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Msg# 1297

Re: Digest Number 70 Posted by GW June 08, 2004 - 1:27:55 Topic ID# 1297
I hope I am doing this right so here goes. I am Grey_Wonderer. The email that I usually use is Gundam3@ntelos.net but when I signed up to join this group, I needed a Yahoo email and was given this one. I would like to give blanket permission for any of my stories that have been nominated to be included in this contest. I hope I am doing this correctly, but if not, let me know. Hope this helps and thanks,

Grey_wonderer G.W.

MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com wrote:

There are 16 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. RE: Nomination
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
2. RE: lost... or just delayed?
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
3. RE: Nimrodel & Amroth Banner
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
4. RE: Nimrodel & Amroth Banner
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
5. Re: Nimrodel & Amroth Banner
From: "Marta"
6. RE: Nimrodel & Amroth Banner
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
7. Nomination
From: "Levade"
8. Re: lost... or just delayed?
From: "beleg1cuthalion"
9. RE: Re: lost... or just delayed?
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
10. Nomination-correction
From: "uofjc1983"
11. Re-nomination
From: "uofjc1983"
12. Re-nomination
From: "uofjc1983"
13. Nominations not showing up
From: "ellbee_g"
14. Re: Nomination-correction
From: Viv
15. Re: Re-nomination for Thinking of You
From: Viv
16. Re: Nominations not showing up
From: Viv


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 20:26:18 -0500
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
Subject: RE: Nomination

This one is already nominated.

--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


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Dancingtree [mailto:jodancingtree@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 7:32 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Nomination
>
>
>
> Story Nomination Form
>
>
>
> *Nominator's name: jodancingtree
>
>
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> *Story Title: The Drunkard of Bag End
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> *Story Author: jodancingtree
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> *Author's E-mail Address: jodancingtree@yahoo.com
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> *Story URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=440
>
>
>
> *Category Choices (see Categories File or FAQ for choices)
>
>
> *1st: Hobbits
>
>
> 2nd: Lord of the Rings
>
>
> 3rd:
> Subcategory (Mandatory for WIP, Poetry, and Drabble.
> Otherwise, suggest something):
>
> *Rating: G
>
>
>
> Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.):
>
>
>
> *Romance Partners: n/a
>
>
>
> *Summary (not a reccommenddation. Save that for the vote):
> Frodo tries to find relief from his suffering in a bottle of
> brandy, but he reckoned without Sam.
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 20:33:55 -0500
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
Subject: RE: lost... or just delayed?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Dancingtree [mailto:jodancingtree@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 7:36 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] lost... or just delayed?
>
> Not wanting to get paranoid or anything - but I nominated
> Cuthalion's "Winter Fire" on May 27 - I just went to the new
> site and couldn't find it there. Shouldn't it be up by now,
> or don't stories go up that fast? It's a wonderful fic, and
> I don't want it to get lost!

It's not lost. You just need a little primer on the way these things are
going on. When the catagorizer sees a nomination for their category, they
put it into their spreadsheet and the Nominations table (in the Databases
section of the Yahoo site). That's where Winter Fire is right now. Posted
there on 5/29/04.

At the same time, when an Author Contactor sees an author that falls into
their alotted letters (mine are W-Z, for example), they contact the author.
They put the information in the Author Contact table in the Database.

Cuthalion is not yet in the Author Contact table.

Then, periodically (usually once a day), I go through the Nominations
database and cross reference it with the Author Contact table to see which
stories are 1) nominated and 2) approved by the author. (The dates help this
a great deal!) Once they are approved at both stages (a story might not be
approved for nomination if some part of the form was missing), I put them on
the web site. The ones on the web site are 100% official and in. If you
look at the bottom of the website list of Nominations it says it was updated
yesterday and has 393 of 434. Which means there are 434 in the Nominations
table in the Databases section, but only 393 are 100% official yet.

I hope that clears it up.

> Could somebody who knows where stories hide before they go up
> on the Nominations list please check into this for me?

Check the Nominations table in the database. If you don't see a story that
you nominated there, give a shout. It may be that the categorizer hasn't
gotten to it yet. We're getting close to the end of Nomination Season so we
need to get these caught up if they're not.

> Thanks!

No problem.

--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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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 20:42:46 -0500
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
Subject: RE: Nimrodel & Amroth Banner



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marta [mailto:MartaL0712@netscape.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:13 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Nimrodel & Amroth Banner
>
> I have uploaded my first effort for the banners in Drama >>
> "Nimrodel and Amroth."

Thanks!

> Since I am so new at these,

So was I when I made my first. Now I've made over 100! (1 over).

> I also left the graphic I used in
> the files section, in case anyone wants to try something a
> little more fancy.
> (Numbers and words I can handle, but colours is a whole other
> issue for
> me...)

