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Hey guys,

Every year during the awards I send out educational posts about how to do
things at the MEFAs every week or two. Granted, we're a little late getting
started this year - nominations season is half over already! Still time to
get some nominations in, though. To do that you need a membership, and not
just any membership but a particular kind. That's what I want to talk about
today: how do you become a member of our website, and how do you use that
membership.

GETTING STARTED

There are essentially two kinds of accounts at our website, permanent
accounts and ones that will be deleted from year to year. In the past we've
called these types of accounts author and nominator accounts, or author and
MEFAwards accounts, but that's a bit confusing because some authors are also
members of the Yahoo group.

Anyway: getting a temporary account is easy. Simply have a story that is
nominated for our awards, and if you don't already have an account a
temporary account will be set up for you. You will be automatically emailed
a password to use to log in to our website. So you can log in and start
using the site. You will be able to start filling out your forms on your
nominated pieces, or you can start looking at the other nominated stories
and voting for them if you like. Temporary members are invited to vote for
any nomination besides their own of course, in the year they're nominated.
(So you can vote for 2011 nominations but you won't be able to vote for 2012
nominations unless you get another temporary account because you've been
nominated then as well.)

Permanent accounts are more, well, permanent. While temporary accounts only
last for the 2011 awards, permanent accounts are here to stay. They won't be
deleted, which means that whatever password you have in 2011 will also work
for the 2012 site. You can vote for nominations just like temporary accounts
can. You can also nominate up to twenty stories (temporary accounts can't
nominate). Getting a permanent account, though, takes a bit of time. They're
free for the asking, but we want to make sure that you don't already have a
temporary account, and we want to make sure you get important announcements
about the awards.

So here's the process for getting a permanent account.

(1) You join the Yahoo group MEFAwards.
(2) You are sent a short questionnaire asking for some basic information.
(3) Once you complete this questionnaire and email it back, a MEFA volunteer
checks that you don't already have an account. She then sets up a password
and username for you at our website.

Until that time, your Yahoo username and password won't work at our
website. The two are COMPLETELY different things from our website's
password. We'll get things set up as quickly as possible, but I usually tell
people to allow 48-72 hours for the process. Don't wait until the very last
second to set up your account if you want to nominate something.

GETTING IN

The next step to do is to actually log in and start using the website. To
log in, just visit www.mefawards.org/ and type in our username/email and
your password. The password should have been emailed to you when your
account was first set up.

If you get a problem, here are a few strategies to try.

--- (1) For missing passwords: check your spam folder, to see if your email
program to a little overzealous. Weird, how sending out hundreds of emails
telling people they've been nominated for some new awards program would make
ISPs suspicious... :-P

--- (2) Still can't find your password? Click the "Forgot Your Password?"
link from our login page and follow the instructions.

--- (3) If your password isn't working, first check that you are typing it
in correctly. Caps matter, as do spaces before and after. "Mellon" looks
different from "mellon", " mellon", or "mellon ". This is far and away the
most common cause for password logins.

Other than that, if you have further errors, let me know. Just email me at
supportATmefawardsDOTorg and we'll sort it out.

GETTING HELP

If you need help, there are three email accounts to know:

--- usersATmefawardsDOTorg. Send all questions about passwords or
memberships here.
--- supportATmefawardsDOTorg. Got a question ab0out policy? Just feeling
overwhelmed by it all? Then email me at supportATmefawardsDOTorg.
--- techATmefawardsDOTorg. Getting an actual error message? That's the
domain of our world-class webmistresses. Use this email address and it will
get your post where it needs to go.

If you have more general questions you can also ask them at the MEFAwards
Yahoo group. That listserv exists not just so I can make announcements, but
so you can ask questions where other longtime MEFA participants will read
them and hopefully answer them. Feel free to do just that.

WHAT'S NEXT?

Most MEFA members join our site and log in to do one of three things: tell
us about one of their stories that has been nominated, nominate stories
themselves, or vote for the stories that have been nominated. I'll go over
these in more depth in the coming weeks, but for now, I just want to mention
briefly how to get started on all of these things.

To fill out the form on a piece already nominated:

1. Log in to www.mefawards.org
2. Select "Your Nominations" from the "Nominations" menu.
3. Click "Nomination Form" under the story you want to tell us about.

