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First of all, I'm already logging IPs, but at the beginning of the
year, it didn't work right, so I don't know if we can use it very well
for 2005.

I'm logging them when someone logs into the system, if they're not a
guest or admin. Not admin is because admins can login as someone else,
and I don't want to log that IP address as a multiple for all those
cases. I'm still not sure it'll work, so I may need to collect the IP
addresses of admins and eliminate them before trying to check for sock
puppets. I've decided to add a date to the IP log. It will increase the
size of the log, because it'll note each time you login, your ID and
IP, where before it just noted that this person logged in from this IP,
but not when. Just making it clear we're logging IPs will deter most
people, and if they're going to go to the trouble to mask that, they'll
probably be careful enough that you'll never even suspect they're
sock-puppeting, in the first place.

Second, it is possible to change the access types, dividing up voting
and nominating. As Ainae mentioned, there are various person-types, and
I can just ask "Is this person an admin?" and base access by the
answer. It wouldn't be too hard to add new types, but I don't think we
need to. MEFAwards member means they can nominate, not a MEFAwards
member means they can vote.

One possibility that I haven't seen discussed is to turn the process
around: Open up the MEFA2006 site's create account function for all,
and ask them if they want an invitation to join the Yahoo group (which
is strongly encouraged, because questions about how the awards work are
always being discussed, and if you're a member, you'll be allowed to
nominate new stories). If you're already a Yahoo member, tell us your
Yahoo ID, and we'll use that in the invitation.

If someone wants to be added to the Yahoo group as a non-Yahoo member,
just let us know and we'll do that, too.

To deal with the fact that not all get MEFAwards emails (and this
happens even now), special notices will be sent to a manual mailing
list of all members via the MEFAsupport@gmail.com email account. This
way, everybody gets them, and they look different from regular posts,
so people are more likely to see them.

Finally, make a policy that all support is handled through the
MEFAwards group, so that all members can read about the problem and
solution. For a non-MEFAwards member, they can send a support request
to MEFAsupport@gmail.com. The question will be answered by copying the
email/pasting into a MEFAwards post, and adding the answer below it.
When the question is answered, an email will be sent to the asker
stating:

Since we want to ensure that all members are aware of any problems and
the resolution of said problems (and ofttimes they help resolve them),
we have responded to your question with a post at the MEFAwards Yahoo!
group. Please go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/messages
to read your answer, and any responses/further clarification that the
MEFAwards members may have added. The post to the group was titled
"NMSR: What does Category mean?". NMSR means Non-Member Support
Request.

So the new member form would look like:

Nickname (your nom-de-plume in the Middle Earth Fan-Fiction universe,
if you have one):
Email Address:
Homepage (include http://):

The MEFAwards Yahoo! Group is a companion group to this awards site.
Membership in the Yahoo! group is not required to participate in the
MEFAs, but it is highly recommended, as that is where questions get
answered, and the community discusses any issues that arise with the
awards. Also, between awards seasons, the group decides how to make the
awards better next time.

Membership in MEFAwards is required, however, to nominate stories for
the awards. This requirement has been decided on by the entire
membership of MEFAwards, and is explained more fully in the
<link>FAQ</link>.

Membership options (please select one):
1) I am already a MEFAwards member, why didn't you already create an
account here for me?!?!?!
2) Please send me an Invitation to Join MEFAwards, I want to nominate
stories and discuss things.
3) Please add me as an email-only member of MEFAwards. I'll handle
getting a Yahoo! ID, if I choose to, at a later time.
4) I have already (or will, as soon as I finish joining here) requested
membership in MEFAwards. Please confirm me soon, so I can nominate some
stories!
5) I do not wish to join MEFAwards at this time. I will read MEFAwards
posts at the Yahoo! Groups website. If I want to join later, so I can
nominate some stories, I will request membership at the MEFAwards
Yahoo! group site.

Note to admins (If you're already a Yahoo! member, let us know your
Yahoo! ID, so we can invite you to the group with that ID. If you're
already a MEFAwards member, let us know your Yahoo! ID or the email
address you've signed up as, if it's different than the nickname/email
above, so we can match you up with your MEFAwards identity. Let us know
anything else we might need to know, besides the price of tea in China,
of course.):
Username:
Password (must be 5 characters or more, and will be visible to the
group admins, so don't use the same one you use for your bank
accounts!):

Later,
Anthony

Responding to my own post. How sad!

