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So, tomorrow, or rather, a few hours from now GMT (I think), it is May
1, 2006.

Clearly, we are not ready to start taking nominations yet. So, should
we have an official announcement to that effect that promoters can
post at their various lists? Do we have a date in mind when we will be
ready?

Dwim

Dwim,

What, specifically, do you think needs to be done before we're ready.

I believe that I've addressed everything I've seen so far, and have
just updated the Author Notification Email. Please review it and see if
it is ready. If that's a problem, we can just have the Liaisons wait
until it's ready before sending any out.

I've updated the permissions, and authors can write reviews now, but
cannot nominate stories.

The one thing I need to do is figure out how to remove 'Author' and
'Nominator' status from all users, because those didn't get cleared
when I cleared out the earlier database.

Really, aside from that, everything else is pretty cosmetic. The form
is working, and is collecting all the data it should be.

Later,
Anthony

On Apr 30, 2006, at 3:45 PM, dwimmer_laik wrote:

> So, tomorrow, or rather, a few hours from now GMT (I think), it is May
> 1, 2006.
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> Clearly, we are not ready to start taking nominations yet. So, should
> we have an official announcement to that effect that promoters can
> post at their various lists? Do we have a date in mind when we will be
> ready?
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Also, whenever we ARE ready to start nominations, should there be an
announcement to that effect that includes the most important changes
nominators should be aware of this year, such as:

- They only need to include Author (and if new author, email), Story
title, and URL.

- How withdrawals affect number of remaining nominations. Since this
is the first year there is a limit on nominations, it seems important
that everyone realizes that, depending on the reason for withdrawal,
they may or may not get their nomination back. I know I've seen
rules on this somewhere, but I can't find them now and I can't
remember what they are. But if they're not made clear from the
start, there may be unhappy nominators down the road saying they
weren't aware of the withdrawal rules, and that they want their
nominations back.

Marta, do you have the withdrawal rules? I didn't see them in the
FAQs.

Kathy/Inkling

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "dwimmer_laik" <dwimmer_laik@...>
wrote:

>
> So, tomorrow, or rather, a few hours from now GMT (I think), it is

May

> 1, 2006.
>
> Clearly, we are not ready to start taking nominations yet. So,

should

> we have an official announcement to that effect that promoters can
> post at their various lists? Do we have a date in mind when we will

be

> ready?
>
> Dwim
>

>
> The one thing I need to do is figure out how to remove 'Author' and
> 'Nominator' status from all users, because those didn't get cleared
> when I cleared out the earlier database.
>
> Really, aside from that, everything else is pretty cosmetic. The form
> is working, and is collecting all the data it should be.

Ok, so things really are working, then? My impression was that the
site only got to the point of testing yesterday, and that that was too
short a time to go forward with nominations tomorrow (today?--must
check dates).

But if you think it's ready, then my announcement question is a lot
simpler: do we have an official one? Or do I just drop a quick
reminder of my own wording?

Dwim

Dwim,

See my previous post re: the nomination announcement. There is some
info that I think is important to include, and I'm wondering if Marta
is going to draft something for the promoters. I'd be happy to help
do that, but I can't find the info explaining the withdrawal rules.

Kathy

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "dwimmer_laik" <dwimmer_laik@...>
wrote:

>
>
> >
> > The one thing I need to do is figure out how to remove 'Author'

and

> > 'Nominator' status from all users, because those didn't get

cleared

> > when I cleared out the earlier database.
> >
> > Really, aside from that, everything else is pretty cosmetic. The

form

> > is working, and is collecting all the data it should be.
>
> Ok, so things really are working, then? My impression was that the
> site only got to the point of testing yesterday, and that that was

too

> short a time to go forward with nominations tomorrow (today?--must
> check dates).
>
> But if you think it's ready, then my announcement question is a lot
> simpler: do we have an official one? Or do I just drop a quick
> reminder of my own wording?
>
> Dwim
>

On 30/4/06 5:07 pm, "Kathy" <inkling-tcbs@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Also, whenever we ARE ready to start nominations, should there be an
> announcement to that effect that includes the most important changes
> nominators should be aware of this year, such as:
>
> - They only need to include Author (and if new author, email), Story
> title, and URL.
>
> - How withdrawals affect number of remaining nominations. Since this
> is the first year there is a limit on nominations, it seems important
> that everyone realizes that, depending on the reason for withdrawal,
> they may or may not get their nomination back. I know I've seen
> rules on this somewhere, but I can't find them now and I can't
> remember what they are. But if they're not made clear from the
> start, there may be unhappy nominators down the road saying they
> weren't aware of the withdrawal rules, and that they want their
> nominations back.
>

Yes, I'll put together an announcement like that and make it when we get to
that point.

