So, members, we need some more nominations! Take a look at the Category
Viability table in the Databases section. Sort it by Viable/Not Viable and
you'll see what subcategories are lacking. There is one main category that
is not viable: Mystery. So think hard. Know of a good mystery story?
Nominate it! We only need one more for viability. And just one more Elves
WIP and Poem will get those two subcategories viable.
Any subcategories that aren't viable will be rolled into a broader category,
most likely.
And Categorizers, be sure to get the Nominations Database up-to-date with
the nominations and your spreadsheets. Once Nomination Season is over and
Check Ballot Season begins, start looking at your 2nd, 3rd choices and
subcategory suggestions. See if there are any good groupings of at least 5
(by at least 2 authors). Start with subcategories, but use the 2nd and 3rd
choices as they could be handy as well. For example, Drama may have 5 with
LOTR 2nd choice, 6 with the Silm. So Drama/LOTR could be a category, as
could Drama/Silm.
Of course then there's a flip site: If LOTR has quite a few with Drama as a
second choice, we may want to look at putting them together. Aw heck, this
is getting complicated. We'll work something out.
Once we've figured all that out, I'll have you e-mail me your spreadsheets.
I'll lump them altogether into one and get to work on the web page that will
list all pertinent info up on the web site. Then I'll throw some ballots
together for checking.
Author contacters, if there is an author listed in the Nominations table
that fits your letters but you haven't contacted yet, please do. Also, if
they'd said yes to only specific stories and there are now more stories
nominated, contact them again. Asking for blanket permission is good. I'll
go through another Author Contact Campaign or two before Check Ballot Season
is over. It was lucrative last time! Once Check Ballot Season ends, any
stories that don't have author permission will have to be removed from this
year's eligibility. They can be eligible again next year.
11 days to go!
--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
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