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Hey guys,

Over at the discussion list we¹ve been nailing down the schedule for this
year¹s awards. It will be:

May 1-31: Nominate stories
June 1-7: Nominations finalized
June 8-21: Volunteers create subcategories.
June 22-30: Ballots posted to this Yahoo group
July 1-August 15: Reading Season
August 16-November 4: Voting season
November 4-8: Polls to vote on awards banners
November 8: Results announced at midnight

One important change: all days will end at midnight GMT (British time)
instead of midnight US Central time like we did in previous years.

If you are at all confused about this, I highly recommend

http://www.worldtimezone.com/

This site displays the current time in every time zone. Simply find your
time zone and compare it to the time in London. However many hours
difference there are, that is the number of hours you are ahead of or behind
GMT. So for example, it is now 4:09 PM in England and 11:09 AM in New York.
That means those of us in Eastern time (US East Coast) are 5 hours behind
GMT. So nomination season will end at midnight between May 31 and June 1 in
London, which translates to 7 PM May 31 for Eastern time.

Another example: It¹s now 12:09 AM in Singapore and 4:09 PM in London. That
means Moscow¹s time zone is eight hours ahead of GMT, and nomination season
there will end at 8 AM on June 1.

Hope that makes sense.

Marta


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I tried to join in the discussion list, but it apparently never took. Can
you get me on, or do I need to go back to yahoo and try again?
Dreamflower

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marta Layton" <melayton@gmail.com>
To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:27 AM
Subject: [MEFAwards] FW: [mefa-discussion] Awards Schedule


Hey guys,

Over at the discussion list we¹ve been nailing down the schedule for this
year¹s awards. It will be:

May 1-31: Nominate stories
June 1-7: Nominations finalized
June 8-21: Volunteers create subcategories.
June 22-30: Ballots posted to this Yahoo group
July 1-August 15: Reading Season
August 16-November 4: Voting season
November 4-8: Polls to vote on awards banners
November 8: Results announced at midnight

One important change: all days will end at midnight GMT (British time)
instead of midnight US Central time like we did in previous years.

If you are at all confused about this, I highly recommend

http://www.worldtimezone.com/

This site displays the current time in every time zone. Simply find your
time zone and compare it to the time in London. However many hours
difference there are, that is the number of hours you are ahead of or behind
GMT. So for example, it is now 4:09 PM in England and 11:09 AM in New York.
That means those of us in Eastern time (US East Coast) are 5 hours behind
GMT. So nomination season will end at midnight between May 31 and June 1 in
London, which translates to 7 PM May 31 for Eastern time.

Another example: It¹s now 12:09 AM in Singapore and 4:09 PM in London. That
means Moscow¹s time zone is eight hours ahead of GMT, and nomination season
there will end at 8 AM on June 1.

Hope that makes sense.

Marta


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> From: <aelfwina@cableone.net>
> Reply-To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:59:13 -0600
> To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] FW: [mefa-discussion] Awards Schedule
>
> I tried to join in the discussion list, but it apparently never took. Can
> you get me on, or do I need to go back to yahoo and try again?
> Dreamflower

I¹m not sure why it never took. I¹ve sent you another invitation; reply to
that, or subscribe at that group¹s webpage and I¹ll approve you.

If anyone else wants to join, but hasn¹t, please feel free to do so.

Marta



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Hello, Marta,
What is the publication deadline for the nominations? March 31st or April
30th?
Thanks!
Branwyn

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From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Marta Layton
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:28 AM
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MEFAwards] FW: [mefa-discussion] Awards Schedule


Hey guys,

Over at the discussion list we¹ve been nailing down the schedule for this
year¹s awards. It will be:

May 1-31: Nominate stories
June 1-7: Nominations finalized
June 8-21: Volunteers create subcategories.
June 22-30: Ballots posted to this Yahoo group
July 1-August 15: Reading Season
August 16-November 4: Voting season
November 4-8: Polls to vote on awards banners
November 8: Results announced at midnight

One important change: all days will end at midnight GMT (British time)
instead of midnight US Central time like we did in previous years.