I was also thinking that since authors have accounts created for them,
and their usernames and passwords are not what they'll want to keep, I
need to look for username like 'Author%', and send them to the 'edit
user data' page when they first login, so they can change things. On
that page, I'll also ask them the same questions about MEFAwards
membership, with the same explanation.

If these suggestions are accepted, then once the new site is ready, we
can change the 'welcome' message at the Yahoo group to say 'go over to
the MEFA2006 site and create yourself an account. Once the admins
approve your invitation, they'll also set that account as able to
nominate stories'. Or something like that.

For the admins: Would you prefer having people join the MEFA2006 site,
and then always having to invite them to join MEFAwards? That way, you
wouldn't have to search to see if they were MEFAwards members if they
join MEFA2006, or if they are MEFA2006 members if they join MEFAwards.

I can't tell or remember now: Does the MEFAwards group require approval
of new members, or do you just join, and it sends a note to the
owner/moderator that someone joined?

Someone's going to need to keep up with the membership lists and make
sure they're synchronized. I wonder if I can figure out a way to use
the Yahoo! group's Export function, or create a similar MEFA2006
function to make the comparison easier.

A.

>

I'm about to head to bed, but will try to answer this and other posts
tomorrow. But I can handle this one factual question.

> I can't tell or remember now: Does the MEFAwards group require
> approval
> of new members, or do you just join, and it sends a note to the
> owner/moderator that someone joined?
>

The Yahoo group requires an admin approve the membership. I think
elliska's been handling this. But I get one email when someone tries to
join the Yahoo group, and another when their membership is approved.

Are you a moderator for this Yahoo group? Would you like to be? I don't
think you necessarily need to be, and suggest it so you can see how
this works firsthand, if you want to.

By the way, what you're describing in your two posts is actually
exactly what I had in mind. I think it would work a lot smoother than
the system we currently have, which seems backward to me. Do you think
it gives us enough tools to catch sockpuppets?

Thanks,
Marta

Anthony wrote:

"One possibility that I haven't seen discussed is to turn the process
around: Open up the MEFA2006 site's create account function for all,
and ask them if they want an invitation to join the Yahoo group (which
is strongly encouraged, because questions about how the awards work are
always being discussed, and if you're a member, you'll be allowed to
nominate new stories). If you're already a Yahoo member, tell us your
Yahoo ID, and we'll use that in the invitation.

If someone wants to be added to the Yahoo group as a non-Yahoo member,
just let us know and we'll do that, too. "


Wow, can we do that? I mean, be in the yahoo group without an ID? Because
your two emails make the most sense of anything I've seen suggested, and not
having to go through creating a Yahoo ID would have made me really happy.


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> The Yahoo group requires an admin approve the >

membership. I think elliska's been handling

> this. But I get one email when someone tries
> to join the Yahoo group, and another when
> their membership is approved.

It's been a combination of people - all users
listed as owners or moderators get the messages
asking for approval and saying it's been given.
I know I've done a few every so often and I
believe that Ainaie and Sulriel have done it too
- as I said, anyone with moderator or owner
status can.

Naresha

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On Feb 5, 2006, at 6:51 AM, rabidsamfan wrote:

> Anthony wrote:
>
>
> If someone wants to be added to the Yahoo group as a non-Yahoo member,
> just let us know and we'll do that, too. "
>
>
> Wow, can we do that? I mean, be in the yahoo group without an ID?
> Because
> your two emails make the most sense of anything I've seen suggested,
> and not
> having to go through creating a Yahoo ID would have made me really
> happy.

RSF,

Yes, the Yahoo! group's owner/moderator can just add you to the list,
if she has your email address, as an email-only member. The
owner/moderator can then set your email status to Emails, Digests,
Special Notices, or No Mail. You can, if you desire, attach a Yahoo! ID
to that membership at a later date.

I could add a question about what email type you want for the
email-only members, with Special Notices being the lowest, I think.
Actually, I think we should probably make 'Special Notices' the lowest
email type allowed, and be judicious about the use of Special Notices,
so it doesn't upset folks, but that's another topic for discussion.

