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Thank you so much for taking over for me while I was busy dealing with
family business and grieving for my brother-in-law and my sister in losing
him. I'm still quite busy and getting down about gas prices which means I
might have to take on a 2nd job, thus making me more busy. But I'll try and
get back to managing this site, at least in the evenings. I got in trouble
for doing too much non-work at work, so mostly I just read stories there
now. Copy them onto Word documents so it might still look like I'm working.
;-)

There's no way I can possibly catch up with all the e-mails that have gone
by so if someone can give me an update, here and on the staff list, I'd
appreciate it.

Also, I hope all our members are safe from the disaster of hurricane
Katrina. It's quite ovewhelming to think of 80% of New Orleans flooded. And
most insurance companies won't insure against flood damage, making things
even worse for the survivors.

--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> http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa The
Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards

Blog: <http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com/>
http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com



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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
wrote:> Thank you so much for taking over for me while I was busy
dealing with > family business and grieving for my brother-in-law and
my sister in losing > him. I'm still quite busy and getting down
about gas prices which means I

Thank you Aina, I'm glad I was able to help out. I think most things
are settled right now, for the most part.

We had a question about the banner contest that I wasn't able to
answer - and I'm ashamed to say, I've lost the email. -

I think the excessive quotes are under control, that was the main
issue that came up and I handled it as best as I could - it needs to
be on the list for p-m discussion. I've been browsing back though and
found a few more that I'll be correcting in the next day or so, and
I'm watching the new ones now as they come in.

otherwise, I think we are in pretty good shape. I'll continue with
the new member and password stuff if you want everything else back. I
never figured out how you were posting the reviews with the links in
them.

Glad to have you back.

Sulriel

> Thank you Aina, I'm glad I was able to help out. I think most things
> are settled right now, for the most part.

At this point, I don't know what I'd do without you! The funeral is
over and my schedule is back to normal. But this whole boyfriend
thing... I'm getting a promise ring from him soon. We had to buy one
online because Walmart and Target seem to think everyone has size 7
fingers. So, why haven't I done any MEFA things after work today?
Because I was with him. We're thinking that if we do get engaged (and
it certainly seems like we will) we may get married in the spring. Or
in September. Wouldn't that be a problem with Voting Season next
year? ;-)

>
> We had a question about the banner contest that I wasn't able to
> answer - and I'm ashamed to say, I've lost the email. -

I'll look through and see if I can't find it.

> I think the excessive quotes are under control, that was the main
> issue that came up and I handled it as best as I could - it needs to
> be on the list for p-m discussion. I've been browsing back though and
> found a few more that I'll be correcting in the next day or so, and
> I'm watching the new ones now as they come in.

Okay, thanks.

> otherwise, I think we are in pretty good shape. I'll continue with
> the new member and password stuff if you want everything else back. I
> never figured out how you were posting the reviews with the links in
> them.

I'll try to get back to posting them. How about I do it tomorrow
(Saturday) and see if that gets me back on track.

And I want to make a post about banners. I need to do some counts and
see what we need. We need quite a bit more. I've got a lot of
pictures for them. 1000 or so actually. I've sifted through 500 of
them to choose and formatted them to the right size for the banners.
But they still need titles and such. Don't know if I'll make it.

--Ainae
staying up a bit later today to try and get back into the swing of
things at least a little.

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
wrote:> Because I was with him. We're thinking that if we do get
engaged (and > it certainly seems like we will) we may get married in
the spring. Or > in September. Wouldn't that be a problem with Voting
Season next > year? ;-)>


Wonderful news!!

(and I'm certain it could be scheduled around the MEFAs!! <G>)

Sulriel

On 3 Sep 2005, at 11:28, sulriel wrote:

> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
> wrote:> Because I was with him.  We're thinking that if we do get
> engaged (and > it certainly seems like we will) we may get married in
> the spring. Or > in September.  Wouldn't that be a problem with Voting
> Season next > year? ;-)>
>
>
> Wonderful news!!
>
> (and I'm certain it could be scheduled around the MEFAs!! <G>)
>
> Sulriel
>

I'm reminded of the words of J R R Tolkien in his foreword to my copy
of FOTR:

"Those who had asked for more information about hobbits eventually got
it, but they had to wait a long time; for the composition of _The Lord
of the Rings_ went on at intervals during the years 1936 to 1949, a
period in which I had many duties that I did not neglect, and many
other interests as a learner and teacher that often absorbed me."

