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The end of nomination season is only a little over a week away, so
perhaps some reminders are in order. :-)

First, it is coming. Nomination Season ends on June 15, one second
after 23:59:59 GMT. Make sure you get any stories you want to
nominate, nominated by then.

GMT probably isn't the same as your local time. It's currently
04:12:57 AM on 6/6/06. For the current time around the world please
see http://www.worldtimezones.com/ . For the convenience of Americans,
New York is GMT-5 hours (it's currently 11:12:57 PM on 6/5/06).

Second, don't forget poetry. If you have nominations left and would
like to nominate your favourite poem, please go ahead and do that.
Poetry is definitely eligible. Essays and WIPs, too.

Third, if you are an author who has had a story nominated, make sure
that you email your author to let them know you've finished the
nomination form when you have done that. You can see whether your
nomination is complete by logging in to
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/, clicking on "Browse Nominated
Stories", and finding your story. If it says anything besides
"Nomination Complete" and you think you've done everything you need to
do, please email mefasupport@gmail.com. Nominators can also check this
page to see if stories they nominated have been finalized. If you see
one that hasn't and would like to offer help getting in touch with the
author, please feel free to email the above email.

Authors have until June 22 (one week after nominations close) to get
their nominations finished. Otherwise they can't compete.

And I think that's about it! Happy nominating.

Marta

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

>
> The end of nomination season is only a little over a week away, so
> perhaps some reminders are in order. :-)
>
> First, it is coming. Nomination Season ends on June 15, one second
> after 23:59:59 GMT. Make sure you get any stories you want to
> nominate, nominated by then.
>
> GMT probably isn't the same as your local time. It's currently
> 04:12:57 AM on 6/6/06. For the current time around the world please
> see http://www.worldtimezones.com/ . For the convenience of

Americans,

> New York is GMT-5 hours (it's currently 11:12:57 PM on 6/5/06).
>
> Second, don't forget poetry. If you have nominations left and would
> like to nominate your favourite poem, please go ahead and do that.
> Poetry is definitely eligible. Essays and WIPs, too.
>
> Third, if you are an author who has had a story nominated, make sure
> that you email your author to let them know you've finished the
> nomination form when you have done that. You can see whether your
> nomination is complete by logging in to
> http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/, clicking on "Browse Nominated
> Stories", and finding your story. If it says anything besides
> "Nomination Complete" and you think you've done everything you need

to

> do, please email mefasupport@... Nominators can also check this
> page to see if stories they nominated have been finalized. If you

see

> one that hasn't and would like to offer help getting in touch with

the

> author, please feel free to email the above email.
>
> Authors have until June 22 (one week after nominations close) to get
> their nominations finished. Otherwise they can't compete.
>
> And I think that's about it! Happy nominating.
>
> Marta
>>>>

Thanx for the advance notice, Marta!

I hope that everyone who reads this list is making an effort to find
and nominate worthy stories - While I thought there were a few too
many stories last year, I wonder if this year's entries are too few.
I had hoped to see 600 finished nominations; now it looks like the
count won't even reach 500.

There may not be as many people writing Tolkien fanfic as in prior
years; but there are still quite a few, and new writers do appear.

So if anyone hasn't nominated any stories, or only one or two, I
urge you to find some that are worthy of nomination. They're out
there.




RAKSHA THE DEMON, who has used up 19 nominations and is waiting on
the finishing of one more that she promised to nominate (and if that
writer doesn't finish, or doesn't want the piece nominated as
Incomplete, there are plenty more works that could fill that slot
before the 15th)

Unfortunately, RL attacked and when I got back to nominating I discovered
that all of the stories I hadn't nominated so far were already nominated by
other folks<g>.

I have 1 or 2 other stories in mind but I can't find an email for the
authors. The sites the stories are published have only a 'contact the author
form' but no email. So, it seems I have to contact the author first to get
their email before I can nominate them. Oh, well.

Chris

>
> I hope that everyone who reads this list is making an effort to find
> and nominate worthy stories - While I thought there were a few too
> many stories last year, I wonder if this year's entries are too few.
> I had hoped to see 600 finished nominations; now it looks like the
> count won't even reach 500.
>
> There may not be as many people writing Tolkien fanfic as in prior
> years; but there are still quite a few, and new writers do appear.
>
> So if anyone hasn't nominated any stories, or only one or two, I
> urge you to find some that are worthy of nomination. They're out
> there.
>
>
>
>
> RAKSHA THE DEMON, who has used up 19 nominations and is waiting on
> the finishing of one more that she promised to nominate (and if that
> writer doesn't finish, or doesn't want the piece nominated as
> Incomplete, there are plenty more works that could fill that slot
> before the 15th)

Hi Raksha,

<snippage>

> Thanx for the advance notice, Marta!
>

You're welcome. I hope it helps!

> I hope that everyone who reads this list is making an effort to find
> and nominate worthy stories - While I thought there were a few too
> many stories last year, I wonder if this year's entries are too few.
> I had hoped to see 600 finished nominations; now it looks like the
> count won't even reach 500.
>

I agree. Perhaps I'm a bit obsessive, but I *like* having lots of
stories to choose from during nomination season. Last year was probably
too many, but I don't want us to go to the other extreme this year.

