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Hey guys,

I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.

1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
personality.

Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
liaisons.

2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.

Currently ELLIN ITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
paintbrushes?

3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
your good deed of the week? ;-)

Right now NEUME INDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
reluctant?

4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:

http://www.openscrolls.net/
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
http://www.henneth-annun.net/

And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
aragornangst

If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
them on to your respective group.

********************************

If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.

Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.

That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
as much as I am.

Marta

I'll crosspost to the GFIC comm!
Barbara

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
> volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
> Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.
>
> 1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
> authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
> is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
> author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
> describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
> year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
> you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
> personality.
>
> Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
> agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
> liaisons.
>
> 2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
> graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
> nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
> feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
> out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
> IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
> just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.
>
> Currently ELLIN ITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
> be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
> paintbrushes?
>
> 3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
> here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
> rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
> specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
> away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
> you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
> MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
> your good deed of the week? ;-)
>
> Right now NEUME INDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
> up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
> so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
> have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
> reluctant?
>
> 4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:
>
> http://www.openscrolls.net/
> http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
> http://www.henneth-annun.net/
>
> And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
> councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
> aragornangst
>
> If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
> annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
> announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
> them on to your respective group.
>
> ********************************
>
> If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
> ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
> that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
> it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
> an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.
>
> Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
> our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
> a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
> you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.
>
> That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
> as much as I am.
>
> Marta
>
>


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

Hi Barbara,

I had a feeling I was forgetting some promoter - Cathleen actually
already volunteered for this but because gmail lists all the messages
in a single thread I had skipped over it when putting my list
together.

So I actually have GFIC covered. (And Cathleen, I'll reply to your
email shortly.) Thanks for the offer, though!

Marta

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll crosspost to the GFIC comm!
> Barbara
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
>> volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
>> Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.
>>
>> 1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
>> authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
>> is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
>> author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
>> describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
>> year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
>> you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
>> personality.
>>
>> Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
>> agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
>> liaisons.
>>
>> 2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
>> graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
>> nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
>> feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
>> out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
>> IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
>> just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.
>>
>> Currently ELLIN ITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
>> be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
>> paintbrushes?
>>
>> 3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
>> here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
>> rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
>> specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
>> away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
>> you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
>> MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
>> your good deed of the week? ;-)
>>
>> Right now NEUME INDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
>> up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
>> so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
>> have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
>> reluctant?
>>
>> 4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:
>>
>> http://www.openscrolls.net/
>> http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
>> http://www.henneth-annun.net/
>>
>> And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
>> councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
>> aragornangst
>>
>> If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
>> annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
>> announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
>> them on to your respective group.
>>
>> ********************************
>>
>> If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
>> ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
>> that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
>> it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
>> an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.
>>
>> Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
>> our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
>> a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
>> you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.
>>
>> That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
>> as much as I am.
>>
>> Marta
>>
>>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Hi Marta,

If you don't need a world-class artist, I can help with the banners. I'd just need some technical details and I can create some banners before the end of the month. :)

Natalie



________________________________
From: Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
To: mefawards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 5:06 AM
Subject: [MEFAwards] the MEFAs need YOU!


 
Hey guys,

I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.

1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
personality.

Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
liaisons.

2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.

Currently ELLIN ITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
paintbrushes?

3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
your good deed of the week? ;-)

Right now NEUME INDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
reluctant?

4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:

http://www.openscrolls.net/
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
http://www.henneth-annun.net/

And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
aragornangst

If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
them on to your respective group.

********************************

If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.

Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.

That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
as much as I am.

Marta



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

Marta,
I will be a liaison again!
 
Cathleen
 
 

"Beautiful, glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country!"


Mary Todd Lincoln


http://www.lotrgfic.com/


http://community.livejournal.com/lotr_community/


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTR_Community_GFIC/
 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTR_DFIC/


________________________________
From: Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
To: mefawards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:06 PM
Subject: [MEFAwards] the MEFAs need YOU!


 
Hey guys,

I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.

1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
personality.

Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
liaisons.

2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.

Currently ELLIN ITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
paintbrushes?

3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
your good deed of the week? ;-)

Right now NEUME INDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
reluctant?

4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:

http://www.openscrolls.net/
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
http://www.henneth-annun.net/

And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
aragornangst

If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
them on to your respective group.

