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Hey guys,

I was looking at my calendar this morning and it hit me how close we
are to the beginning of March. That may seem like a no-brainer to a
lot of people (and it is), but with an awards that last as long to run
as the Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards, it's not too early to start
thinking about the 2007 MEFAs. So where are we, and what can you do to
help move us further along?

We've made pretty good progress toward getting the 2007 awards
started. We've finished the post mortem for the 2006 awards and
decided on some changes that I outlined here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/message/7802. As part of that
postmortem we decided on several technical changes, some of which have
already been made.

That brings me to the first way one (or some) of you can help. The
awards need someone to help with the website. There are some technical
changes that still need to be made for 2007. Also, the person (or
people) who help with this would do general website upkeep throughout
the year and would help solve any technical problems members might
have. If more than one person is interested this job could maybe be
split up so there's less to do.

If you're interested in helping with the website you'd need to be
fairly good with computers, but it's really not as hard as you might
think. Most of what the website involves is very learnable. I'm far
from a technical guru and I've been told I could do this if I had the
time. I'm just too busy with other parts of the awards to give the
website the attention it needs, so I'm hoping someone will step up and
help with this. You'd be working with me pretty closely, and it's a
neat way to give something back to the fandom as well as develop your
technical skills.

We'll also need all of the usual "insufficiently reluctant" folks to
help out. The most common ways to help out are as a promoter or an
author liaison. These people do pretty much what their titles suggest.
Promoters promote the awards at groups they're a member of. I'll
occasionally send you an official announcement that I'd like made at
your groups, and you can pass on any posts I make here that you think
your group might be interested in. You'd also pass along any questions
people have so I or someone else who works with the awards can answer
it. This isn't very time-intensive but it does require that you be
available pretty much until the end of the awards.

Liaisons work with the authors who have been nominated. You make sure
stories are eligible to compete, work with the author to get the
necessary information and okays from them, and generally answer any
questions. You'd need to be pretty regularly available from when
nominations open through the week after they close. I don't have exact
dates yet, but nominations will last six weeks, hopefully beginning
sometime in April.

Does any of this seem like something you'd like to do? If so, email me
at mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com or post here. There are loads of other
ways you can help out, so if you just want to help I can always find a
special project I'd like done. Drop me a line and we'll work something
out.

Cheers,
Marta

Hi Marta,

I might be able to help out with the technical stuff on the site. Could you send me an e-mail
with the details of what is needed?

:-)
Aranel Took

Marta,
I would like to participate again as an author liaison and a promoter.
Cathleen

aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey guys,

I was looking at my calendar this morning and it hit me how close we
are to the beginning of March. That may seem like a no-brainer to a
lot of people (and it is), but with an awards that last as long to run
as the Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards, it's not too early to start
thinking about the 2007 MEFAs. So where are we, and what can you do to
help move us further along?

We've made pretty good progress toward getting the 2007 awards
started. We've finished the post mortem for the 2006 awards and
decided on some changes that I outlined here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/message/7802. As part of that
postmortem we decided on several technical changes, some of which have
already been made.

That brings me to the first way one (or some) of you can help. The
awards need someone to help with the website. There are some technical
changes that still need to be made for 2007. Also, the person (or
people) who help with this would do general website upkeep throughout
the year and would help solve any technical problems members might
have. If more than one person is interested this job could maybe be
split up so there's less to do.

If you're interested in helping with the website you'd need to be
fairly good with computers, but it's really not as hard as you might
think. Most of what the website involves is very learnable. I'm far
from a technical guru and I've been told I could do this if I had the
time. I'm just too busy with other parts of the awards to give the
website the attention it needs, so I'm hoping someone will step up and
help with this. You'd be working with me pretty closely, and it's a
neat way to give something back to the fandom as well as develop your
technical skills.

We'll also need all of the usual "insufficiently reluctant" folks to
help out. The most common ways to help out are as a promoter or an
author liaison. These people do pretty much what their titles suggest.
Promoters promote the awards at groups they're a member of. I'll
occasionally send you an official announcement that I'd like made at
your groups, and you can pass on any posts I make here that you think
your group might be interested in. You'd also pass along any questions
people have so I or someone else who works with the awards can answer
it. This isn't very time-intensive but it does require that you be
available pretty much until the end of the awards.

