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Hi all,

I'm Larian. I archive fics for four yahoo groups
(LOTR_Adult_Fiction, the_northern_fences, OEAMslash, and
Adult_Marton_Csokas) so I handle a somewhat large pool of fics. The
archive is at Of Elves And Men (http://www.ofelvesandmen.com) and
includes any manner of LOTR or LOTR actor related story; so we accept
fictional as well as real person slash and het of any rating.

Anyway, I think these awards are a great idea. Seems like they'd
combine the best of the popular type voting and judging, not to
mention giving the authors some great feedback.

I can pimp the awards on my lists, though I'm very very heavy with
the elf-centrics lists. I also belong to several tolkien communities
on Live Journal. If there's a standard introductory note explaining
everything about the awards (specifically, how they go about
nominating/voting) I'd certainly be happy to post it to the
appropriate places.

I think it would be a good idea to keep the feedback public. Seems
there's less room for someone crying foul if it's public, as well as
giving the author a boost.

Oh...on the nomination form in the files, near the bottom it says
Romance Parners. On the site it says Romance Codes. I'm not sure
what is meant by either of those. (is that like Romance-Slash,
Romance-Het?)

I do have a question about the fan art contest. The artists are
supposed to draw banners, right? Will those be used as banners for
the winners? I guess I don't understand the sense of having that
after voting, if the winners are supposed to be able to use them on
their sites? (But maybe I'm missing something, I read through
everything quite quickly).

So, glad to be here, I have a good feeling about this :)

Larian
larian_elensar@yahoo.com
Keeper of the OEAM archive http://www.ofelvesandmen.com

I also figured I could count votes come that time.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larian [mailto:larian_elensar@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 4:25 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Intro and comments.
>
> Hi all,
>

I think I'm going to have to call you Larian A and the other Larien E to
keep you straight.

> Anyway, I think these awards are a great idea. Seems like
> they'd combine the best of the popular type voting and
> judging, not to mention giving the authors some great feedback.

Thanks you.

> I can pimp the awards on my lists, though I'm very very heavy
> with the elf-centrics lists. I also belong to several tolkien
> communities on Live Journal. If there's a standard
> introductory note explaining everything about the awards
> (specifically, how they go about
> nominating/voting) I'd certainly be happy to post it to the
> appropriate places.

Yay! To that end, I hereby pronounce you a Promotion Representative and
Vote Counter! Thank you on both counts. Also, there is a table in the
Database area of the Yahoo site called MEFA Promotions. In there you'll see
who has already been contacted and how they responded. When you contact
someone, please enter it there so we don't double-up and browbeat anyone.
;-) Also, if they respond positively, get a link and button/banner from them
(if they have banner or button). Put the Link in the Link section and
e-mail me that information as well as the banner/button and I'll get them up
on the web site.

> I think it would be a good idea to keep the feedback public.
> Seems there's less room for someone crying foul if it's
> public, as well as giving the author a boost.

True, and it can be anonymous and we don't have to leave it up forever.

> Oh...on the nomination form in the files, near the bottom it
> says Romance Parners. On the site it says Romance Codes.
> I'm not sure what is meant by either of those. (is that like
> Romance-Slash,
> Romance-Het?)

Sorry, I'll make those both Romance partners. Aragorn/Arwen is an example,
as is Aragorn/Legolas. Name the people involved with each other. (At ASC
we have codes to keep down the number of keys one has to type: O/K is
Odo/Kira, etc.)

> I do have a question about the fan art contest. The artists
> are supposed to draw banners, right? Will those be used as
> banners for the winners? I guess I don't understand the
> sense of having that after voting, if the winners are
> supposed to be able to use them on their sites? (But maybe
> I'm missing something, I read through everything quite quickly).

Yes, the banners are for the winners, but if tehre are two per prize, then
we'll have a vote on the banners themselves to see which one will be the
prize. And the contest for that would be (according to the poll so far0
from the end of the Voting Season for fanfic to when the winners are
announced, which is about a week and half later. (Gives us vote counters
time to get our acts together!)

> So, glad to be here, I have a good feeling about this :)

Thanks, me, too, and that's what I want to keep!

--Ainaechoiriel

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it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

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