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Hey gang,

I'm working with Tanaqui and Aranel Took to get ready for the 2008
MEFAs. We had hope to be ready to start on May 1, which is fast
approaching. If everything's ready by then nominations will run May
1-June 15, and the awards will proceed from there. (We may have to
push the start date back to May 15 if the website isn't quite ready -
if so I will make another announcement.)

--- PASSWORDS ---

In the meantime, I want to make sure everyone will be able to log in.
Can everyone try to log in to

http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2007/

If you can log in here, you should be able to log in to the 2008
website as well. So go ahead and try to log in to the above address,
to make sure you remember your password and everything. I sent one
member her password earlier this week, so you'll be in good company if
you can't log in.

If you *do* have troubles, either now or once the 2008 awards start,
please email mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.

Remember, to nominate stories you need to be a member of the MEFAwards
Yahoo group. If you're not a member and would like to nominate
stories, please go ahead and join now so that we can get you set up now.



--- VOLUNTEERS ---

If you want to get involved, you can become a nominator. Or let your
story participate. Or (perhaps most importantly!) review some stories.
These are the three most common types of participants. It's not
glamorous work, but it is crucial - we wouldn't have a MEFAs without you.

We do need some more specialized volunteers, though. If you're
interested in doing any of these things, please email
mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.



1. PROMOTER. If you're a member of a group, you can make MEFA
announcements there, and either answer peoples' questions or pass them
along to me for an official answer. I will send out announcements to
promoters, which you can personalize if you like or just forward them on.

*** Time Commitment: You'd need to be available fairly regularly from
now until the end of the awards (either the end of October or November
15, depending on when we start). But it's not a major problem if
you're unavailable for one or two announcements, so if you go away on
vacation for a few weeks that's generally okay. Making the
announcements doesn't take much time - you just have to send an email
or make a forum post, at most once every week or two. (Usually not
even that often.)

*** MEFA Experience Needed: None needed. It's good if you know a
little about the awards, in case people ask questions at your group,
but you can always pass those questions along to me and I'll write up
an answer that you can give to your group.



2. BANNER CREATORS. It's just what it sounds like - you would create
banners for nominated authors, reviewers who reach their reviewing
goal, and for authors whose stories win a prize. You can do as much or
as little as you'd like, and create on whatever topics you like.
Fiondil (who is managing banners this year) may approach you to create
a certain type of banner if it looks like we don't have enough of a
certain type. However, you can always say no.

*** Time Commitment: As much as you'd like. This really depends on how
many banners you'd like to create.

*** MEFA Experience Needed: None. If you can follow basic instructions
(as in: include these phrases, make the banner around this size), you
don't need to know anything else about the awards.



3. LIAISON. Author liaisons work with authors to get stories ready to
compete. You will email authors when they are first nominated, answer
any questions they have, and look over their story forms when they're
completed.

*** Time Commitment: Liaisons need to be available pretty consistently
from May 1-June 21 (or May 15-July 7, if we start later). How much
work depends a lot on how many authors are nominated, how much help
they need, and how many liaisons volunteer. The good news is that if
you find yourself short on time, we can often stop giving you new
authors - but it is pretty critical that you be able to check email
every few days during this period.

It's particularly important that you be around the last week, (June
16-June 21, or July 1-7 if we start later) because that's when your
authors will be under the most time pressure to finish their nominations.

*** MEFA Experience Necessary: It's good if you've participated at
least once, as an author or an author liaison, so you have a general
feel for the process. But if you can follow instructions and are
willing to ask questions when you don't understand, that's not really
*necessary* - just might make things easier.



4. WELCOME MANGER. This is a new volunteer position. Your job would be
to email every new participant within a few days of their joining the
website, welcoming them and offering to answer any questions they
might have. If you don't know the answers I can help (as can other
volunteers). The point is that you'd be a first point of contact for
new members.

*** Time Commitment: The WM needs to be pretty much available
throughout the awards. If you know you'll be away for a few weeks
another volunteer could step in short-term, though.

This is a new position, but I don't imagine it would require much time
once the awards get started. Things may be more busy at the beginning
of nominations, when most members will be joining for the first time.

*** MEFA Experience Necessary: It would be good if the Welcome Manager
has some experience with the MEFAs so he or she can affectively answer
questions. However, it's more important that you're friendly and
patient. If you're asked a question you don't know the answer to, you
can ask the other volunteers. (In fact, I recommend that you do that.)



5. RATINGS PANEL. Sometimes authors will be unsure what rating to give
their story. The ratings panel is a group of three volunteers who will
read scenes or chapters and give their opinion on how the story
containing that scene or chapter should be rated. I would then tell
the author that the story should be rated whatever the majority of the
panel chose.

Not every story nominated goes through the rating panel. An author can
request the RP's recommendation, and this happened maybe a half-dozen
times last year.

*** Time Commitment: You would need to be available fairly regularly
during nominations, especially toward the end of nomination season
(June 7-21, or June 21-July 7 if we start later). In theory you might
also be called upon to review a story later, if a member questions
whether the rating of a story is appropriate, though this has never
happened. How much time would be required depends on how quickly you
read, but the scenes you'd have to read shouldn't be that long.