It's a beautiful graphic, and I think I might take a crack at it. Thanks!

As for yours, it still needs a little work. Words and Numbers, don't worry.
You've got "MEFA" and "2004" in there in some form which is good. You've
also got the award title, but not in the correct form: The Nimrodel & (or
and) Amroth Award is how it should be. Others have put "for X Fiction" at
the end and that's okay, too.

So, just add a "The" and an "Award" to that and I'll grab it and put it on
the web site.

--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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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 21:16:05 -0500
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
Subject: RE: Nimrodel & Amroth Banner



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ainaechoiriel [mailto:mefaadmin@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 8:43 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [MEFAwards] Nimrodel & Amroth Banner

> > I also left the graphic I used in
> > the files section, in case anyone wants to try something a
> little more
> > fancy.
> > (Numbers and words I can handle, but colours is a whole other issue
> > for
> > me...)
>
> It's a beautiful graphic, and I think I might take a crack at
> it. Thanks!

And so I have! I've made a banner and a button. They are named N&A #2 and
N&A #3. The #1 spot is for Marta as soon as she gets those two other words
on her banner.

So Marta, when you re-upload your banner, name it N&A #1

--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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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:26:53 -0000
From: "Marta"
Subject: Re: Nimrodel & Amroth Banner


mefaadmin@earthlink.net wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ainaechoiriel [mailto:mefaadmin@earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 8:43 PM
> > To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [MEFAwards] Nimrodel & Amroth Banner
>
> > > I also left the graphic I used in
> > > the files section, in case anyone wants to try something a
> > little more
> > > fancy.
> > > (Numbers and words I can handle, but colours is a whole other issue
> > > for
> > > me...)
> >
> > It's a beautiful graphic, and I think I might take a crack at
> > it. Thanks!
>
> And so I have! I've made a banner and a button. They are named N&A
#2 and
> N&A #3. The #1 spot is for Marta as soon as she gets those two
other words
> on her banner.
>
> So Marta, when you re-upload your banner, name it N&A #1


Milady, your wish is my command. N&A #1 now in the files section. If I
*still* haven't got it right, please let me know.

Marta



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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 21:36:09 -0500
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
Subject: RE: Nimrodel & Amroth Banner



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marta [mailto:MartaL0712@netscape.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 9:27 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Nimrodel & Amroth Banner
>
>
>
> Milady, your wish is my command. N&A #1 now in the files section. If I
> *still* haven't got it right, please let me know.

Lovely! I just cropped the white space off the bottom of it for you and
reuploaded it. And it is now gracing our website as well!

--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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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 03:40:37 -0000
From: "Levade"
Subject: Nomination


Ainae, I'm forwarding the author permission to you right now too.
Thank you!


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Story Nomination Form

*Nominator's name: Levade

*Story Title: Adagio

*Story Author: Rose Sared

*Author's E-mail Address: aranda@xtra.co.nz

*Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1500960

*Category Choices (see below)
*1st: Men
2nd: Mystery
3rd: The Lord of the Rings
Subcategory (Mandatory for WIP, Drabble, and Poetry. Otherwise,
suggest something):

*Rating: G

Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.):

*Romance Partners: n/a

*Summary (not a recommendation. Save that for the vote):
Cultural clashes, a kidnap mystery, and where in middle-earth is
Gimli? Legolas to the rescue.


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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 05:56:31 -0000
From: "beleg1cuthalion"
Subject: Re: lost... or just delayed?

Hello!

Seemingly there's a problem with the nomination of my story
"Winter Fire". I already gave my permission to nominate it on this
board... does that help?

Greetings

Cıthalion



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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 02:09:03 -0500
From: "Ainaechoiriel"
Subject: RE: Re: lost... or just delayed?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: beleg1cuthalion [mailto:beleg1cuthalion@yahoo.de]
> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 12:57 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: lost... or just delayed?
>
> Hello!
>
> Seemingly there's a problem with the nomination of my story
> "Winter Fire". I already gave my permission to nominate it on
> this board... does that help?
>

Ah, okay. Didn't remember (that is a problem since the MegaStress) and/or
didn't realize that was you. It wasn't in the Author database, but I'll put
it in there now.

--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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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:21:16 -0000
From: "uofjc1983"
Subject: Nomination-correction

I nominated this story last week, but didn't realize it was not
accepted due to no summary. I didn't write a summary because the
form said "not recommended". Here it is again:

To nominate a story, please copy the form below and paste it into
your e-mail or post. Then fill it out. All fields with * are
required.

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Story Nomination Form

*Nominator's name: Pippinfan

*Story Title: A Mother's Day

*Story Author: Pearl Took

*Author's E-mail Address: raqad@msn.com

*Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1309496

*Category Choices (see Categories File or FAQ for choices)

*1st: Drama
2nd: Hobbits
3rd:
Subcategory (suggest something):

*Rating: G

Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.):

*Romance Partners (for Romances Only) n/a

*Summary (not a reccommenddation. Save that for the vote): Merry,
Pippin, and Pervinca are full of mischief and behaving a bit oddly--
driving poor Eglantine to the brink of madness.




