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Hey guys,

Lots of opinions in my inbox this morning, both from the LJ and from
the Yahoo group. Thanks! I'll summarise them now for peoples' benefits
(and hope I give them a fair summary). Then I'll work on replying to
them individually. If I'm mis-representing someone's position, please
let me know.

Oh, and I'm aware a few emails have come in since I started this list.

Annmarwalk (LJ) - in favor of limiting the number of nominations per
person, limiting to stories from last year, and requiring the nominator
to vote for the story. She is most strongly in favor of the requiring
voting.

Belegcuthalion (LJ) - Belegcuthalion suggests that we go with a limit
per nominator or limit the nomination period.

Bodkin (LJ) - liked having a lot of nominations as it gave a lot of
good reading material. Bodkin is most in favor of limiting nominations
to pieces written this year.

Dreamflower (LJ and Yahoo) - Likes the idea of limiting the number of
nominations per person. She suggests we might want to have a certain
number set aside for drabbles/poetry if we think people might prefer
longer pieces to shorter. She also likes requiring nominators to vote
on their stories, but sees how this would be problemmatic for older
stories.

Dwim (Yahoo) - in favor of capping the number of nominations per person
and is very opposed to limiting nominations to those written in the
last year. She feels that requiring people to submit a vote would be
too difficult on those with busy schedules.

Ghettoelleth (Yahoo) - really likes the idea of requiring votes

Isabeau (Yahoo) - originally in favor of limiting stories to those
written in last year, but now realises that would be hard for WIPs, and
that she enjoyed her own stories being nominated. Will post more later.

Larian Elensar (Yahoo) - Likes limiting number of nominations total and
number of nominations per week. She notes that requiring a vote may be
intimidating, and that the one-year cap might eliminate a lot of
deserving stories.

Liz (Yahoo) - Liz is most in favor of #4 (cap per nominator per week).
If this is too difficult to code she would like to go with #2 (cap per
nominator). She also would like us to look at including some element of
#6 (require vote) into the process.

Rhapsody (Yahoo) - Most concerned about reducing admin work and
recognising new authors. Maybe a restriction on the num of works by
each author? Or perhaps have a nomination period for each category?

SlightlyTookish (LJ) - In favor of limiting number of noms by single
nominator. She recognises problems with the other options but is
especially opposed to limiting to stories written in the last year.

Sulriel (Yahoo) - Likes the idea of requiring reviews by nominator. Her
second choice is to limit the number of nominations per author and, to
a lesser degree, the number of nominations per nominator.

Cheers,
Marta

*****
Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis
of Assisi

In a message dated 11/1/2005 8:22:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
melayton@gmail.com writes:

Ghettoelleth (Yahoo) - really likes the idea of requiring votes




Well, there's three hours of my life I'll never get back again. hehe

Fingolfin: You shut up!
Feanor: No you shut up!
Fingolfin/Feanor: No YOU, you, uh uh, YOU shut up.
Then Feanor fu*&^d off to the hills and had a grip o' kids...like hill
people do....except not with his sister. - Excerpt from G&Al "Hooked on Silbonic"


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On 1 Nov 2005, at 12:54, ghettoelleth@aol.com wrote:

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> In a message dated 11/1/2005 8:22:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
> melayton@gmail.com writes:
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> Ghettoelleth (Yahoo) - really likes the idea of requiring  votes
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> Well, there's three hours of my life I'll never get back again.  hehe
>

*snork* Sorry to reduce your comments to the bare minimum there! Of
course there was more meat to it than that.

Cheers,
Marta