> There may not be as many people writing Tolkien fanfic as in prior
> years; but there are still quite a few, and new writers do appear.
>
> So if anyone hasn't nominated any stories, or only one or two, I
> urge you to find some that are worthy of nomination. They're out
> there.
>

Agreed. It may be time to ask: is anyone involved in forums and such
where MEFA announcements AREN'T being made? If so, I'd love to have
someone start. I send out an email and you post it there - and if anyone
asks a question you don't know the answer to, you send it to me and I
prepare an answer for you. It's not too late to get more people involved.

Marta

Hello, Marta!

I have sort of an odd request. My yahooID has 2 "identities" attached to
it-- kitastrophe- cabaret, and kitzilla2001. kitastrophe-cabaret is the
username listed in the MEFA database. As I've begun to use yahoogroups more,
I've tried to restrict my fandom stuff purely to the "kitzilla2001" identity
and all of my music/performance/cabaret stuff to "kitastrophe-cabaret."

Would it be too much of a problem to change my username in the MEFA database
from kitastrophe-cabaret to kitzilla2001? I recently changed all my
yahoogroups subscription info to reflect this change, so I'm currently
listed on the MEFAwards yahoogroup as "kitzilla2001" and changing it in the
MEFA database will keep it consistent.

I hope this isn't a stupid thing to ask!

My thanks,
Kit

On 6/5/06, aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The end of nomination season is only a little over a week away, so
> perhaps some reminders are in order. :-)
>
> First, it is coming. Nomination Season ends on June 15, one second
> after 23:59:59 GMT. Make sure you get any stories you want to
> nominate, nominated by then.
>
> GMT probably isn't the same as your local time. It's currently
> 04:12:57 AM on 6/6/06. For the current time around the world please
> see http://www.worldtimezones.com/ . For the convenience of Americans,
> New York is GMT-5 hours (it's currently 11:12:57 PM on 6/5/06).
>
> Second, don't forget poetry. If you have nominations left and would
> like to nominate your favourite poem, please go ahead and do that.
> Poetry is definitely eligible. Essays and WIPs, too.
>
> Third, if you are an author who has had a story nominated, make sure
> that you email your author to let them know you've finished the
> nomination form when you have done that. You can see whether your
> nomination is complete by logging in to
> http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/, clicking on "Browse Nominated
> Stories", and finding your story. If it says anything besides
> "Nomination Complete" and you think you've done everything you need to
> do, please email mefasupport@gmail.com <mefasupport%40gmail.com>.
> Nominators can also check this
> page to see if stories they nominated have been finalized. If you see
> one that hasn't and would like to offer help getting in touch with the
> author, please feel free to email the above email.
>
> Authors have until June 22 (one week after nominations close) to get
> their nominations finished. Otherwise they can't compete.
>
> And I think that's about it! Happy nominating.
>
> Marta
>
>
>



--
Puttin' the Kit in Kitastrophe!
http://www.kitastrophe.net


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> Would it be too much of a problem to change my username in the MEFA

database from kitastrophe-cabaret to kitzilla2001?

No trouble at all. I've done this for you. If you have any trouble or
need a reminder of your password, just reply to this post and one of
us will send it to you. :-)

elliska67 wrote:

>
>
> > Would it be too much of a problem to change my username in the MEFA
> database from kitastrophe-cabaret to kitzilla2001?
>
> No trouble at all. I've done this for you. If you have any trouble or
> need a reminder of your password, just reply to this post and one of
> us will send it to you. :-)
>

I replied to this post before I saw elliska's response. :^) It looks
like your problem is solved, kitzilla. But in the future if anyone wants
to change their information themself, what I described above would be
how you do it.

Marta

Hi Kit!

> I have sort of an odd request. My yahooID has 2 "identities" attached to
> it-- kitastrophe- cabaret, and kitzilla2001. kitastrophe-cabaret is the
> username listed in the MEFA database. As I've begun to use yahoogroups more,
> I've tried to restrict my fandom stuff purely to the "kitzilla2001" identity
> and all of my music/performance/cabaret stuff to "kitastrophe-cabaret."
>
> Would it be too much of a problem to change my username in the MEFA database
> from kitastrophe-cabaret to kitzilla2001? I recently changed all my
> yahoogroups subscription info to reflect this change, so I'm currently
> listed on the MEFAwards yahoogroup as "kitzilla2001" and changing it in the
> MEFA database will keep it consistent.
>
> I hope this isn't a stupid thing to ask!
>

It's not stupid at all. Unfortunately I am not that well-versed in all
matters Yahoo, so I can't help you with what name is displayed at Yahoo.
I think you'd have to unsubscribe as kitastrophe-cabaret, and
resubscribe as kitzilla. If you did this, I'd ask that you make it clear
in the little note when you resubscribe that you were previously a
member under kitastrophe-cabaret (or whatever the old Yahoo ID is). This
will keep us from setting up a second account for you at our voting and
nominating website, http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ .

If you just want to change how your name is displayed at our voting and
nominating website, that I *can* help you with. Just log in to
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ and click on "Name/Password". Change
"nickname" to whatever you want the website to display, and click "save".

This won't change your username, the name you use to log in. Our website
has two names for each account: username is what you type in to log in,
nickname is what displays whenever you have a story nominated or cast a
vote or anything like that. If you want to change what you type in to
log in you'll need to change username too.

Marta