Later,
Anthony

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Holder <aaholder@...> wrote:

> > "If someone wants to be added to the Yahoo group as a non-Yahoo
> > member, just let us know and we'll do that, too."

> > On Feb 5, 2006, at 6:51 AM, rabidsamfan wrote:
> > Wow, can we do that? I mean, be in the yahoo group without an
> > ID? Because your two emails make the most sense of anything I've
> > seen suggested, and not having to go through creating a Yahoo ID
> > would have made me really happy.

> Anthony wrote:
> Yes, the Yahoo! group's owner/moderator can just add you to the
> list, if she has your email address, as an email-only member. The
> owner/moderator can then set your email status to Emails, Digests,
> Special Notices, or No Mail. You can, if you desire, attach a
> Yahoo! ID to that membership at a later date.

I, too, had no idea that an "email-only" Yahoo group membership
option existed. From the name, I assume it means that while you will
receive emails at the selected level, you can't post to the group,
vote in polls, access files or the database, etc? As I imagine most
people don't know about this, I worry that offering it may cause some
confusion…some may request it thinking they will be able to post. If
it's offered, I think it will need to be explained very clearly.

Also, I would not want to see this type of membership given
nominating rights, since as I've noted before, I believe the "hoop"
of going through Yahoo registration serves to help limit the number
of nominations. That this is definitely a concern was just reiterated
in the current discussions over at the MEFA LJ, where at least one
author said that the overwhelming number of stories was one of the
reasons she didn't vote.

Other than that I like your suggestions, Anthony.

Kathy

Kathy wrote:

>
> I, too, had no idea that an "email-only" Yahoo group membership
> option existed. From the name, I assume it means that while you will
> receive emails at the selected level, you can't post to the group,
> vote in polls, access files or the database, etc? As I imagine most
> people don't know about this, I worry that offering it may cause some
> confusion…some may request it thinking they will be able to post. If
> it's offered, I think it will need to be explained very clearly.

AFAIK, you can participate via emails. You just reply, or send emails to the
group email. You can't enter in polls and access features only available
through the group site.

Chris

Chris is right.

This type of member can post via email only. I just checked, and the
only thing they can do via the website is read posts.

As far as requiring a Yahoo ID linked member to nominate, that is for
you all to decide.

Anthony

On Feb 5, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Chris Grzonka wrote:

> Kathy wrote:
>>
>> I, too, had no idea that an "email-only" Yahoo group membership
>> option existed. From the name, I assume it means that while you will
>> receive emails at the selected level, you can't post to the group,
>> vote in polls, access files or the database, etc? As I imagine most
>> people don't know about this, I worry that offering it may cause some
>> confusion&some may request it thinking they will be able to post. If
>> it's offered, I think it will need to be explained very clearly.
>
> AFAIK, you can participate via emails. You just reply, or send emails
> to the
> group email. You can't enter in polls and access features only
> available
> through the group site.
>
> Chris

> Actually, I think we should probably
> make 'Special Notices' the lowest email type
> allowed, and be judicious about the use of
> Special Notices, so it doesn't upset folks,
> but that's another topic for discussion.

I definately think that we need to have everyone
set to special notices or above - otherwise it's
sort of useless! :-)

Resha

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> I, too, had no idea that an "email-only" Yahoo
> group membership option existed. From the
> name, I assume it means that while you will
> receive emails at the selected level, you
> can't post to the group, vote in polls, access
> files or the database, etc?

What it is is a "mailing list" option - people on
this cannot access the groups features as you
said - so no polls, databases etc. - but I think
they can post messages.

Resha

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Hi Anthony,

> I was also thinking that since authors have accounts created for them,
> and their usernames and passwords are not what they'll want to keep, I
> need to look for username like 'Author%', and send them to the 'edit
> user data' page when they first login, so they can change things. On
> that page, I'll also ask them the same questions about MEFAwards
> membership, with the same explanation.
>

That would be great, if it can be managed. Otherwise maybe it can be
handled informally, through the liaisons.

