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I would like an explanation of the terms for some of the seasons
A. Nomination Season: April 1st through May 15th
ok I get this one sories are nominated
B. Check Ballot Season: May 16th through May 31st
this is one I'm having a bit of trouble with what do you mean by
ballot check
C. Reading Season: June 1st through August 15th
this seems self explanitory
D. Voting Season: August 16th through September 30th
as does this
E. FanArt Season: October 1st through October 15th
F. Awards Results: Announced by October 15th
A. Nomination Season: April 1st through May 15th
ok I get this one sories are nominated
B. Check Ballot Season: May 16th through May 31st
this is one I'm having a bit of trouble with what do you mean by
ballot check
C. Reading Season: June 1st through August 15th
this seems self explanitory
D. Voting Season: August 16th through September 30th
as does this
E. FanArt Season: October 1st through October 15th
F. Awards Results: Announced by October 15th
On Apr 2, 2005 8:43 PM, elfqueen2003 <elfqueen2003@yahoo.com> wrote:
a ballot, listing the story, author, url, and summary. Then people
will proof them to make sure everything's right.
all the votes had to be posts to this Yahoo group; this year you can
make them at any time through the website, they just aren't visible to
any other members until voting season.
banners. People can upload banners into the files section of the Yahoo
group at any point; FanArt Season is when we have polls to decide
which of these will be the actual banner.
Let's say there are five banners submitted for the "The Lothlorien
Awards". We have a poll where everyone can vote for their favourite
banner. The winner becomes the official banner for that award; the
story that wins that award gets to use it. (I think "The Lothlorien
Award" is first prize for Elves, though maybe I'm misremembering; if
I'm correct, the story nominated in "Elves" that gets the most votes
will win the "Lothlorien Award", and so will get to win the banner
that wins the poll for "The Lothlorien Awards".
--
"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our greatest fear is
that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness
that most frightens us. [...] As we let our own light shine, we
unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."
(Nelson Mandela)
>Right. Stories are nominated during this period.
> I would like an explanation of the terms for some of the seasons
>
>
> A. Nomination Season: April 1st through May 15th
> ok I get this one sories are nominated
> B. Check Ballot Season: May 16th through May 31stThis is mainly an administrative period. The admins will put together
> this is one I'm having a bit of trouble with what do you mean by
> ballot check
a ballot, listing the story, author, url, and summary. Then people
will proof them to make sure everything's right.
> C. Reading Season: June 1st through August 15thInterestingly, you can actually vote during reading season. Last year,
> this seems self explanitory
> D. Voting Season: August 16th through September 30th
> as does this
all the votes had to be posts to this Yahoo group; this year you can
make them at any time through the website, they just aren't visible to
any other members until voting season.
> E. FanArt Season: October 1st through October 15thJust to clarify - we have a fanart competition to design the awards
>
banners. People can upload banners into the files section of the Yahoo
group at any point; FanArt Season is when we have polls to decide
which of these will be the actual banner.
Let's say there are five banners submitted for the "The Lothlorien
Awards". We have a poll where everyone can vote for their favourite
banner. The winner becomes the official banner for that award; the
story that wins that award gets to use it. (I think "The Lothlorien
Award" is first prize for Elves, though maybe I'm misremembering; if
I'm correct, the story nominated in "Elves" that gets the most votes
will win the "Lothlorien Award", and so will get to win the banner
that wins the poll for "The Lothlorien Awards".
> F. Awards Results: Announced by October 15thMarta
>
--
"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our greatest fear is
that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness
that most frightens us. [...] As we let our own light shine, we
unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."
(Nelson Mandela)
Check Ballots is a term borrowed from the ASC Awards (where I borrowed this
whole system). Basically, they are ballots that we check for accuracy.
Errors are caught and fixed. Maybe a story was put in the wrong category or
had a wrong title or whatever. We fix them. There are four check ballots
for each category so hopefully by the fourth check ballot, we'll see that
they are down to 0 errors. Then that tells us the Ballots for Voting Season
will be accurate.
--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder
"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://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com
whole system). Basically, they are ballots that we check for accuracy.
Errors are caught and fixed. Maybe a story was put in the wrong category or
had a wrong title or whatever. We fix them. There are four check ballots
for each category so hopefully by the fourth check ballot, we'll see that
they are down to 0 errors. Then that tells us the Ballots for Voting Season
will be accurate.
--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder
"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://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elfqueen2003 [mailto:elfqueen2003@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 7:43 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] terms
>
>
>
> I would like an explanation of the terms for some of the seasons
>
>
> A. Nomination Season: April 1st through May 15th ok I get
> this one sories are nominated B. Check Ballot Season: May
> 16th through May 31st this is one I'm having a bit of trouble
> with what do you mean by ballot check C. Reading Season: June
> 1st through August 15th this seems self explanitory D. Voting
> Season: August 16th through September 30th as does this E.
> FanArt Season: October 1st through October 15th
>
> F. Awards Results: Announced by October 15th
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