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And as an over-busy, not to mention lazy, author, I often glanced over the
nominator's summary and said, 'That looks good' and didn't even notice a problem
with one summary until I saw it being discussed... "Should we be kind to the
author and correct this?" (I think the upshot was "No." Serves me right for
not being a more careful reader.

Lin

In a message dated 11/4/2005 5:21:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,
MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
I can see where you're coming from but well, what on earth do you
expect. This year as a liaison we got clear instructions: it is the
author's responsibility and the author has the final say. If they
didn't liked the summary of the nominator, then the author told the
liaison and it got changed. If the didn't like the rating... it got
changed. Warnings not to their liking? It got... you get the idea. It
all comes back at what the author wants.


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Hi Lin,

On 4 Nov 2005, at 20:47, BLJean@aol.com wrote:

> And as an over-busy, not to mention lazy, author, I often glanced over
> the
> nominator's summary and said, 'That looks good' and didn't even
> notice a problem
> with one summary until I saw it being discussed... "Should we be kind
> to the
> author and correct this?" (I think the upshot was "No." Serves me
> right for
> not being a more careful reader.
>
> Lin
>

This is a reason why I think it's so important for the author to
provide a lot of the information and not the nominator. Some authors
are lazy, like you said. (I'd call it energy-efficient. ;-P ) Some are
overwhelmed by the nomination and don't want to correct someone kind
enough to review them. Some are new to the awards and assume the
nominator knows the system better. In any event, I think we'll get
better information if it's from the authors to begin with, rather than
requiring that authors correct what someone else provided.

Cheers,
Marta

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