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Hey guys,

I have updated a few links over the last week and try to make
announcements here when I do that. Those stories are: Tuxedo's "The
Last Hunter" and Ghetto Elleth's "House of Finwe", "You Watch to
Dissociate", and "In This Silence I Am Sinking". I have a sneaking
suspicion that there's one or two other links I've changed because
someone requested, but I can't remember what stories those would have
been. If you requested a link feel free to ask and I'll double-check
that it's changed.

Also, Meckinock's WIP piece "A Matter of Honor" is now completed.
Congratulations! So I have moved it from the "Incomplete" subcategory
to the "General" subcategory of the "Cross-Cultural" main category.

Moving "A Matter of Honor" into Cross-Cultural: General meant that
sub-category had fourteen pieces in it. Technically we allow subcats
that have anything between 5 and 15 pieces, but when disucssing it
with the other admins 14 seemed just a tad large, so we split it into
sub-categories. There were quite a few cross-cultural stories that
seemed to be about hobbits, so I set up a new "With Hobbits"
subcategory. This new subcategory should be visible if you look at the
site now. I hope this last-minute change won't cause too much of an
inconvenience.

Oh, and one last thing: someone asked when voting ends. The last day
of voting is November 20. That means you have until 11:59 on November
20, as the time is displayed by the site at the bottom of each page.
For reference right now the site time is 2006-10-15 02:55:43 GMT.

Marta

Hi Marta- Sorry to sound like an idiot, but I'm new to
the group. Can we only vote for members stories or for
anyone? If so how would we vote for an outside story?
Would they need to be invited first? I have read alot
of non-member stories that I adore but haven't found
them on the member list and am unsure as to if I can
vote for them or not. Thanks Trina
(lovethosehobbits)

--- aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I have updated a few links over the last week and
> try to make
> announcements here when I do that. Those stories
> are: Tuxedo's "The
> Last Hunter" and Ghetto Elleth's "House of Finwe",
> "You Watch to
> Dissociate", and "In This Silence I Am Sinking". I
> have a sneaking
> suspicion that there's one or two other links I've
> changed because
> someone requested, but I can't remember what stories
> those would have
> been. If you requested a link feel free to ask and
> I'll double-check
> that it's changed.
>
> Also, Meckinock's WIP piece "A Matter of Honor" is
> now completed.
> Congratulations! So I have moved it from the
> "Incomplete" subcategory
> to the "General" subcategory of the "Cross-Cultural"
> main category.
>
> Moving "A Matter of Honor" into Cross-Cultural:
> General meant that
> sub-category had fourteen pieces in it. Technically
> we allow subcats
> that have anything between 5 and 15 pieces, but when
> disucssing it
> with the other admins 14 seemed just a tad large, so
> we split it into
> sub-categories. There were quite a few
> cross-cultural stories that
> seemed to be about hobbits, so I set up a new "With
> Hobbits"
> subcategory. This new subcategory should be visible
> if you look at the
> site now. I hope this last-minute change won't cause
> too much of an
> inconvenience.
>
> Oh, and one last thing: someone asked when voting
> ends. The last day
> of voting is November 20. That means you have until
> 11:59 on November
> 20, as the time is displayed by the site at the
> bottom of each page.
> For reference right now the site time is 2006-10-15
> 02:55:43 GMT.
>
> Marta
>
>
>

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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Trina Strong <h2ocolor2001@...> wrote:

>
> Hi Marta- Sorry to sound like an idiot, but I'm new to
> the group. Can we only vote for members stories or for
> anyone? If so how would we vote for an outside story?
> Would they need to be invited first? I have read alot
> of non-member stories that I adore but haven't found
> them on the member list and am unsure as to if I can
> vote for them or not. Thanks Trina
> (lovethosehobbits)

Whether as a guest or under your own registered name, if you log into
the MEFA voting site (http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/), and click
"Browse stories", you will see the list of all stories that were
nominated by members for this year's MEFA awards. Any story on that
list is eligible to be voted upon, whether the author is a member of
the yahoo group here or not.

For any story not in the voting database that you think should be,
keep a list and when the 2007 nomination season comes around, nominate
your list of up to twenty stories.