********************************

If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.

Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.

That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
as much as I am.

Marta



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

Hi Natalie,

Being a world-class artist is entirely optional - all we ask is for your
best effort. I'll email you and the other banner-makers in the next day or
two with all the details on getting started.

Marta

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 5:01 AM, Nosterineth <nosterineth@yahoo.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi Marta,
>
> If you don't need a world-class artist, I can help with the banners. I'd
> just need some technical details and I can create some banners before the
> end of the month. :)
>
> Natalie
>
> ________________________________
> From: Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
> To: mefawards@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 5:06 AM
> Subject: [MEFAwards] the MEFAs need YOU!
>
>
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
> volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
> Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.
> [snip]
>


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

Hi Cathleen,

Most excellent! Thanks for letting me know.

Marta

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Cathleen <virginia_lee_redcat@yahoo.com>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Marta,
> I will be a liaison again!
>
> Cathleen
>
>
>
> "Beautiful, glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country!"
>
> Mary Todd Lincoln
>
> http://www.lotrgfic.com/
>
> http://community.livejournal.com/lotr_community/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTR_Community_GFIC/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTR_DFIC/
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
> To: mefawards@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:06 PM
>
> Subject: [MEFAwards] the MEFAs need YOU!
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
> volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
> Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.
>
> 1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
> authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
> is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
> author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
> describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
> year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
> you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
> personality.
>
> Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
> agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
> liaisons.
>
> 2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
> graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
> nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
> feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
> out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
> IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
> just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.
>
> Currently ELLIN ITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
> be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
> paintbrushes?
>
> 3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
> here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
> rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
> specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
> away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
> you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
> MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
> your good deed of the week? ;-)
>
> Right now NEUME INDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
> up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
> so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
> have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
> reluctant?
>
> 4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:
>
> http://www.openscrolls.net/
> http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
> http://www.henneth-annun.net/
>
> And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
> councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
> aragornangst
>
> If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
> annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
> announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
> them on to your respective group.
>
> ********************************
>
> If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
> ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
> that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
> it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
> an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.
>
> Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
> our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
> a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
> you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.
>
> That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
> as much as I am.
>
> Marta
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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

I can't draw but am willing to do anything else.

Antoinette


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

Excellent, Annette. I'll be emailing you shortly to talk about how you can
best help out.

Marta

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Antoinette Brenion <ahbrenion@gmail.com>wrote:

> **
>
>
> I can't draw but am willing to do anything else.
>
> Antoinette
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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

Marta, I've helped with banners before, but my work was very basic compared to and I was far less prolific than the other banner makers. Having said that, let me know if you'd like me to pitch in.

nautika

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
> volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
> Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.
>
> 1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
> authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
> is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
> author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
> describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
> year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
> you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
> personality.
>
> Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
> agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
> liaisons.
>
> 2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
> graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
> nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
> feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
> out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
> IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
> just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.
>
> Currently ELLIN ITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
> be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
> paintbrushes?
>
> 3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
> here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
> rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
> specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
> away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
> you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
> MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
> your good deed of the week? ;-)
>
> Right now NEUME INDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
> up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
> so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
> have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
> reluctant?
>
> 4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:
>
> http://www.openscrolls.net/
> http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
> http://www.henneth-annun.net/
>
> And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
> councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
> aragornangst
>
> If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
> annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
> announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
> them on to your respective group.
>
> ********************************
>
> If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
> ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
> that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
> it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
> an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.
>
> Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
> our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
> a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
> you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.
>
> That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
> as much as I am.
>
> Marta
>

Hi Marta,  I don't really have any time right now,  but I did make a very small handful of nominee  banners this evening from some of my own art work.  Is there someone that I could send them to so that they can be uploaded and tagged when it is time for them to be posted? 