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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:40:34 -0000
From: "uofjc1983"
Subject: Re-nomination

Again, a story that isn't on the list, probably because there was no
summary?

To nominate a story, please copy the form below and paste it into
your e-mail or post. Then fill it out. All fields with * are
required.

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Story Nomination Form

*Nominator's name: Pippinfan

*Story Title: Thinking of You

*Story Author: Grey Wonderer

*Author's E-mail Address: Gundam3@ntelos.net

*Story URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1088

*Category Choices (see Categories File or FAQ for choices)

*1st: Drama
2nd:
3rd:
Subcategory (suggest something):

*Rating: PG-13

Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.): Don't know; to me it
could be a G.

*Romance Partners (for Romances Only) n/a

*Summary (not a reccommenddation. Save that for the vote): What if
someone you love has no idea who you are? Suddenly all of the
memories that the two of you share are yours alone.




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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:45:23 -0000
From: "uofjc1983"
Subject: Re-nomination

Here's the last one that wasn't accepted due to the conflicting entry
in "summary":

To nominate a story, please copy the form below and paste it into
your e-mail or post. Then fill it out. All fields with * are
required.

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Story Nomination Form

*Nominator's name: Pippinfan

*Story Title: Fashion Statements

*Story Author: Grey Wonderer

*Author's E-mail Address: Gundam3@ntelos.net

*Story URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1124

*Category Choices (see Categories File or FAQ for choices)

*1st: Humor
2nd: Hobbits
3rd:
Subcategory (suggest something):

*Rating: G

Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.):

*Romance Partners (for Romances Only) n/a

*Summary (not a reccommenddation. Save that for the vote): Sometimes
what you wear says quite a bit about you. Frodo and Pippin both wind
up making a big splash at Tuckborough in very unique outfits.




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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 16:35:26 -0000
From: "ellbee_g"
Subject: Nominations not showing up

I read the message about the nomination database, so I think I have
a better understanding about how all this works. A couple of stories
I nominated in message 1233, Eternally and At Last, are not showing
up there, though all the other stories I noiminated are. I was
wondering if there was a problem with those particular stories.

Thanks. -Ell



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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 14:31:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Viv
Subject: Re: Nomination-correction

This was originally nominated in the Hobbits category
(and is in the nominations database on the yahoo group
under that category). Did you want to change it to
Drama?

Thanks.
viv

--- uofjc1983 wrote:
> I nominated this story last week, but didn't realize
> it was not
> accepted due to no summary. I didn't write a
> summary because the
> form said "not recommended". Here it is again:
>
> To nominate a story, please copy the form below and
> paste it into
> your e-mail or post. Then fill it out. All fields
> with * are
> required.
>
>
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>
> Story Nomination Form
>
> *Nominator's name: Pippinfan
>
> *Story Title: A Mother's Day
>
> *Story Author: Pearl Took
>
> *Author's E-mail Address: raqad@msn.com
>
> *Story URL:
> http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1309496
>
> *Category Choices (see Categories File or FAQ for
> choices)
>
> *1st: Drama
> 2nd: Hobbits
> 3rd:
> Subcategory (suggest something):
>
> *Rating: G
>
> Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.):
>
> *Romance Partners (for Romances Only) n/a
>
> *Summary (not a reccommenddation. Save that for the
> vote): Merry,
> Pippin, and Pervinca are full of mischief and
> behaving a bit oddly--

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Msg# 1298

Re: Digest Number 70 Posted by Ainaechoiriel June 08, 2004 - 8:57:43 Topic ID# 1297
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GW [mailto:grey_wonderer@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:28 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Digest Number 70
>
> I hope I am doing this right so here goes. I am
> Grey_Wonderer. The email that I usually use is
> Gundam3@ntelos.net but when I signed up to join this group, I
> needed a Yahoo email and was given this one. I would like to
> give blanket permission for any of my stories that have been
> nominated to be included in this contest. I hope I am doing
> this correctly, but if not, let me know. Hope this helps and thanks,
>
> Grey_wonderer

You did just fine! Thanks.

--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

Msg# 1299

permission from Grey Wonderer Posted by Viv June 08, 2004 - 9:26:50 Topic ID# 1297
Thank you so much!! You will get far fewer
bugging-you-type e-mails from me in the future ;) Yay!

viv

--- GW <grey_wonderer@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would like to give blanket permission for
> any of my stories that have been nominated to be
> included in this contest. I hope I am doing this
> correctly, but if not, let me know. Hope this helps
> and thanks,
>
> Grey_wonderer G.W.

=====
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