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Hey guys,

As many of you may have noticed, reviews are now visible at our
website. Go to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2007/ and log in. Or if
you don't have a password, click on "log in as guest". Once logged in,
click the "Read Reviews" link, and you'll see all of the final reviews
that have been entered. That's 930 reviews available for your browsing
privilege, at the time I'm writing this email.

There's been some confusion on whether you can still enter reviews.
The answer is YES. Reviewing is absolutely allowed until these awards
end on DECEMBER 30. The only difference is that you'll no longer be
able to *edit* final reviews. You can enter new reviews, and edit the
draft and hidden ones. I hope everyone will continue to do that.

Annmarwalk has volunteered to post the reviews to the MEFAwards Yahoo
group. (LJ folks, she'll be giving you guys links to the Yahoo posts
where the reviews are posted, so you won't miss out.) She'll be
posting 50 or so reviews a day until we're caught up. This means that
for a while, the reviews she posts every day won't be the ones posted
on that day. In the past people have been confused by that. We stagger
posting the reviews so people don't come home to 900 reviews in their
inbox. If you want to see the most recent reviews you can find them at
the website.

Authors: While it is by no means required, sometimes authors have
wanted to email their reviewers to thank them for their comments.
You'll notice that members' emails are not visible on our webpage. If
you would like to send an email to a reviewer, please email it to
mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com, and I will forward it along to the
reviewer (along with your email address in case they choose to reply
back). Of course, if you know the reviewer's email address, feel free
to email them on your own.

Occasionally you may find a review that you think needs correcting for
some reason. Sometimes a review is accidentally entered for the wrong
story, or it does not follow the award rules (for instance, quotes are
not blocked off.) Other times, the reviewer composes reviews in a word
processor and just made a mistake coopying and pasting into the review
form. If a review seems off, email mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com to
discuss it.

I think that's it! Happy reviewing guys!

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)

For the past hour, I have been unable to access the MEFA site - is my
computer being obnoxious, or has anyone else had similar trouble? At
any rate, I certainly hope the situation is temporary.


RAKSHA


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

>
> Hey guys,
>
> As many of you may have noticed, reviews are now visible at our
> website. Go to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2007/ and log in. Or if
> you don't have a password, click on "log in as guest". Once logged

in,

> click the "Read Reviews" link, and you'll see all of the final

reviews

> that have been entered. That's 930 reviews available for your

browsing

> privilege, at the time I'm writing this email.
>
> There's been some confusion on whether you can still enter reviews.
> The answer is YES. Reviewing is absolutely allowed until these

awards

> end on DECEMBER 30. The only difference is that you'll no longer be
> able to *edit* final reviews. You can enter new reviews, and edit

the

> draft and hidden ones. I hope everyone will continue to do that.
>
> Annmarwalk has volunteered to post the reviews to the MEFAwards

Yahoo

> group. (LJ folks, she'll be giving you guys links to the Yahoo posts
> where the reviews are posted, so you won't miss out.) She'll be
> posting 50 or so reviews a day until we're caught up. This means

that

> for a while, the reviews she posts every day won't be the ones

posted

> on that day. In the past people have been confused by that. We

stagger

> posting the reviews so people don't come home to 900 reviews in

their

> inbox. If you want to see the most recent reviews you can find them

at

> the website.
>
> Authors: While it is by no means required, sometimes authors have
> wanted to email their reviewers to thank them for their comments.
> You'll notice that members' emails are not visible on our webpage.

If

> you would like to send an email to a reviewer, please email it to
> mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com, and I will forward it along to the
> reviewer (along with your email address in case they choose to reply
> back). Of course, if you know the reviewer's email address, feel

free

> to email them on your own.
>
> Occasionally you may find a review that you think needs correcting

for

> some reason. Sometimes a review is accidentally entered for the

wrong

> story, or it does not follow the award rules (for instance, quotes

are

> not blocked off.) Other times, the reviewer composes reviews in a

word

> processor and just made a mistake coopying and pasting into the

review

> form. If a review seems off, email mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com to
> discuss it.
>
> I think that's it! Happy reviewing guys!
>
> Marta
> (MEFA Admin.)>>>>
>

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "PGF" <PGail99@...> wrote:

>
> For the past hour, I have been unable to access the MEFA site - is my
> computer being obnoxious, or has anyone else had similar trouble? At
> any rate, I certainly hope the situation is temporary.
>
>
> RAKSHA

I;ve been trying to get into MEFA as well with no luck. Usually when I
can't access a website it means that the Chinese gov't has blocked it.
But I can't imagine why they would block this site. There's nothing in
it that is detrimental to the Chinese gov't. Not like Wikipedia. I hope
this is just a temporary glitch.