About those options - I really like them, but it looks like we will be
requiring Yahoo membership in some form, so that option will have to be
edited out. (I think it was #5?) But besides that, they looked really
good.

> If these suggestions are accepted, then once the new site is ready, we
> can change the 'welcome' message at the Yahoo group to say 'go over to
> the MEFA2006 site and create yourself an account. Once the admins
> approve your invitation, they'll also set that account as able to
> nominate stories'. Or something like that.
>

The two-step process did seem to be confusing a lot of people. This
isn't a problem unique to the MEFAs (I know Henneth-Annun.net had a
similar problem when they required membership at a Yahoo account), but
it does seem to be an area that needs a little bit of handholding.
Especially when you consider that these people don't have any great
incentive to get through the process, since they don't have very much
invested in the awards.

> For the admins: Would you prefer having people join the MEFA2006 site,
> and then always having to invite them to join MEFAwards? That way, you
> wouldn't have to search to see if they were MEFAwards members if they
> join MEFA2006, or if they are MEFA2006 members if they join MEFAwards.
>

Yes, that sounds like a good idea. I'd much rather have the chance ot
help someone along than deal with the confusion.

Marta

On 5 Feb 2006, at 10:17, Anthony Holder wrote:

>
> On Feb 5, 2006, at 6:51 AM, rabidsamfan wrote:
>
> > Anthony wrote:
> >
> >
> > If someone wants to be added to the Yahoo group as a non-Yahoo
> member,
> > just let us know and we'll do that, too. "
> >
> >
> > Wow, can we do that?  I mean, be in the yahoo group without an ID? 
> > Because
> > your two emails make the most sense of anything I've seen suggested,
> > and not
> > having to go through creating a Yahoo ID would have made me really
> > happy.
>
> RSF,
>
> Yes, the Yahoo! group's owner/moderator can just add you to the list,
> if she has your email address, as an email-only member. The
> owner/moderator can then set your email status to Emails, Digests,
> Special Notices, or No Mail. You can, if you desire, attach a Yahoo!
> ID
> to that membership at a later date.
>

For what it's worth, this was news to me utnil Anthony said it. Very
welcome news, I might add.

> I could add a question about what email type you want for the
> email-only members, with Special Notices being the lowest, I think.
> Actually, I think we should probably make 'Special Notices' the lowest
> email type allowed, and be judicious about the use of Special Notices,
> so it doesn't upset folks, but that's another topic for discussion.
>

I agree with this. I know that some people read at the web site and
actually keep up with it, but I think a lot of other people mean to
keep up and it falls by the wayside. If this group is to be a way to
make official announcements, I need to know that people are getting
those announcements.

Marta

> If this group is to be a way to make official >

announcements, I need to know that people are >
getting those announcements.

Definately agree! Although, we will always have
to put up with the odd person bouncing, that's
something we can't do anything about. However, I
think that the suggestion of keeping everyone at
Special Notices or above, is one that we
definately need to implement to make this thing
work - or else we may as well not have a list.
Which would be a bit silly as it seems a majority
of people see the sense in having some sort of
official list. :-)

Resha

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On 9 Feb 2006, at 06:25, Naresha wrote:

> > If this group is to be a way to make official >
> announcements, I need to know that people are >
> getting those announcements.
>
> Definately agree!  Although, we will always have
> to put up with the odd person bouncing, that's
> something we can't do anything about.  However, I
> think that the suggestion of keeping everyone at
> Special Notices or above, is one that we
> definately need to implement to make this thing
> work - or else we may as well not have a list.
> Which would be a bit silly as it seems a majority
> of people see the sense in having some sort of
> official list. :-)
>
> Resha
>

Can we officially call this issue settled, then? Nominated authors get
voting privileges, everyone else has to join to vote (and everyone,
even authors, has to join to nominate).

I think we can then call this post-mortem officially closed. That was
the last topic I had. I still need to come up with lists of categories,
events, etc. for the nomination form, and I may post those here when
I'm done to let people add something major if I forget it -- but
otherwise, I think it's time we all take a break and start getting
mentally geared up for next year.

If I did forget anything, feel free to let me know.

Thanks,
Marta

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

> Can we officially call this issue settled, then? Nominated authors

get > voting privileges, everyone else has to join to vote (and
everyone, > even authors, has to join to nominate).