Liaisons work with the authors who have been nominated. You make sure
stories are eligible to compete, work with the author to get the
necessary information and okays from them, and generally answer any
questions. You'd need to be pretty regularly available from when
nominations open through the week after they close. I don't have exact
dates yet, but nominations will last six weeks, hopefully beginning
sometime in April.

Does any of this seem like something you'd like to do? If so, email me
at mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com or post here. There are loads of other
ways you can help out, so if you just want to help I can always find a
special project I'd like done. Drop me a line and we'll work something
out.

Cheers,
Marta






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Right now would be a perfect time for me to do something like this, but it wont last. I've worked on websites in Frontpage and Homestead (respectively) and have one I'm trying to learn on 50megs.com. I'd love the extra experience, but my Real Life is pretty unpredictable.
Sign me up as a backup, maybe?

nautika

aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey guys,

I was looking at my calendar this morning and it hit me how close we
are to the beginning of March. That may seem like a no-brainer to a
lot of people (and it is), but with an awards that last as long to run
as the Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards, it's not too early to start
thinking about the 2007 MEFAs. So where are we, and what can you do to
help move us further along?

We've made pretty good progress toward getting the 2007 awards
started. We've finished the post mortem for the 2006 awards and
decided on some changes that I outlined here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/message/7802. As part of that
postmortem we decided on several technical changes, some of which have
already been made.

That brings me to the first way one (or some) of you can help. The
awards need someone to help with the website. There are some technical
changes that still need to be made for 2007. Also, the person (or
people) who help with this would do general website upkeep throughout
the year and would help solve any technical problems members might
have. If more than one person is interested this job could maybe be
split up so there's less to do.

If you're interested in helping with the website you'd need to be
fairly good with computers, but it's really not as hard as you might
think. Most of what the website involves is very learnable. I'm far
from a technical guru and I've been told I could do this if I had the
time. I'm just too busy with other parts of the awards to give the
website the attention it needs, so I'm hoping someone will step up and
help with this. You'd be working with me pretty closely, and it's a
neat way to give something back to the fandom as well as develop your
technical skills.

We'll also need all of the usual "insufficiently reluctant" folks to
help out. The most common ways to help out are as a promoter or an
author liaison. These people do pretty much what their titles suggest.
Promoters promote the awards at groups they're a member of. I'll
occasionally send you an official announcement that I'd like made at
your groups, and you can pass on any posts I make here that you think
your group might be interested in. You'd also pass along any questions
people have so I or someone else who works with the awards can answer
it. This isn't very time-intensive but it does require that you be
available pretty much until the end of the awards.

Liaisons work with the authors who have been nominated. You make sure
stories are eligible to compete, work with the author to get the
necessary information and okays from them, and generally answer any
questions. You'd need to be pretty regularly available from when
nominations open through the week after they close. I don't have exact
dates yet, but nominations will last six weeks, hopefully beginning
sometime in April.

Does any of this seem like something you'd like to do? If so, email me
at mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com or post here. There are loads of other
ways you can help out, so if you just want to help I can always find a
special project I'd like done. Drop me a line and we'll work something
out.

Cheers,
Marta






nautika, Keeper of Aragorn's Youth and Boromir's Calm Acceptance of Cave Trolls
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/lotrprompts
Owner, LOTR Prompt Fics group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mc_Finished_Fic
Co-Moderator, MC Finished Fics Group





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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cathleen Anderson
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:44 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Calling Volunteers
>
> Marta,
> I would like to participate again as an author liaison and a promoter.
> Cathleen
>

Hi Cathleen,

Great. I'm glad you still want to help. Do you want to promote the MEFAs at
any certain groups?

Marta

Hi Nautika,

Thanks for volunteering. Someone volunteered before you did but I will
certainly keep you in mind. Sometimes we have special projects that you
might find interesting/challenging - if those come up I may drop you a line
to see if you have the time.