Cactuskim

>________________________________
> From: nau_tika <nau_tika@yahoo.com>
>To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:51 PM
>Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: the MEFAs need YOU!
>
>
>
>
> 
>Marta, I've helped with banners before, but my work was very basic compared to and I was far less prolific than the other banner makers. Having said that, let me know if you'd like me to pitch in.
>
>nautika
>
>--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
>> volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
>> Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.
>>
>> 1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
>> authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
>> is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
>> author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
>> describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
>> year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
>> you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
>> personality.
>>
>> Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
>> agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
>> liaisons.
>>
>> 2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
>> graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
>> nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
>> feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
>> out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
>> IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
>> just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.
>>
>> Currently ELLINITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
>> be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
>> paintbrushes?
>>
>> 3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
>> here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
>> rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
>> specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
>> away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
>> you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
>> MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
>> your good deed of the week? ;-)
>>
>> Right now NEUMEINDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
>> up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
>> so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
>> have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
>> reluctant?
>>
>> 4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:
>>
>> http://www.openscrolls.net/
>> http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
>> http://www.henneth-annun.net/
>>
>> And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
>> councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
>> aragornangst
>>
>> If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
>> annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
>> announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
>> them on to your respective group.
>>
>> ********************************
>>
>> If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
>> ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
>> that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
>> it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
>> an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.
>>
>> Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
>> our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
>> a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
>> you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.
>>
>> That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
>> as much as I am.
>>
>> Marta
>>
>
>
>
>
>

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Hi Nautika,

Thanks for volunteering! Banners don't need to be expert or anything; I'm
sure the authors and reviewers will appreciate the effort. (They let me
make banners from time to time, which should tell you a thing or two about
artistic minimum standards. *g*)

I'll be in contact with you and the other banner-makers, probably later
today.

Marta

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 8:51 PM, nau_tika <nau_tika@yahoo.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Marta, I've helped with banners before, but my work was very basic
> compared to and I was far less prolific than the other banner makers.
> Having said that, let me know if you'd like me to pitch in.
>
> nautika
>
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
> > volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
> > Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.
> >
> > 1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
> > authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
> > is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
> > author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
> > describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
> > year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
> > you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
> > personality.
> >
> > Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
> > agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
> > liaisons.
> >
> > 2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
> > graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
> > nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
> > feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
> > out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
> > IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
> > just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.
> >
> > Currently ELLIN ITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
> > be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
> > paintbrushes?
> >
> > 3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
> > here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
> > rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
> > specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
> > away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
> > you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
> > MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
> > your good deed of the week? ;-)
> >
> > Right now NEUME INDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
> > up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
> > so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
> > have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
> > reluctant?
> >
> > 4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:
> >
> > http://www.openscrolls.net/
> > http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
> > http://www.henneth-annun.net/
> >
> > And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
> > councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
> > aragornangst
> >
> > If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
> > annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
> > announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
> > them on to your respective group.
> >
> > ********************************
> >
> > If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
> > ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
> > that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
> > it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
> > an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.
> >
> > Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
> > our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
> > a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
> > you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.
> >
> > That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
> > as much as I am.
> >
> > Marta
> >
>
>
>


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Hi Cactuskim,

So sorry it took me a while to get back to you. You can send me any banners
you have to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom. I'm still working on where they'll be
posted. But I'll get them uploaded for you when I figure that out.

If you like, I can also add you to my email list of potential
banner-makers. You wouldn't have to make more, but it would let me keep in
touch with you. On the other hand, if you want to make this a one-time
thing, I won't contact you again. Just let me which way you prefer when you
email me.