>
> I think we can then call this post-mortem officially closed. That

was > the last topic I had. I still need to come up with lists of
categories, > events, etc. for the nomination form, and I may post
those here when > I'm done to let people add something major if I
forget it -- but > otherwise, I think it's time we all take a break
and start getting > mentally geared up for next year.

> > If I did forget anything, feel free to let me know.
> > Thanks,> Marta>

Marta, that all sounds good, - the post-mortem seemed like a lot of
work, but I think it's a good sign that people care.


- apologies to Marta and all for disappearing. I've had sick kids
and sick horses - ... stranded yesterday at Wal-mart in a new-tire
fiasco, (the only thing that made it tolerable was the amazing fact
that the 'tire-guy' was kind, courteous and knowledgeable!!!) while
I was there the school called for me to come pick up the youngest
with 101 fever - and we got home to find the mare that I've been
worried about was down and unable to deliver - necrotic foal was mal-
positioned - it will be about a week before we know what long term
effects the mare have from this. ... :(

RL - ugh ...

Becky

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

>
> Can we officially call this issue settled, then? Nominated authors
> get voting privileges, everyone else has to join to vote (and
> everyone, even authors, has to join to nominate).
>
> I think we can then call this post-mortem officially closed.

Do we pop the champagne cork now? :D

Kathy (Inkling)

> That was
> the last topic I had. I still need to come up with lists of

categories,

> events, etc. for the nomination form, and I may post those here

when

> I'm done to let people add something major if I forget it -- but
> otherwise, I think it's time we all take a break and start getting
> mentally geared up for next year.
>
> If I did forget anything, feel free to let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Marta
>

*Wheeee!* *Throws confetti and Mardi Gras beads*

----- Original Message -----
From: "sulriel" <Sulriel@htcomp.net>
To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 7:43 AM
Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Announcements and email - WAS - IP Logging,
security, etc.


> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
>> Can we officially call this issue settled, then? Nominated authors
> get > voting privileges, everyone else has to join to vote (and
> everyone, > even authors, has to join to nominate).
>>
>> I think we can then call this post-mortem officially closed. That
> was > the last topic I had. I still need to come up with lists of
> categories, > events, etc. for the nomination form, and I may post
> those here when > I'm done to let people add something major if I
> forget it -- but > otherwise, I think it's time we all take a break
> and start getting > mentally geared up for next year.
>> > If I did forget anything, feel free to let me know.
>> > Thanks,> Marta>
>
>
> Marta, that all sounds good, - the post-mortem seemed like a lot of
> work, but I think it's a good sign that people care.
>
>
> - apologies to Marta and all for disappearing. I've had sick kids
> and sick horses - ... stranded yesterday at Wal-mart in a new-tire
> fiasco, (the only thing that made it tolerable was the amazing fact
> that the 'tire-guy' was kind, courteous and knowledgeable!!!) while
> I was there the school called for me to come pick up the youngest
> with 101 fever - and we got home to find the mare that I've been
> worried about was down and unable to deliver - necrotic foal was mal-
> positioned - it will be about a week before we know what long term
> effects the mare have from this. ... :(
>
> RL - ugh ...
>
> Becky
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

On 9 Feb 2006, at 08:43, sulriel wrote:

> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
> > Can we officially call this issue settled, then? Nominated authors
> get > voting privileges, everyone else has to join to vote (and
> everyone, > even authors, has to join to nominate).
> >
> > I think we can then call this post-mortem officially closed. That
> was > the last topic I had. I still need to come up with lists of
> categories, > events, etc. for the nomination form, and I may post
> those here when > I'm done to let people add something major if I
> forget it -- but > otherwise, I think it's time we all take a break
> and start getting > mentally geared up for next year.
> > > If I did forget anything, feel free to let me know.
> > > Thanks,> Marta>
>
>
> Marta, that all sounds good, - the post-mortem seemed like a lot of
> work, but I think it's a good sign that people care. 
>

Agreed on both counts. In many ways I'm glad it's over, but I'm of
course *very* thankful for all the people who participated. I'd name
names here but I'm sure I'd forget someone. Thank you, all of you.