> Marta, do you have the withdrawal rules? I didn't see them in the
> FAQs.
>

There isn't, but there should be. I'll work on that as soon as I finish
answering emails.

Marta

Hi Dwim,

> So, tomorrow, or rather, a few hours from now GMT (I think), it is May
> 1, 2006.
>
> Clearly, we are not ready to start taking nominations yet. So, should
> we have an official announcement to that effect that promoters can
> post at their various lists? Do we have a date in mind when we will be
> ready?
>

No, it looks like we aren't. And I agree with Anthony (I think it was him
who said this), that we should not rush into this but take our time and make
sure that things are done correctly.

I'm horribly behind on answering these emails. Let me skim through the rest
of them and I'll draft an announcement to this affect, ASAP. I'll send it
out to the promoters when I have it. Promoters, if you don't have an email
within the next 45 minutes email me to make sure I sent it to you.

Thanks,
Marta

Hi Marta,

> > Marta, do you have the withdrawal rules? I didn't see them in the
> > FAQs.

> There isn't, but there should be. I'll work on that as soon as I
> finish answering emails.
>
> Marta

I know you're still catching up, so just wanted to let you know that
Anthony has created a withdrawal FAQ and put it under the Nominations
FAQ: http:

//mefawards.net/faq/viewtopic.php?t=92

I'm wondering if it should also go under Rules.

Kathy

On 30/4/06 5:17 pm, "dwimmer_laik" <dwimmer_laik@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>>
>> The one thing I need to do is figure out how to remove 'Author' and
>> 'Nominator' status from all users, because those didn't get cleared
>> when I cleared out the earlier database.
>>
>> Really, aside from that, everything else is pretty cosmetic. The form
>> is working, and is collecting all the data it should be.
>
> Ok, so things really are working, then? My impression was that the
> site only got to the point of testing yesterday, and that that was too
> short a time to go forward with nominations tomorrow (today?--must
> check dates).
>
> But if you think it's ready, then my announcement question is a lot
> simpler: do we have an official one? Or do I just drop a quick
> reminder of my own wording?
>
> Dwim

Hi Dwim,

Maybe we *could* have had the site ready within a few hours of when it was
supposed to launch, but I really don't want to rush into this. You're right,
we only did begin testing yesterday, and another day or so will give us time
to make sure all the bugs are ironed out. It will give me a chance to catch
up on email, too. :-D

I sent an announcement to the promoters (and made a similar one here as a
special announcement and at the LJ) saying we were delaying nomination
season by a few days. We'll go with that, and use the few extra days to
double-check everything before going "live".

Marta

>
> I sent an announcement to the promoters (and made a similar one here

as a

> special announcement and at the LJ) saying we were delaying nomination
> season by a few days. We'll go with that, and use the few extra days to
> double-check everything before going "live".

So posted at HA and HASA.

Thanks for the quick response!

Dwim

On 30/4/06 7:56 pm, "Kathy" <inkling-tcbs@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi Marta,
>
>>> Marta, do you have the withdrawal rules? I didn't see them in the
>>> FAQs.
>
>> There isn't, but there should be. I'll work on that as soon as I
>> finish answering emails.
>>
>> Marta
>
> I know you're still catching up, so just wanted to let you know that
> Anthony has created a withdrawal FAQ and put it under the Nominations
> FAQ: http:
>
> //mefawards.net/faq/viewtopic.php?t=92
>
> I'm wondering if it should also go under Rules.
>
> Kathy
>

Hi Kathy,

That's a good suggestion. I've added it to the rules. Check out #10 at

http://www.mefawards.net/faq/viewtopic.php?p=87

Marta

Looks good, Marta...thanks for doing that.

Kathy

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
>
> On 30/4/06 7:56 pm, "Kathy" <inkling-tcbs@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi Marta,
> >
> >>> Marta, do you have the withdrawal rules? I didn't see them in
the
> >>> FAQs.
> >
> >> There isn't, but there should be. I'll work on that as soon as I
> >> finish answering emails.
> >>
> >> Marta
> >
> > I know you're still catching up, so just wanted to let you know
that
> > Anthony has created a withdrawal FAQ and put it under the
Nominations
> > FAQ: http:
> >
> > //mefawards.net/faq/viewtopic.php?t=92
> >
> > I'm wondering if it should also go under Rules.
> >
> > Kathy
> >
>
> Hi Kathy,
>
> That's a good suggestion. I've added it to the rules. Check out #10
at
>
> http://www.mefawards.net/faq/viewtopic.php?p=87
>
> Marta
>