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Hey guys,

At the mefa-discussion list we have been discussing what to do with
author reviews next year. This is a big issue that will affect
everyone, so I want everyone to have the opportunity to vote on this.

If you want to see the whole discussion on this topic, it starts at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mefa-discussion/message/564

But here's a cliff's-note version:

There are problems with author reviews. They're nice for the author to
read but can often take valuable time away from reviewing stories. And
they cause a lot of confusion. The MEFAs is an involved competition,
and I want to make it as easy to understand as possible.

So... if we are going to have author reviews next year, it will have
to be done differently. Llinos and Sulriel suggested an idea which I
changed a little bit because of technical concerns (someone has to
make this all work with our website!). Basically, this year authors
were divided up based on the main category their story was in, and
then further divided into fixed-length ficlet authors, poetry authors,
and authors of everything else.

Under the new proposed system, we wouldn't divide authors based on the
categories their stories are in. There would be one big group of the
fixed-length ficlet authors, another group of the poetry authors, and
another group of authors who wrote something besides FLF and poetry.
Because these groups are so big we wouldn't award first, second, and
third place. Instead we would make a list of "commended authors". You
would vote for authors just like you did this year, the points would
be added up, and the top [x]% would be given a banner and would be
listed when the story results are posted.

I say "[x]%" because the exact % is debatable. Some have suggested
10%, others 20%. The key point is that the more authors in a certain
group, the more that would be recognized. It's a little like
honourable mentions for stories this way.

That's one of the options. It's option #2 of the poll I want everyone
to vote in. The other option (option #1) is to not have author reviews
next year, and only do story reviews.

So, everyone, please vote on this issue. You can vote at

http://www.mefawards.net/poll.htm

Please vote by 11:59:59 PM GMT of Friday January 26, 2007.

Thanks,
Marta

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

>
> Hey guys,
>
> At the mefa-discussion list we have been discussing what to do with
> author reviews next year. This is a big issue that will affect
> everyone, so I want everyone to have the opportunity to vote on this.
>

I forgot to mention one thing. Members of the mefa-discussion group
have already voted in a poll on this issue. If you voted in that,
please don't vote in this. The polls are basically identical, and I'll
add the two polls together to see what everyone thinks. I don't want
to ask anyone to have to vote *twice*. :^)

I keep trying to vote for Option #2, but keep getting "Your vote as been
cancelled", so I'm posting my vote
here.

Tari

In a message dated 1/24/2007 11:19:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,
melayton@gmail.com writes:
Hey guys,

At the mefa-discussion list we have been discussing what to do with
author reviews next year. This is a big issue that will affect
everyone, so I want everyone to have the opportunity to vote on this.

If you want to see the whole discussion on this topic, it starts at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mefa-discussion/message/564

But here's a cliff's-note version:

There are problems with author reviews. They're nice for the author to
read but can often take valuable time away from reviewing stories. And
they cause a lot of confusion. The MEFAs is an involved competition,
and I want to make it as easy to understand as possible.

So... if we are going to have author reviews next year, it will have
to be done differently. Llinos and Sulriel suggested an idea which I
changed a little bit because of technical concerns (someone has to
make this all work with our website!). Basically, this year authors
were divided up based on the main category their story was in, and
then further divided into fixed-length ficlet authors, poetry authors,
and authors of everything else.

Under the new proposed system, we wouldn't divide authors based on the
categories their stories are in. There would be one big group of the
fixed-length ficlet authors, another group of the poetry authors, and
another group of authors who wrote something besides FLF and poetry.
Because these groups are so big we wouldn't award first, second, and
third place. Instead we would make a list of "commended authors". You
would vote for authors just like you did this year, the points would
be added up, and the top [x]% would be given a banner and would be
listed when the story results are posted.

I say "[x]%" because the exact % is debatable. Some have suggested
10%, others 20%. The key point is that the more authors in a certain
group, the more that would be recognized. It's a little like
honourable mentions for stories this way.

That's one of the options. It's option #2 of the poll I want everyone
to vote in. The other option (option #1) is to not have author reviews
next year, and only do story reviews.

So, everyone, please vote on this issue. You can vote at

http://www.mefawards.net/poll.htm

Please vote by 11:59:59 PM GMT of Friday January 26, 2007.

Thanks,
Marta





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Tari,

I don't know what the problem is. I've marked down your vote and will add it
in by hand.

If anyone else gets (or has gotten) the same error message, please reply
here and I'll add it in for you.

Marta

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of KAT702H@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:32 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Poll Regarding Author Reviews
>
> I keep trying to vote for Option #2, but keep getting "Your
> vote as been cancelled", so I'm posting my vote here.
>
> Tari
>