To nominate a story:

1. Log in to www.mefawards.org
2. Select "Nominate a Piece" from the "Nominations" menu.
3. Fill out the form provided.

To vote for a nominated story:

1. Log in to www.mefeawards.org
2. Select "Browse 2011 Nominations" from the "Nominations" menu.
3. Find a story you want to vote for. Click the "Read the Nomination" link
to read the story. Then click the little pencil icon to write a review of
that story when you're done.

There's obviously a lot more to talk about on any one of those tasks, which
is why I'll be writing in more depth about them in upcoming weeks. But
hopefully that will give you a place to get started.

Elen sila lumenn omentielvo,

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)

I have a temporary account, although I'm a member of this group. Is there a way to make the account permanent?

Mirach

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Marta" <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Every year during the awards I send out educational posts about how to do
> things at the MEFAs every week or two. Granted, we're a little late getting
> started this year - nominations season is half over already! Still time to
> get some nominations in, though. To do that you need a membership, and not
> just any membership but a particular kind. That's what I want to talk about
> today: how do you become a member of our website, and how do you use that
> membership.
>
> GETTING STARTED
>
> There are essentially two kinds of accounts at our website, permanent
> accounts and ones that will be deleted from year to year. In the past we've
> called these types of accounts author and nominator accounts, or author and
> MEFAwards accounts, but that's a bit confusing because some authors are also
> members of the Yahoo group.
>
> Anyway: getting a temporary account is easy. Simply have a story that is
> nominated for our awards, and if you don't already have an account a
> temporary account will be set up for you. You will be automatically emailed
> a password to use to log in to our website. So you can log in and start
> using the site. You will be able to start filling out your forms on your
> nominated pieces, or you can start looking at the other nominated stories
> and voting for them if you like. Temporary members are invited to vote for
> any nomination besides their own of course, in the year they're nominated.
> (So you can vote for 2011 nominations but you won't be able to vote for 2012
> nominations unless you get another temporary account because you've been
> nominated then as well.)
>
> Permanent accounts are more, well, permanent. While temporary accounts only
> last for the 2011 awards, permanent accounts are here to stay. They won't be
> deleted, which means that whatever password you have in 2011 will also work
> for the 2012 site. You can vote for nominations just like temporary accounts
> can. You can also nominate up to twenty stories (temporary accounts can't
> nominate). Getting a permanent account, though, takes a bit of time. They're
> free for the asking, but we want to make sure that you don't already have a
> temporary account, and we want to make sure you get important announcements
> about the awards.
>
> So here's the process for getting a permanent account.
>
> (1) You join the Yahoo group MEFAwards.
> (2) You are sent a short questionnaire asking for some basic information.
> (3) Once you complete this questionnaire and email it back, a MEFA volunteer
> checks that you don't already have an account. She then sets up a password
> and username for you at our website.
>
> Until that time, your Yahoo username and password won't work at our
> website. The two are COMPLETELY different things from our website's
> password. We'll get things set up as quickly as possible, but I usually tell
> people to allow 48-72 hours for the process. Don't wait until the very last
> second to set up your account if you want to nominate something.
>
> GETTING IN
>
> The next step to do is to actually log in and start using the website. To
> log in, just visit www.mefawards.org/ and type in our username/email and
> your password. The password should have been emailed to you when your
> account was first set up.
>
> If you get a problem, here are a few strategies to try.
>
> --- (1) For missing passwords: check your spam folder, to see if your email
> program to a little overzealous. Weird, how sending out hundreds of emails
> telling people they've been nominated for some new awards program would make
> ISPs suspicious... :-P
>
> --- (2) Still can't find your password? Click the "Forgot Your Password?"
> link from our login page and follow the instructions.
>
> --- (3) If your password isn't working, first check that you are typing it
> in correctly. Caps matter, as do spaces before and after. "Mellon" looks
> different from "mellon", " mellon", or "mellon ". This is far and away the
> most common cause for password logins.
>
> Other than that, if you have further errors, let me know. Just email me at
> supportATmefawardsDOTorg and we'll sort it out.
>
> GETTING HELP
>
> If you need help, there are three email accounts to know:
>
> --- usersATmefawardsDOTorg. Send all questions about passwords or
> memberships here.
> --- supportATmefawardsDOTorg. Got a question ab0out policy? Just feeling
> overwhelmed by it all? Then email me at supportATmefawardsDOTorg.
> --- techATmefawardsDOTorg. Getting an actual error message? That's the
> domain of our world-class webmistresses. Use this email address and it will
> get your post where it needs to go.
>
> If you have more general questions you can also ask them at the MEFAwards
> Yahoo group. That listserv exists not just so I can make announcements, but
> so you can ask questions where other longtime MEFA participants will read
> them and hopefully answer them. Feel free to do just that.
>
> WHAT'S NEXT?
>
> Most MEFA members join our site and log in to do one of three things: tell
> us about one of their stories that has been nominated, nominate stories
> themselves, or vote for the stories that have been nominated. I'll go over
> these in more depth in the coming weeks, but for now, I just want to mention
> briefly how to get started on all of these things.
>
> To fill out the form on a piece already nominated:
>
> 1. Log in to www.mefawards.org
> 2. Select "Your Nominations" from the "Nominations" menu.
> 3. Click "Nomination Form" under the story you want to tell us about.
>
> To nominate a story:
>
> 1. Log in to www.mefawards.org
> 2. Select "Nominate a Piece" from the "Nominations" menu.
> 3. Fill out the form provided.
>
> To vote for a nominated story:
>
> 1. Log in to www.mefeawards.org
> 2. Select "Browse 2011 Nominations" from the "Nominations" menu.
> 3. Find a story you want to vote for. Click the "Read the Nomination" link
> to read the story. Then click the little pencil icon to write a review of
> that story when you're done.
>
> There's obviously a lot more to talk about on any one of those tasks, which
> is why I'll be writing in more depth about them in upcoming weeks. But
> hopefully that will give you a place to get started.
>
> Elen sila lumenn omentielvo,
>
> Marta
> (MEFA Admin.)
>