Fiondil

Hi Marta!

I just want to say how excited I am to finally be able to read reviews, not
only for my own story but also for my friends'. It is thrilling!

That's what makes the MEFAs so extraordinary -- and so inspiring.

To all the volunteers who make the MEFAs possible each year: thank you! ;-)

- Barbara, whose contented muse is raising a glass of fine Dorwinion to the
MEFA volunteers

On 9/30/07, aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> As many of you may have noticed, reviews are now visible at our
> website. Go to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2007/ and log in. Or if
> you don't have a password, click on "log in as guest". Once logged in,
> click the "Read Reviews" link, and you'll see all of the final reviews
> that have been entered. That's 930 reviews available for your browsing
> privilege, at the time I'm writing this email.
>
> There's been some confusion on whether you can still enter reviews.
> The answer is YES. Reviewing is absolutely allowed until these awards
> end on DECEMBER 30. The only difference is that you'll no longer be
> able to *edit* final reviews. You can enter new reviews, and edit the
> draft and hidden ones. I hope everyone will continue to do that.
>
> Annmarwalk has volunteered to post the reviews to the MEFAwards Yahoo
> group. (LJ folks, she'll be giving you guys links to the Yahoo posts
> where the reviews are posted, so you won't miss out.) She'll be
> posting 50 or so reviews a day until we're caught up. This means that
> for a while, the reviews she posts every day won't be the ones posted
> on that day. In the past people have been confused by that. We stagger
> posting the reviews so people don't come home to 900 reviews in their
> inbox. If you want to see the most recent reviews you can find them at
> the website.
>
> Authors: While it is by no means required, sometimes authors have
> wanted to email their reviewers to thank them for their comments.
> You'll notice that members' emails are not visible on our webpage. If
> you would like to send an email to a reviewer, please email it to
> mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com, and I will forward it along to the
> reviewer (along with your email address in case they choose to reply
> back). Of course, if you know the reviewer's email address, feel free
> to email them on your own.
>
> Occasionally you may find a review that you think needs correcting for
> some reason. Sometimes a review is accidentally entered for the wrong
> story, or it does not follow the award rules (for instance, quotes are
> not blocked off.) Other times, the reviewer composes reviews in a word
> processor and just made a mistake coopying and pasting into the review
> form. If a review seems off, email mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com to
> discuss it.
>
> I think that's it! Happy reviewing guys!
>
> Marta
> (MEFA Admin.)
>
>
>


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Well, something happened while I was out shopping. Now I can get in. Thanks
to whichever Maia has duties over the internet.

So now I better go and see which of the reviews I've done so far are ready
to be posted. *grin*

Fiondil

On 10/1/07, Elena Tiriel <ElenaTiriel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marta!
>
> I just want to say how excited I am to finally be able to read reviews,
> not
> only for my own story but also for my friends'. It is thrilling!
>
> That's what makes the MEFAs so extraordinary -- and so inspiring.
>
> To all the volunteers who make the MEFAs possible each year: thank you!
> ;-)
>
> - Barbara, whose contented muse is raising a glass of fine Dorwinion to
> the
> MEFA volunteers
>
> On 9/30/07, aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com <melayton%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > As many of you may have noticed, reviews are now visible at our
> > website. Go to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2007/ and log in. Or if
> > you don't have a password, click on "log in as guest". Once logged in,
> > click the "Read Reviews" link, and you'll see all of the final reviews
> > that have been entered. That's 930 reviews available for your browsing
> > privilege, at the time I'm writing this email.
> >
> > There's been some confusion on whether you can still enter reviews.
> > The answer is YES. Reviewing is absolutely allowed until these awards
> > end on DECEMBER 30. The only difference is that you'll no longer be
> > able to *edit* final reviews. You can enter new reviews, and edit the
> > draft and hidden ones. I hope everyone will continue to do that.
> >
> > Annmarwalk has volunteered to post the reviews to the MEFAwards Yahoo
> > group. (LJ folks, she'll be giving you guys links to the Yahoo posts
> > where the reviews are posted, so you won't miss out.) She'll be
> > posting 50 or so reviews a day until we're caught up. This means that
> > for a while, the reviews she posts every day won't be the ones posted
> > on that day. In the past people have been confused by that. We stagger
> > posting the reviews so people don't come home to 900 reviews in their
> > inbox. If you want to see the most recent reviews you can find them at
> > the website.
> >
> > Authors: While it is by no means required, sometimes authors have
> > wanted to email their reviewers to thank them for their comments.
> > You'll notice that members' emails are not visible on our webpage. If
> > you would like to send an email to a reviewer, please email it to
> > mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com, and I will forward it along to the
> > reviewer (along with your email address in case they choose to reply
> > back). Of course, if you know the reviewer's email address, feel free
> > to email them on your own.
> >
> > Occasionally you may find a review that you think needs correcting for
> > some reason. Sometimes a review is accidentally entered for the wrong
> > story, or it does not follow the award rules (for instance, quotes are
> > not blocked off.) Other times, the reviewer composes reviews in a word
> > processor and just made a mistake coopying and pasting into the review
> > form. If a review seems off, email mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com to
> > discuss it.
> >
> > I think that's it! Happy reviewing guys!
> >
> > Marta
> > (MEFA Admin.)
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