Marta

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Kim <kim@flash.net> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi Marta, I don't really have any time right now, but I did make a very
> small handful of nominee banners this evening from some of my own art
> work. Is there someone that I could send them to so that they can be
> uploaded and tagged when it is time for them to be posted?
>
> Cactuskim
>
> >________________________________
> > From: nau_tika <nau_tika@yahoo.com>
> >To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:51 PM
> >Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: the MEFAs need YOU!
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Marta, I've helped with banners before, but my work was very basic
> compared to and I was far less prolific than the other banner makers.
> Having said that, let me know if you'd like me to pitch in.
> >
> >nautika
> >
> >--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey guys,
> >>
> >> I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
> >> volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
> >> Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.
> >>
> >> 1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
> >> authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
> >> is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
> >> author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
> >> describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
> >> year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
> >> you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
> >> personality.
> >>
> >> Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
> >> agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
> >> liaisons.
> >>
> >> 2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
> >> graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
> >> nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
> >> feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
> >> out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
> >> IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
> >> just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.
> >>
> >> Currently ELLINITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
>
> >> be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
> >> paintbrushes?
> >>
> >> 3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
> >> here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
> >> rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
> >> specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
> >> away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
> >> you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
> >> MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
> >> your good deed of the week? ;-)
> >>
> >> Right now NEUMEINDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
>
> >> up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
> >> so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
> >> have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
> >> reluctant?
> >>
> >> 4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:
> >>
> >> http://www.openscrolls.net/
> >> http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
> >> http://www.henneth-annun.net/
> >>
> >> And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
> >> councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
> >> aragornangst
> >>
> >> If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
> >> annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
> >> announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
> >> them on to your respective group.
> >>
> >> ********************************
> >>
> >> If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
> >> ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
> >> that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
> >> it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
> >> an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.
> >>
> >> Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
> >> our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
> >> a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
> >> you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.
> >>
> >> That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
> >> as much as I am.
> >>
> >> Marta
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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I use both IE8 and Firefox. A little while ago, I went to MEFA site on IE8, and there is a message: "Attention Internet Explorer Users: IE is unable to display some elements of the site. Until a fix can be found, please set Document Mode to "IE9 Standards" in the IE Developer Tools, or use another browser (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Safari)."
 
And I thought - OK, if there are any problems with IE, I can go to MEFA site with Firefox only. So, I started Firefox, and what did I see? While on IE8, the countdown showed the time properly, that is, 3 hours and some 40+ minutes until the season starts. But on Firefox, the countdown says that there are 2 days, 3 hours and 40+ minutes left! *confused*
 
Am I the only one with this problem, or is anyone else seeing the same?
 
Ellynn

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Ok, maybe seconds after I sent my previous e-mail, Aranel sent her e-mail about the delay of the season. Looks like I started both browsers just when she had been working on the site, so I had two different time displays. After reading her e-mail and refreshing IE8, everything is fine as for the countdown.
 
Ellynn

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Hi Ellyn,

I just left a post: we are experiencing some database problems today that
we need to contact our host's tech support about.

The start of the awards will be delayed until Tuesday.

Thanks,
Aranel

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Ellin Ithilwen <ellin_revenger@yahoo.com>wrote:

> I use both IE8 and Firefox. A little while ago, I went to MEFA site on
> IE8, and there is a message: "Attention Internet Explorer Users: IE is
> unable to display some elements of the site. Until a fix can be found,
> please set Document Mode to "IE9 Standards" in the IE Developer Tools, or
> use another browser (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Safari)."
>
> And I thought - OK, if there are any problems with IE, I can go to MEFA
> site with Firefox only. So, I started Firefox, and what did I see? While on
> IE8, the countdown showed the time properly, that is, 3 hours and some 40+
> minutes until the season starts. But on Firefox, the countdown says that
> there are 2 days, 3 hours and 40+ minutes left! *confused*
>
> Am I the only one with this problem, or is anyone else seeing the same?
>
> Ellynn
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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No problem Marta, 


I wish that I had more time for things like this,  but RL and some other projects as well as my own group have me pinned down pretty hard much of the time,  but I wanted to contribute something,  and hope that people enjoy the banners I was able to make for them.  Don't know if I will have the time at the end of the awards to alter things for the winners and reviewers awards, but I am keeping my layers in case I do have the time,  so feel free to drop me a line,  and hopefully it will all work out.