Dwim

Ok, thanks for the info. trina
--- dwimmer_laik <dwimmer_laik@yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Trina Strong
> <h2ocolor2001@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Marta- Sorry to sound like an idiot, but I'm
> new to
> > the group. Can we only vote for members stories or
> for
> > anyone? If so how would we vote for an outside
> story?
> > Would they need to be invited first? I have read
> alot
> > of non-member stories that I adore but haven't
> found
> > them on the member list and am unsure as to if I
> can
> > vote for them or not. Thanks Trina
> > (lovethosehobbits)
>
> Whether as a guest or under your own registered
> name, if you log into
> the MEFA voting site
> (http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/), and click
> "Browse stories", you will see the list of all
> stories that were
> nominated by members for this year's MEFA awards.
> Any story on that
> list is eligible to be voted upon, whether the
> author is a member of
> the yahoo group here or not.
>
> For any story not in the voting database that you
> think should be,
> keep a list and when the 2007 nomination season
> comes around, nominate
> your list of up to twenty stories.
>
> Dwim
>
>
>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Trina Strong
> Sent: 15 October 2006 10:45
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Changed Links, Voting Deadline
>
> Hi Marta- Sorry to sound like an idiot, but I'm new to the
> group. Can we only vote for members stories or for anyone? If
> so how would we vote for an outside story?
> Would they need to be invited first? I have read alot of
> non-member stories that I adore but haven't found them on the
> member list and am unsure as to if I can vote for them or
> not. Thanks Trina
> (lovethosehobbits)
>

Hi Trina,

Since the MEFAs are a contest, you can only vote on those stories that were
nominated. Nominations happened back in the spring. Each member of this
group could nominate up to twenty pieces, either by themselves or someone
else. The author did not themselves have to be a member of this Yahoo group,
but the person doing the nominating did.

Now any one with voting privileges (that's any member of this group as well
as any author who was nominated back in the spring) can vote over at our
voting website, http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ . Here's how it works.

First go over to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ . Log in (I'm resending
your name and password privately in case you don't have it anymore). Once
logged in click on the "Browse Nominated Stories" link.

From here you can see all the stories that were nominated. They come in all
shapes and sizes -- essays, drabbles, poems, WIPs, completed stories of all
lengths. Exactly what the story is, is given in the story information under
each title. Find one you think is interesting.

If you haven't already read it, click on the title. This will open up the
story in a new window. When you're done reading close the window. (Most of
the time you can do this by typing w while holding down the apple key on a
Mac, or by hitting F4 while holding down the ALT key on a PC.)

Okay, so now you've read the story and should be looking at the same page
you saw when you clciked on the "Browse Nominated Stories" link. Look over
in the right column. You should see two links: one says enter a review and
another says enter an author review. Click the "Enter New Review" link.

This will open up a new window. Give your vote a status: draft is not
counted unless you change it to something else; hidden is not shown to other
people until the end of voting on 11/20 but you can still edit it until that
point; final is visible right now and but you can't edit it after you submit
it.

Then scroll down. Type in what you want your review to say. This should be a
comment about the story. The longer the review the more points it gets, up
to a maximum of ten. Make sure you surround any quotes in [square brackets],
as those don't count. And click the "Preview Review" button when you've
typed all you want to.

The page will reload. You will see what your review looks like, and how many
points it will give the author. Assuming you remembered to put a closing
bracket ] at the end of any quote you should also see a "Save Validated
Review" button. When you're ready to cast your vote click that.

The page should reload, and you'll see the page you saw when you first
logged in, but at the top of the page should be a green-and-yellow bar
telling you your review has been saved. You can close that window and you'll
be back at the list of stories you can vote for.

That's a bit complicated, I know, but it's a lot easier to do it than
explain it. Anyway, to answer your basic question: you can only vote for
stories that have been nominated. Some of those authors are members of this
group, and some aren't. Does that make sense?

If you're confused you can email me privately. I'll be glad to help you as
much as you need.

Marta

Oops, I sent this accidentally to the wrong list - sorry!

Posted by: "aure_enteluva" melayton@gmail.com aure_enteluva

>Also, Meckinock's WIP piece "A Matter of Honor" is now completed.
> Congratulations! So I have moved it from the "Incomplete" subcategory
> to the "General" subcategory of the "Cross-Cultural" main category.

Nilmandra's "History Lessons: The Third Age" is now complete also. I know that
it had been accidentally in a "complete" category when it was still a WiP - so
now you will have to move it back again *g*.

>Oh, and one last thing: someone asked when voting ends. The last day
> of voting is November 20. That means you have until 11:59 on November
> 20, as the time is displayed by the site at the bottom of each page.
> For reference right now the site time is 2006-10-15 02:55:43 GMT.

This is good to know - thanks for the reminder.

Imhiriel

Hi Imhiriel,

> Oops, I sent this accidentally to the wrong list - sorry!
>

I bet they were surprised!

> >Also, Meckinock's WIP piece "A Matter of Honor" is now completed.
> > Congratulations! So I have moved it from the "Incomplete"
> subcategory
> >to the "General" subcategory of the "Cross-Cultural" main category.
>
> Nilmandra's "History Lessons: The Third Age" is now complete
> also. I know that it had been accidentally in a "complete"
> category when it was still a WiP - so now you will have to
> move it back again *g*.
>

*snicker* Yes, that one has moved around a fair amount. The good thing is we
know there's a sub-category with completed stories where it will fit,
because it was already in one at one point.

I've emailed her because I need word from her before I move it. But thanks
for the heads-up: I wouldn't have known to ask her if you hadn't said
anything. When she gets back to me I'll move the story to a subcat with
completed story.

Marta