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Hate to be a pain, but I just read that some of the banners got sent to bulk
mail folders...and I never look at my bulk mail, I just delete it, so is there
somewhere I can go to grab the banner? (It was Luthien/Beren, Romance 2nd
place, sub category elves).

Or do they need to be sent?

Thanks,

On 22 Oct 2005, at 18:37, Larian Elensar wrote:

> Hate to be a pain, but I just read that some of the banners got sent
> to bulk
> mail folders...and I never look at my bulk mail, I just delete it, so
> is there
> somewhere I can go to grab the banner? (It was Luthien/Beren, Romance
> 2nd
> place, sub category elves).
>
> Or do they need to be sent?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>

Hi Larian,

So far I have sent two emails. One was to all the people who had
stories nominated, instructing them that voting was now closed,
thanking them for their participation, and telling them how to read the
comments. The second email was to all the authors whose works won an a
certain award or an honourable mention, telling them what categories
they had won. In the second email I said that banners would be
available soon and I would send out a third email when they were ready
for the winning authors.

When the banners are ready for download, they'll be put on a website. I
assume the website with all of the MEFA information
(home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa/ ) and also the voting website. When
they're available, it will just be a matter of going to the website,
downloading the image, and using it where you like. I'll also post to
this group when those banners are ready, and where they are.

In the interests of Ainae's bandwidth it's a good idea to download the
image and post it somewhere else designed for image sharing instead of
just linking to the file on Ainae's server. http://www.photobucket.com/
is a good such site.

Cheers,
Marta

Oh! okay, I thought you'd sent banners out already. And yes, I always move
images to my own server :D

> Hi Larian,
>
> So far I have sent two emails.
>
> When the banners are ready for download, they'll be put on a website. I
> assume the website with all of the MEFA information
> (home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa/ ) and also the voting website. When
> they're available, it will just be a matter of going to the website,
> downloading the image, and using it where you like. I'll also post to
> this group when those banners are ready, and where they are.
>
> In the interests of Ainae's bandwidth it's a good idea to download the
> image and post it somewhere else designed for image sharing instead of
> just linking to the file on Ainae's server. http://www.photobucket.com/
> is a good such site.
>
> Cheers,
> Marta
>
>

On 22 Oct 2005, at 21:10, Larian Elensar wrote:

> Oh! okay, I thought you'd sent banners out already.  And yes, I always
> move
> images to my own server :D
>

N/p! No, I won't be actually emailing the images. I don't know how
large they are, but I'd rather not tie up anyone's email space and
think it's better to give them a link to download.

Cheers,
Marta

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

>
>
> On 22 Oct 2005, at 21:10, Larian Elensar wrote:
>
> > Oh! okay, I thought you'd sent banners out already. And yes, I
> > always move images to my own server :D
> >
>
> N/p! No, I won't be actually emailing the images. I don't know how
> large they are, but I'd rather not tie up anyone's email space and
> think it's better to give them a link to download.

Around, give and take: 64 to 70 Kb (I tried to keep them small). But I
am sorry, I finished all of them late into Friday night (roughly about
883 in total), but my back seized yesterday, forcing me to take
absolute rest. I'll try to get them to Ainae today. I had no clue
Marta send out an e-mail announcing them and that they would be
available so soon.

So sorry to keep you all waiting.

Rhapsody

"rhapsody_the_bard" wrote:

> I finished all of them late into Friday night (roughly about
> 883 in total), but my back seized yesterday, forcing me to take
> absolute rest.

Oh my goodness, I'm not surprised your back seized after working on
883 banners! I hope it feels better soon!

> I had no clue
> Marta send out an e-mail announcing them and that they would be
> available so soon.

I don't think Marta meant to imply in her e-mail that the banners
would be available "immediately" but when all the people involved in
making them available - especially you - had a chance to get them out.

> So sorry to keep you all waiting.

No need to apologise on my part. I am impressed with the speed with
which you have done this!

Thanks again to everyone involved in running the MEFAs, especially
Rhapsody for the banners and Marta for the considerable time she must
have spent on compiling and sending so many e-mails.

Cheers, Liz

:-( I never saw any of them... and my bulk mail
folder empties daily without me ever touching it.
Sorry about that...

Could you re-send the mails, Marta?

BTW, thank you everyone who sent me feedback and
reviews on my stories, and thanks to the nominators.
I truly do appreciate them all!

Blessings,
Jasta

--- Marta wrote:

> Hi Larian,
>
> So far I have sent two emails. One was to all the
> people who had
> stories nominated, instructing them that voting was
> now closed,
> thanking them for their participation, and telling
> them how to read the
> comments. The second email was to all the authors
> whose works won an a
> certain award or an honourable mention, telling them
> what categories
> they had won. In the second email I said that
> banners would be
> available soon and I would send out a third email
> when they were ready
> for the winning authors.
>
> When the banners are ready for download, they'll be
> put on a website. I
> assume the website with all of the MEFA information
> (home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa/ ) and also the
> voting website. When
> they're available, it will just be a matter of going
> to the website,
> downloading the image, and using it where you like.
> I'll also post to
> this group when those banners are ready, and where
> they are.
>
> In the interests of Ainae's bandwidth it's a good
> idea to download the
> image and post it somewhere else designed for image
> sharing instead of
> just linking to the file on Ainae's server.
> http://www.photobucket.com/
> is a good such site.
>
> Cheers,
> Marta

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Hi Rhapsody,

> Around, give and take: 64 to 70 Kb (I tried to keep them small).

Okay, that's not so large for most people. A few people had enough
banners that it could be prohibitive, and sending out emails that
explain how to download from the website will be quicker for me.

> But I
> am sorry, I finished all of them late into Friday night (roughly about
> 883 in total), but my back seized yesterday, forcing me to take
> absolute rest.

Poor you! Yes, take your time.

> I'll try to get them to Ainae today. I had no clue
> Marta send out an e-mail announcing them and that they would be
> available so soon.
>

Don't worry about it. IIRC I told people that they should be ready in a
week or two, to forestall questions about when the banners would be
ready. I really don't think anyone was expecting them yet.

Thanks for all your hard work - it's very appreciated.

Marta

On 23 Oct 2005, at 09:08, Sharon Henderson wrote:

> :-(  I never saw any of them... and my bulk mail
> folder empties daily without me ever touching it.
> Sorry about that...
>
> Could you re-send the mails, Marta?
>
> BTW, thank you everyone who sent me feedback and
> reviews on my stories, and thanks to the nominators.
> I truly do appreciate them all!
>
> Blessings,
> Jasta
>

No problem, Jasta.

I replied to this message but changed the address to your personal one.
In that email I copied the texts of the two emails into it. They're
short. So look for that, and let me know if you don't receive it.

Cheers,
Marta