Cactuskim

>________________________________
> From: Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
>To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 12:29 PM
>Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Re: the MEFAs need YOU!
>
>
>Hi Cactuskim,
>
>So sorry it took me a while to get back to you. You can send me any banners
>you have to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom. I'm still working on where they'll be
>posted. But I'll get them uploaded for you when I figure that out.
>
>If you like, I can also add you to my email list of potential
>banner-makers. You wouldn't have to make more, but it would let me keep in
>touch with you. On the other hand, if you want to make this a one-time
>thing, I won't contact you again. Just let me which way you prefer when you
>email me.
>
>Marta
>
>On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Kim <kim@flash.net> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Hi Marta,  I don't really have any time right now,  but I did make a very
>> small handful of nominee  banners this evening from some of my own art
>> work.  Is there someone that I could send them to so that they can be
>> uploaded and tagged when it is time for them to be posted?
>>
>> Cactuskim
>>
>> >________________________________
>> > From: nau_tika <nau_tika@yahoo.com>
>> >To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
>> >Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:51 PM
>> >Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: the MEFAs need YOU!
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Marta, I've helped with banners before, but my work was very basic
>> compared to and I was far less prolific than the other banner makers.
>> Having said that, let me know if you'd like me to pitch in.
>> >
>> >nautika
>> >
>> >--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hey guys,
>> >>
>> >> I'm still looking for volunteers for the 2012 MEFAs. If you haven't
>> >> volunteered and want to help out, I'd certainly appreciate the hand!
>> >> Let me know now and I can help get you ready to pitch in.
>> >>
>> >> 1. First and foremost, we need LIAISONS. Your job here is just to help
>> >> authors get ready to compete. That means first checking that the story
>> >> is eligible to compete and then you deliver the good news to the
>> >> author and walk them through the process of filling out the forms
>> >> describing their stories. It helps to have participated in a previous
>> >> year so you have a basic feel for how the awards work. More important,
>> >> you need time to answer emails fairly regularly and an encouraging
>> >> personality.
>> >>
>> >> Currently ANGELICA, DREAMFLOWER, ELLISKA, INKLING, and LINAEWEN have
>> >> agreed to be liaisons. Want in? We really could use a few more
>> >> liaisons.
>> >>
>> >> 2. We could also really use some banner makers. You just create
>> >> graphics to help people share their good news - that they've been
>> >> nominated, have won an award, or reached their reviewing goal. Don't
>> >> feel like you have to be a world-class artist to do this; I've helped
>> >> out and I'm hardly an artist. (I used MS Paint to make the banners,
>> >> IIRC...) And you can create as many or as few banners as you'd like. I
>> >> just need to know you're interested so I can keep you in the loop.
>> >>
>> >> Currently ELLINITHILWEN, NATH, and UVATHA THE HORSEMAN have agreed to
>>
>> >> be banner makers. Anyone else care to dust off their digital
>> >> paintbrushes?
>> >>
>> >> 3. We also need a few more people for the ratings panel. Basically,
>> >> here you only have to read stories where the author isn't sure what
>> >> rating to give it. (For longer stories, the author will point you to
>> >> specific scenes and describe the context leading up to and following
>> >> away from it.) I'll give you guidelines and you just have to say what
>> >> you think the rating should be. It's a great way to give back to the
>> >> MEFAs - after all, how often do you get to read smut and consider it
>> >> your good deed of the week? ;-)
>> >>
>> >> Right now NEUMEINDIL, RAKSHA THE DEMON, and SULRIEL have all signed
>>
>> >> up. We need at least one more, and I'd love to get some more on board
>> >> so we can have two boards going on at once (meaning each would only
>> >> have to read half as many stories). Anyone else insufficiently
>> >> reluctant?
>> >>
>> >> 4. So far I have people promoting at the following places:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.openscrolls.net/
>> >> http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/
>> >> http://www.henneth-annun.net/
>> >>
>> >> And the Yahoo groups: Henneth_Annun, SilmarillionWritersGuild,
>> >> councilsatrivendell, blind-sf, books4theblind, blind-chit-chat, and
>> >> aragornangst
>> >>
>> >> If you know of somewhere else that you'd like to see MEFA-related
>> >> annoucements, just let me know where. I'll send you along
>> >> announcements to make there - it's really just a matter of forwarding
>> >> them on to your respective group.
>> >>
>> >> ********************************
>> >>
>> >> If you want to help out in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know
>> >> ASAP. Also if you've volunteered and I overlooked you, let me know
>> >> that, too. I've received several emails these last several days and
>> >> it's possible I've overlooked one or two. Just comment here or send me
>> >> an email to mefasupportATgmailDOTcom.
>> >>
>> >> Also: we're also trying to raise funds to cover the hosting costs for
>> >> our website. We've currently raised $66.40 - halfway to our costs for
>> >> a year's worth of webspace. If you haven't donated and would like to
>> >> you can do so here: http://bit.ly/KR1EsU.
>> >>
>> >> That's it for now! Hope everyone else is looking forward to the MEFAs
>> >> as much as I am.
>> >>
>> >> Marta
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
>> 
>>
>
>
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>
>
>
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>
>Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>

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