Marta

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nau tika
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:16 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Calling Volunteers
>
> Right now would be a perfect time for me to do something like
> this, but it wont last. I've worked on websites in Frontpage
> and Homestead (respectively) and have one I'm trying to learn
> on 50megs.com. I'd love the extra experience, but my Real
> Life is pretty unpredictable.
> Sign me up as a backup, maybe?
>
> nautika
>

Hi Aranel,

Thank you for volunteering - if we can work it out I'd really appreciate
your help.

Will email you more details privately.

Marta

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of araneltook
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:52 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Calling Volunteers
>
> Hi Marta,
>
> I might be able to help out with the technical stuff on the
> site. Could you send me an e-mail with the details of what is needed?
>
> :-)
> Aranel Took
>
>

That time again already??!!

Count me in as an Author Liaison again. I enjoyed it.

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

>
> Hey guys,
>
> I was looking at my calendar this morning and it hit me how close we
> are to the beginning of March. That may seem like a no-brainer to a
> lot of people (and it is), but with an awards that last as long to

run

> as the Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards, it's not too early to start
> thinking about the 2007 MEFAs. So where are we, and what can you do

to

> help move us further along?
>
> We've made pretty good progress toward getting the 2007 awards
> started. We've finished the post mortem for the 2006 awards and
> decided on some changes that I outlined here:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/message/7802. As part of

that

> postmortem we decided on several technical changes, some of which

have

> already been made.
>
> That brings me to the first way one (or some) of you can help. The
> awards need someone to help with the website. There are some

technical

> changes that still need to be made for 2007. Also, the person (or
> people) who help with this would do general website upkeep

throughout

> the year and would help solve any technical problems members might
> have. If more than one person is interested this job could maybe be
> split up so there's less to do.
>
> If you're interested in helping with the website you'd need to be
> fairly good with computers, but it's really not as hard as you might
> think. Most of what the website involves is very learnable. I'm far
> from a technical guru and I've been told I could do this if I had

the

> time. I'm just too busy with other parts of the awards to give the
> website the attention it needs, so I'm hoping someone will step up

and

> help with this. You'd be working with me pretty closely, and it's a
> neat way to give something back to the fandom as well as develop

your

> technical skills.
>
> We'll also need all of the usual "insufficiently reluctant" folks to
> help out. The most common ways to help out are as a promoter or an
> author liaison. These people do pretty much what their titles

suggest.

> Promoters promote the awards at groups they're a member of. I'll
> occasionally send you an official announcement that I'd like made at
> your groups, and you can pass on any posts I make here that you

think

> your group might be interested in. You'd also pass along any

questions

> people have so I or someone else who works with the awards can

answer

> it. This isn't very time-intensive but it does require that you be
> available pretty much until the end of the awards.
>
> Liaisons work with the authors who have been nominated. You make

sure

> stories are eligible to compete, work with the author to get the
> necessary information and okays from them, and generally answer any
> questions. You'd need to be pretty regularly available from when
> nominations open through the week after they close. I don't have

exact

> dates yet, but nominations will last six weeks, hopefully beginning
> sometime in April.
>
> Does any of this seem like something you'd like to do? If so, email

me

> at mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com or post here. There are loads of

other

> ways you can help out, so if you just want to help I can always

find a

> special project I'd like done. Drop me a line and we'll work

something

> out.
>
> Cheers,
> Marta
>

Hi Marta,

I'll promote the Awards again this year of course, on my Recs Page and my LJ and perhaps a couple of Yahoo Groups too, if needed.

I would also like to get more involved this time around and be an author liasion.

Cheers,

Mari



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Hi Marta,

I can be a liaison and promote at Stories of Arda again.