The MEFAs can be planned around your needs. If we know the date far
enough in advance, we can schedule things so voting season (or at least
the end of it) doesn't fall right before your wedding or on your
honeymoon, when you will have far more important things to spend your
time on. This is a hobby, after all. No one wants it to interfere with
your ability to enjoy your wedding(!), really. If you can't commit the
necessary time we'll deal with that.

If your wedding falls at a crucial point in the awards, we just need to
have plenty of people ready to help and with the necessary access or
authority to do what needs doing. The key thing is knowing what our
needs are going to be and when people are needed, so we know how to
allocate responsibilities. If we know about something like this in
advance, I'm sure we can handle it.

Not that your wedding is something to be "handled". Congratulations!
But I think you know what I mean.

Marta


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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@g...> wrote:

>
> On 3 Sep 2005, at 11:28, sulriel wrote:
>
>> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
>> wrote:> Because I was with him. We're thinking that if we do get
>> engaged (and it certainly seems like we will) we may get
>> married in the spring. Or in September. Wouldn't that be a
>> problem with Voting Season next > year? ;-)>

Wow I missed this! Congrats Ainea! August is a great month as well.

> Not that your wedding is something to be "handled". Congratulations!
> But I think you know what I mean.

*chuckle* Marriage, as I know from experience, is something that is
incredibly hard to handle, even if the love remains so strong after so
many years (emotions, hormones and such ;) ), so I won't even go there ;)

Rhapsody
(is on a reviewing-spree)

Thank you, Sulriel, Marta and Rhapsody!

I've been single for quite a long time wondering when I'd find my
husband. My pastor told me years ago to write down a list of
qualities I'd want. Rob fits all but one of them, really. And he
loves me. I'm still waiting to make sure my heart is on the same page
as every clue in my head. We were at an adoption information meeting
on Thursday and it just brought us that much closer to a time of
engagement. We've spent the evening looking at wedding rings on the
internet. Incidentally, men's wedding rings are harder to find.
Though cheaper mostly. We're looking to incorporate sapphire(s) with
the diamonds. His birthstone is sapphire, mine diamond, and blue will
be one of the colors of our ceremony (Yep, already planning some
wedding details even though we're not 100% on the engagement plan
yet.). We thought of it when we went looking for a promise ring.
Here's a picture of that one, if you're interested.

http://i20.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/d2/05/60_1.JPG

And about the MEFA schedule (to keep this even a little on-topic), we
were looking at September but that adoption meeting made us thing
Spring might be better. We have to be married a year before we can
even apply (at least with that agency). Our children may be waiting
for us already...

Actually, they probably are as I plan on adopting "older" children.

Anyway, back to the schedule, February was the month we met so we're
considering February which wouldn't be in the way of the MEFA's at
all. September though....right at the end of 'em! I had thought of
April (because we don't want it to be too cold or too hot) and that
would be the start of them, but I think with the new site, someone
else could manage that while I'm away. Thanks to Anthony!

--Ainaechoiriel

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "rhapsody_the_bard"
<rhapsody74@g...> wrote:

> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@g...> wrote:
> >
> > On 3 Sep 2005, at 11:28, sulriel wrote:
> >
> >> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
> >> wrote:> Because I was with him. We're thinking that if we do get
> >> engaged (and it certainly seems like we will) we may get
> >> married in the spring. Or in September. Wouldn't that be a
> >> problem with Voting Season next > year? ;-)>
>
> Wow I missed this! Congrats Ainea! August is a great month as well.
>
> > Not that your wedding is something to be "handled". Congratulations!
> > But I think you know what I mean.
>
> *chuckle* Marriage, as I know from experience, is something that is
> incredibly hard to handle, even if the love remains so strong after so
> many years (emotions, hormones and such ;) ), so I won't even go

there ;)

>
> Rhapsody
> (is on a reviewing-spree)