>
> - apologies to Marta and all for disappearing.  I've had sick kids
> and sick horses - ...  stranded yesterday at Wal-mart in a new-tire
> fiasco, (the only thing that made it tolerable was the amazing fact
> that the 'tire-guy' was kind, courteous and knowledgeable!!!)  while
> I was there the school called for me to come pick up the youngest
> with 101 fever - and we got home to find the mare that I've been
> worried about was down and unable to deliver - necrotic foal was mal-
> positioned - it will be about a week before we know what long term
> effects the mare have from this.   ... :(
>

Don't worry about it. These things happen to all of us.

Marta

On 9 Feb 2006, at 12:46, Kathy wrote:

> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
> >
> > Can we officially call this issue settled, then? Nominated authors
> > get voting privileges, everyone else has to join to vote (and
> > everyone, even authors, has to join to nominate).
> >
> > I think we can then call this post-mortem officially closed.
>
> Do we pop the champagne cork now? :D
>
> Kathy (Inkling)
>

Yep, something strong and grape-derived is definitely in order... for
everyone who saw this thing through. I'm impressed.

Marta

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

>
>
> On 9 Feb 2006, at 12:46, Kathy wrote:
>
> > --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@> wrote:
> > >
>>>> Can we officially call this issue settled, then? Nominated
>>>> authors get voting privileges, everyone else has to join to vote
>>>> (and everyone, even authors, has to join to nominate).
>>>>
>>>> I think we can then call this post-mortem officially closed.
>
>>> Do we pop the champagne cork now? :D
>>
> Yep, something strong and grape-derived is definitely in order...
> for everyone who saw this thing through. I'm impressed.

Good and I can drink alcohol again! What a great timing! When does
nomination season starts? *dives under the table for cover* ;c)

Rhapsody

> When does
> nomination season starts? *dives under the table for cover* ;c)
>

I'm sure you're half-joking, but here's the serious question if
anyone's interested: not before April 1. That's when it started last
year. But I'm not in any rush, and if Anthony needs more time for
programming we may push it back to April 15 or May 1.

Marta

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

>
> > When does
> > nomination season starts? *dives under the table for cover* ;c)
> >
>
> I'm sure you're half-joking, but here's the serious question if
> anyone's interested: not before April 1. That's when it started last
> year. But I'm not in any rush, and if Anthony needs more time for
> programming we may push it back to April 15 or May 1.
>
> Marta
>

May is good. April 15 is tax day and so automatically evil.

Dwim

On 11 Feb 2006, at 11:36, dwimmer_laik wrote:

> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
> >
> > > When does
> > >  nomination season starts? *dives under the table for cover* ;c)
> > >
> >
> > I'm sure you're half-joking, but here's the serious question if
> > anyone's interested: not before April 1. That's when it started last
> > year. But I'm not in any rush, and if Anthony needs more time for
> > programming we may push it back to April 15 or May 1.
> >
> > Marta
> >
>
> May is good. April 15 is tax day and so automatically evil.
>
> Dwim
>
>

Excellent point about April 15. I'll see what Anthony thinks, and if
getting everything ready by April 1 will be stressful for him and he'd
like more time, we'll make it May 1.

We can always change the exact dates (and lengths, even) of any of the
different seasons. There's nothing to say we have to follow the exact
timeframe we did this year.

Marta

> Excellent point about April 15. I'll see what Anthony thinks, and if
> getting everything ready by April 1 will be stressful for him and he'd
> like more time, we'll make it May 1.

I'm really not sure. I haven't done very much yet, but I have started
somewhat.

If I can be done by April 1, then we'll start it at that time.

Later,
Anthony

On 11 Feb 2006, at 16:03, Anthony Holder wrote:

> > Excellent point about April 15. I'll see what Anthony thinks, and if
> > getting everything ready by April 1 will be stressful for him and
> he'd
> > like more time, we'll make it May 1.
>
> I'm really not sure. I haven't done very much yet, but I have started
> somewhat.
>
> If I can be done by April 1, then we'll start it at that time.
>

Whatever you feel comfortable with. If it can be done by April 1 that
would be great, but I don't think postponing the start of nomination
season will be that great of a hardship.

Thanks,
Marta