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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:46:44 -0000
> From: "sulriel" <Sulriel@h...>
> Subject: Re: Summary of Topics Addressed so Far
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, C Dodd <rabidsamfan@v...> wrote:
> The only way I'd be happy with losing nominator
> > information is if the awards went to completely being self-
> nominations (and> that's an intriguing idea, indeed!)
>
>
> ARGH! I just lost a long post ... I think I accidently
> changed it to
> french or something and then it was gone.
>
> anyway - I would strongly support this and will be happy to go into
> the reasons if it's a possiblity.
>
> Sulriel
>
>

Hi all,
this idea shocked me out of lurking ;-)

For me pure self-nominations would be cliquish
because only MEFA members can self-nominate
or, if I am wrong in this, at least only authors
who are aware of the MEFAs.
How many authors know of the MEFAs?
Don't you think that you will miss many authors
not aware of the MEFAs or not involved anymore in fanfiction?

So, for me pure self-nomination is a very bad idea.
As I am aware of MEFA it is not a bad idea for myself,
and not a bad idea for the MEFA members
as they lose nothing if they are not too shy to self-nominate.

But firstly I am one of the shy persons
and secondly I nominated only other authors,
I think none of them had ever heard of MEFA.

Moreover, if you change to pure self-nominations
you miss a great chance of advertising
namely advertising the MEFAs
to the nominated non-MEFA-member authors
who themselves could be induced
to participate and nominate.

So, please to not change to pure self-nominations.
I agree here with Dreamflower and Marta.


As to the limit of nominations:
20-25

Best wishes Elanor
back into lurking