the job well, but it's starting to get
> rather creaky behind the scenes. If all goes well with the
> redevelopment, we'll unveil the new site for the opening of nominations
> for the 2010 awards.
>
> Because we need to make sure the new site still does all the things the
> old site does, and does them correctly, we need to be very careful about
> accepting any suggestions that involve new features that change how the
> website works. There's still a lot of areas that we can make changes to
> that won't affect the redevelopment, though. And we'll still take bug
> reports, of course; just please don't ask for new features.
>
> If you have any suggestions, please send them to mefasupport at gmail
> dot com. Because we need to plan for next year, please email your
> suggestions to us by January 20 at the latest.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tanaqui
> The MEFA Admin Team
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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