Kathy/Inkling

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "aure_enteluva" <melayton@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I was looking at my calendar this morning and it hit me how close we
> are to the beginning of March. That may seem like a no-brainer to a
> lot of people (and it is), but with an awards that last as long to run
> as the Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards, it's not too early to start
> thinking about the 2007 MEFAs. So where are we, and what can you do to
> help move us further along?
>
> We've made pretty good progress toward getting the 2007 awards
> started. We've finished the post mortem for the 2006 awards and
> decided on some changes that I outlined here:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/message/7802. As part of that
> postmortem we decided on several technical changes, some of which have
> already been made.
>
> That brings me to the first way one (or some) of you can help. The
> awards need someone to help with the website. There are some technical
> changes that still need to be made for 2007. Also, the person (or
> people) who help with this would do general website upkeep throughout
> the year and would help solve any technical problems members might
> have. If more than one person is interested this job could maybe be
> split up so there's less to do.
>
> If you're interested in helping with the website you'd need to be
> fairly good with computers, but it's really not as hard as you might
> think. Most of what the website involves is very learnable. I'm far
> from a technical guru and I've been told I could do this if I had the
> time. I'm just too busy with other parts of the awards to give the
> website the attention it needs, so I'm hoping someone will step up and
> help with this. You'd be working with me pretty closely, and it's a
> neat way to give something back to the fandom as well as develop your
> technical skills.
>
> We'll also need all of the usual "insufficiently reluctant" folks to
> help out. The most common ways to help out are as a promoter or an
> author liaison. These people do pretty much what their titles suggest.
> Promoters promote the awards at groups they're a member of. I'll
> occasionally send you an official announcement that I'd like made at
> your groups, and you can pass on any posts I make here that you think
> your group might be interested in. You'd also pass along any questions
> people have so I or someone else who works with the awards can answer
> it. This isn't very time-intensive but it does require that you be
> available pretty much until the end of the awards.
>
> Liaisons work with the authors who have been nominated. You make sure
> stories are eligible to compete, work with the author to get the
> necessary information and okays from them, and generally answer any
> questions. You'd need to be pretty regularly available from when
> nominations open through the week after they close. I don't have exact
> dates yet, but nominations will last six weeks, hopefully beginning
> sometime in April.
>
> Does any of this seem like something you'd like to do? If so, email me
> at mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com or post here. There are loads of other
> ways you can help out, so if you just want to help I can always find a
> special project I'd like done. Drop me a line and we'll work something
> out.
>
> Cheers,
> Marta
>

In a message dated 27/02/2007 16:19:42 GMT Standard Time, melayton@gmail.com
writes:

Does any of this seem like something you'd like to do? If so, email me
at mefasupport(at meat mefasupport(<WBR>at)gmail(<WBR>dot)com or p
ways you can help out, so if you just want to help I can always find a
special project I'd like done. Drop me a line and we'll work something
out.



I'm happy to help in any capacity. Just ask.

Liza (Llinos)



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"I have lost it, Bilbo dear," said Frodo "I got rid of it, you know."
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Hi Nancy,

> That time again already??!!
>

I know! It seems too soon. And we're not quite there, but it's not too early
to be thinking about it.

> Count me in as an Author Liaison again. I enjoyed it.
>

Will do. I'll get in touch when we're actually ready to open for
nominations.

Marta

Hi Marta,

I can be a promoter again for the Aragornangst group.

Chris

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

>
> Hey guys,
>
> I was looking at my calendar this morning and it hit me how close we
> are to the beginning of March. That may seem like a no-brainer to a
> lot of people (and it is), but with an awards that last as long to run
> as the Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards, it's not too early to start
> thinking about the 2007 MEFAs. So where are we, and what can you do to
> help move us further along?
>

I'd be happy to be your promoter at TFF and at the lj workshop "There
and Back Again".

Cheers,
Juno

I can promote at HASA and HA.

Dwim

Hi Juno,

> I'd be happy to be your promoter at TFF and at the lj
> workshop "There and Back Again".
>

Excellent. I've marked you down, and you'll be hearing from me when I have
announcements that need to be made.

Marta

Hi Dwim,

> I can promote at HASA and HA.
>

Thanks, you're recorded as such. I'll email you when I need an announcement
made.