Hi Mirach,

I assume since you are replying to this address that you are actually a
member of the MEFAwards Yahoo group. The only other thing we require is that
you answer a few questions to help us set up your account. I included them
below.

If you reply to usersATmefawardsDOTorg with your answers, Elliska will
change your current account to a permanent one. Your password and everything
will stay the same.

Marta



Questions to Answer:

1. What name would you like to appear on our website?

2. Are there any other pennames you use in fandom?

3. Are there any alternate email addresses you use, that other members in
fandom might know about? (You don't need to give us personal/professional
email addresses you'd like to keep private, but if someone may have
nominated you under another email address, we need to know it.)

4. Have you participated in the MEFAs in any way in the past (i.e.: author,
nominator, voter, volunteer)? If so, under what name (or email, if you do
not remember your name)? Describe the details of your participation - for
example, how you participated and in what year, as much information as you
can remember.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Mirach <mirach_ravaia@yahoo.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I have a temporary account, although I'm a member of this group. Is there a
> way to make the account permanent?
>
> Mirach
>
>
>


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

Thank you! I sent the replies from my other email, as I use this account only for the groups.

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Mirach,
>
> I assume since you are replying to this address that you are actually a
> member of the MEFAwards Yahoo group. The only other thing we require is that
> you answer a few questions to help us set up your account. I included them
> below.
>
> If you reply to usersATmefawardsDOTorg with your answers, Elliska will
> change your current account to a permanent one. Your password and everything
> will stay the same.
>
> Marta
>
>
>
> Questions to Answer:
>
> 1. What name would you like to appear on our website?
>
> 2. Are there any other pennames you use in fandom?
>
> 3. Are there any alternate email addresses you use, that other members in
> fandom might know about? (You don't need to give us personal/professional
> email addresses you'd like to keep private, but if someone may have
> nominated you under another email address, we need to know it.)
>
> 4. Have you participated in the MEFAs in any way in the past (i.e.: author,
> nominator, voter, volunteer)? If so, under what name (or email, if you do
> not remember your name)? Describe the details of your participation - for
> example, how you participated and in what year, as much information as you
> can remember.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Mirach <mirach_ravaia@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I have a temporary account, although I'm a member of this group. Is there a
> > way to make the account permanent?
> >
> > Mirach
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>