If you are at all confused about this, I highly recommend

http://www.worldtimezone.com/

This site displays the current time in every time zone. Simply find your
time zone and compare it to the time in London. However many hours
difference there are, that is the number of hours you are ahead of or behind
GMT. So for example, it is now 4:09 PM in England and 11:09 AM in New York.
That means those of us in Eastern time (US East Coast) are 5 hours behind
GMT. So nomination season will end at midnight between May 31 and June 1 in
London, which translates to 7 PM May 31 for Eastern time.

Another example: It¹s now 12:09 AM in Singapore and 4:09 PM in London. That
means Moscow¹s time zone is eight hours ahead of GMT, and nomination season
there will end at 8 AM on June 1.

Hope that makes sense.

Marta


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> From: "Jane O. Abbott" <janeabbt@ix.netcom.com>
> Reply-To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:16:27 -0500
> To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [MEFAwards] FW: [mefa-discussion] Awards Schedule
>
> Hello, Marta,
> What is the publication deadline for the nominations? March 31st or April
> 30th?
> Thanks!
> Branwyn
>

Actually, stories just need to be published at an eligible site before
they¹re nominated. Eligible means (basically) that you don¹t have to log in
to read the story, and that if the story¹s more than one part, then there¹s
an easy way to get from page to page.

So in theory I could post a story on May 12 and you could nominate it on May
13.

This is a change from previous years and came out of some questions AmandaK
asked at the LiveJournal. I was going to announce it here and the LJ but we
just decided on it not too long ago.

Marta


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Thanks, Marta!
(Yay! I have time to finish writing my story!)
Branwyn

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From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Marta Layton
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:31 PM
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] FW: [mefa-discussion] Awards Schedule

> From: "Jane O. Abbott" <janeabbt@ix.netcom.com>
> Reply-To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:16:27 -0500
> To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [MEFAwards] FW: [mefa-discussion] Awards Schedule
>
> Hello, Marta,
> What is the publication deadline for the nominations? March 31st or April
> 30th?
> Thanks!
> Branwyn
>

Actually, stories just need to be published at an eligible site before
they¹re nominated. Eligible means (basically) that you don¹t have to log in
to read the story, and that if the story¹s more than one part, then there¹s
an easy way to get from page to page.

So in theory I could post a story on May 12 and you could nominate it on May
13.

This is a change from previous years and came out of some questions AmandaK
asked at the LiveJournal. I was going to announce it here and the LJ but we
just decided on it not too long ago.

Marta


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> One important change: all days will end at
> midnight GMT (British time)instead of midnight
> US Central time like we did in previous years.

I think that's a good change personally - given
all the timezones are based upon GMT - it's going
to make it a lot easier for everyone to work out
the time in relation to them.

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Do I understand right, that people can enter reviews now, while
nominations are going on, and don't have to wait until reading season?

(Love reading season schedule, BTW. Right during swimming season.
Whilst little ones are splashing through swim lessons, mom can be
reading by the poolside)

Thanks,
Lin

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Over at the discussion list we¹ve been nailing down the schedule
for this
> year¹s awards. It will be:
>
> May 1-31: Nominate stories
> June 1-7: Nominations finalized
> June 8-21: Volunteers create subcategories.
> June 22-30: Ballots posted to this Yahoo group
> July 1-August 15: Reading Season
> August 16-November 4: Voting season
> November 4-8: Polls to vote on awards banners
> November 8: Results announced at midnight
>
> One important change: all days will end at midnight GMT (British
time)
> instead of midnight US Central time like we did in previous years.
>

On 7/5/06 1:23 am, "shippingindustry" <BLJean@aol.com> wrote:

> Do I understand right, that people can enter reviews now, while
> nominations are going on, and don't have to wait until reading season?
>
> (Love reading season schedule, BTW. Right during swimming season.
> Whilst little ones are splashing through swim lessons, mom can be
> reading by the poolside)
>
> Thanks,
> Lin
>

Hi Lin,

That's the theory. Actually, there's a bug in the code that handles reviews
so you can't enter reviews right now while Anthony sorts that out. As soon
as Anthony has fixed that he'll bring reviews back online. If you try to
enter a review now you should get an error message, but you will be able to
enter reviews again soon.

Marta