Marta

Hi Liza,

> Does any of this seem like something you'd like to do? If so,
> email me at mefasupport(at meat
> mefasupport(<WBR>at)gmail(<WBR>dot)com or p ways you can help
> out, so if you just want to help I can always find a special
> project I'd like done. Drop me a line and we'll work something out.
>
> I'm happy to help in any capacity. Just ask.
>

Thanks for being so willing to help. I appreciate it, and your patience as I
reply to this and other emails. I know I'm being a little slow about that.

I think we have the technical stuff under control - for the moment! - but we
may need more help in the future. I'll certainly keep you in mind. Also,
I've marked you down as a liaison. I'll get in touch with you a week or so
before we open up nominations with more details about that.

I'd also love to have your help as a promoter. The way that works is people
agree to make MEFA announcements at specific groups they're apart of. I'd
send you an announcement I wanted made and you'd post it. You could also
make other announcements if you think your group would benefit from them.

Is there a specific group you'd like to make announcements at?

Thanks,
Marta

Hi Mari,

Thanks for volunteering. I would love to have you announce for the awards at
your recs page and LJ because I know quite a lot of authors and readers read
there. And I'm all for announcing at the Yahoo groups, too. Can you tell me
which ones? That way I can make sure two people don't make announcements
there.

And I think you would be a very good liaison, and would love your help there
as well.

I am making a list of all the people interested in helping, and you are now
on it. I will email all the promoters when I have my first announcement, and
also I will email all the liaisons a week or so before we open nominations.

Thanks,
Marta

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of MarigoldCotton@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:55 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Calling Volunteers
>
> Hi Marta,
>
> I'll promote the Awards again this year of course, on my Recs
> Page and my LJ and perhaps a couple of Yahoo Groups too, if needed.
>
> I would also like to get more involved this time around and
> be an author liasion.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mari
>
>

---
Marta, yes I would like to promote on my own group "LOTR Community"
and I may know of some others. Is that ok?




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

>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cathleen Anderson
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:44 PM
> > To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Calling Volunteers
> >
> > Marta,
> > I would like to participate again as an author liaison and a

promoter.

> > Cathleen
> >
>
> Hi Cathleen,
>
> Great. I'm glad you still want to help. Do you want to promote the

MEFAs at

> any certain groups?
>
> Marta
>

Hi Cathleen,

> Marta, yes I would like to promote on my own group "LOTR Community"
> and I may know of some others. Is that ok?
>

Excellent, thanks. If you don't mind, let me know before you promote to
other groups (and which ones). I don't want to have two people promoting to
the same group, you know?

Thanks,
Marta

---
Marta, how soon will we start promoting, etc?
Cathleen


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

>
> Hi Cathleen,
>
> > Marta, yes I would like to promote on my own group "LOTR Community"
> > and I may know of some others. Is that ok?
> >
>
> Excellent, thanks. If you don't mind, let me know before you promote

to

> other groups (and which ones). I don't want to have two people

promoting to

> the same group, you know?
>
> Thanks,
> Marta
>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cathleen
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:43 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Calling Volunteers
>
> ---
> Marta, how soon will we start promoting, etc?
> Cathleen
>

Hi Cathleen,

The answer is (unfortunately!) "It depends". Before the awards can start we
need to make a few changes to the website. And the person helping to make
the changes is still finding her way around the site. That makes it hard to
estimate how long things will take.

But never fear: we are making progress. When we get closer to having the
website ready, I'll contact you and the other promoters about announcing the
start of the awards.

Sorry I can't give you a straightforward date! I have an idea in my head of
when I'd *like* for the 2007 awards to begin, but I'm not sure how realistic
it is since I'm not the one working on the site. So I think I'd better keep
it to myself. ;-)

Marta

I'll be willing to promote again on Councils of Elrond and
Reading4TheBlind.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large

"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends." LOTR

"Don't go where I can't follow."

I mourn for this nation.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bonnie L. Sherrell
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:16 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Re: Calling Volunteers
>
> I'll be willing to promote again on Councils of Elrond and
> Reading4TheBlind.

Thanks Bonnie! I've marked you down as a promoter and will be in touch when
we get started.

Marta

Will be looking forward to it, Marta.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large

"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends." LOTR

"Don't go where I can't follow."

I mourn for this nation.