--
Auta i lýmý! Utýlie'n aurý! ý Battle Cry of the Noldor at the Dagor
Nirnaeth Arnediad

Aurý entuluva! ý Battle Cry of Hýrin at the Dagor Nirnath Arnediad

Utýlie'n Estel ý Hope hath come


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

PGF wrote:

>
>
> For the past hour, I have been unable to access the MEFA site - is my
> computer being obnoxious, or has anyone else had similar trouble? At
> any rate, I certainly hope the situation is temporary.
>
> RAKSHA
>

Hi Raksha,

I'm not sure what happened. I've been able to access the MEFA site when
I've needed to all this afternoon and evening. Are you still having
problems?

Marta

Hi Barbara,

You're most welcome. I'm glad you enjoy the reviews. It's far from a
single effort, as many volunteers and reviews work hard on all of this.
*cheers for all the MEFA peoples*

Marta

Elena Tiriel wrote:

>
>
> Hi Marta!
>
> I just want to say how excited I am to finally be able to read reviews, not
> only for my own story but also for my friends'. It is thrilling!
>
> That's what makes the MEFAs so extraordinary -- and so inspiring.
>
> To all the volunteers who make the MEFAs possible each year: thank you! ;-)
>
> - Barbara, whose contented muse is raising a glass of fine Dorwinion to the
> MEFA volunteers
>

The problem persisted for altogether about 90 minutes I think; so I'd
thought it a temporary glitch. But alas, I have the same problem
again right now - I can reach this site, and even the page with links
to MEFA 2007 and 2006, but when I click on the link to 2007, I'm
redirected to AOL's search page, where it says "Error Gateway
Timeout", just like last night.

I have no difficulty going to any other website; so I think the
problem is at MEFA. Hopefully, I'll eventually be able to access the
site again, but in the meantime, it's inconvenient.


RAKSHA






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

>
> PGF wrote:
> >
> >
> > For the past hour, I have been unable to access the MEFA site -

is my

> > computer being obnoxious, or has anyone else had similar trouble?

At

> > any rate, I certainly hope the situation is temporary.
> >
> > RAKSHA
> >
>
> Hi Raksha,
>
> I'm not sure what happened. I've been able to access the MEFA site

when

> I've needed to all this afternoon and evening. Are you still having
> problems?
>
> Marta>>>>
>

Hi Raksha,

The hosting company appears to be having some trouble, so it's out of our control.

Sorry for the inconvenience,

Aranel

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "PGF" <PGail99@...> wrote:
>
> The problem persisted for altogether about 90 minutes I think; so I'd
> thought it a temporary glitch. But alas, I have the same problem
> again right now - I can reach this site, and even the page with links
> to MEFA 2007 and 2006, but when I click on the link to 2007, I'm
> redirected to AOL's search page, where it says "Error Gateway
> Timeout", just like last night.
>
> I have no difficulty going to any other website; so I think the
> problem is at MEFA. Hopefully, I'll eventually be able to access the
> site again, but in the meantime, it's inconvenient.
>
>
> RAKSHA
>