*** MEFA Experience Necessary: The Ratings Panel members should have
some experience reading MEFA stories, so they have a feel for what
types of stories are usually given what kind of ratings. You also
should be able to follow the guidelines given in the Ratings Guide (in
the FAQ section of the website).





That's it! Let me know if you'd like to help out in any of these
capacities.

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)

Hi Marta,

Could not get the other address to work.

Would love to be involved. I have a group, Elrond Lord of Imladris at Yahoo so I guess I would be a promoter there. Also could do something else like reviewer, or liaison if needed. No experience with MEFA but was nominated in another award program and worked on some other award type programs for my organization before I retired..
Beverly


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

I'm working with Tanaqui and Aranel Took to get ready for the 2008
MEFAs. We had hope to be ready to start on May 1, which is fast
approaching. If everything's ready by then nominations will run May
1-June 15, and the awards will proceed from there. (We may have to
push the start date back to May 15 if the website isn't quite ready -
if so I will make another announcement.)

--- PASSWORDS ---

In the meantime, I want to make sure everyone will be able to log in.
Can everyone try to log in to

http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2007/

If you can log in here, you should be able to log in to the 2008
website as well. So go ahead and try to log in to the above address,
to make sure you remember your password and everything. I sent one
member her password earlier this week, so you'll be in good company if
you can't log in.

If you *do* have troubles, either now or once the 2008 awards start,
please email mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.

Remember, to nominate stories you need to be a member of the MEFAwards
Yahoo group. If you're not a member and would like to nominate
stories, please go ahead and join now so that we can get you set up now.



--- VOLUNTEERS ---

If you want to get involved, you can become a nominator. Or let your
story participate. Or (perhaps most importantly!) review some stories.
These are the three most common types of participants. It's not
glamorous work, but it is crucial - we wouldn't have a MEFAs without you.

We do need some more specialized volunteers, though. If you're
interested in doing any of these things, please email
mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.



1. PROMOTER. If you're a member of a group, you can make MEFA
announcements there, and either answer peoples' questions or pass them
along to me for an official answer. I will send out announcements to
promoters, which you can personalize if you like or just forward them on.

*** Time Commitment: You'd need to be available fairly regularly from
now until the end of the awards (either the end of October or November
15, depending on when we start). But it's not a major problem if
you're unavailable for one or two announcements, so if you go away on
vacation for a few weeks that's generally okay. Making the
announcements doesn't take much time - you just have to send an email
or make a forum post, at most once every week or two. (Usually not
even that often.)

*** MEFA Experience Needed: None needed. It's good if you know a
little about the awards, in case people ask questions at your group,
but you can always pass those questions along to me and I'll write up
an answer that you can give to your group.



2. BANNER CREATORS. It's just what it sounds like - you would create
banners for nominated authors, reviewers who reach their reviewing
goal, and for authors whose stories win a prize. You can do as much or
as little as you'd like, and create on whatever topics you like.
Fiondil (who is managing banners this year) may approach you to create
a certain type of banner if it looks like we don't have enough of a
certain type. However, you can always say no.

*** Time Commitment: As much as you'd like. This really depends on how
many banners you'd like to create.

*** MEFA Experience Needed: None. If you can follow basic instructions
(as in: include these phrases, make the banner around this size), you
don't need to know anything else about the awards.



3. LIAISON. Author liaisons work with authors to get stories ready to
compete. You will email authors when they are first nominated, answer
any questions they have, and look over their story forms when they're
completed.

*** Time Commitment: Liaisons need to be available pretty consistently
from May 1-June 21 (or May 15-July 7, if we start later). How much
work depends a lot on how many authors are nominated, how much help
they need, and how many liaisons volunteer. The good news is that if
you find yourself short on time, we can often stop giving you new
authors - but it is pretty critical that you be able to check email
every few days during this period.

It's particularly important that you be around the last week, (June
16-June 21, or July 1-7 if we start later) because that's when your
authors will be under the most time pressure to finish their nominations.

*** MEFA Experience Necessary: It's good if you've participated at
least once, as an author or an author liaison, so you have a general
feel for the process. But if you can follow instructions and are
willing to ask questions when you don't understand, that's not really
*necessary* - just might make things easier.



4. WELCOME MANGER. This is a new volunteer position. Your job would be
to email every new participant within a few days of their joining the
website, welcoming them and offering to answer any questions they
might have. If you don't know the answers I can help (as can other
volunteers). The point is that you'd be a first point of contact for
new members.

*** Time Commitment: The WM needs to be pretty much available
throughout the awards. If you know you'll be away for a few weeks
another volunteer could step in short-term, though.

This is a new position, but I don't imagine it would require much time
once the awards get started. Things may be more busy at the beginning
of nominations, when most members will be joining for the first time.

*** MEFA Experience Necessary: It would be good if the Welcome Manager
has some experience with the MEFAs so he or she can affectively answer
questions. However, it's more important that you're friendly and
patient. If you're asked a question you don't know the answer to, you
can ask the other volunteers. (In fact, I recommend that you do that.)



5. RATINGS PANEL. Sometimes authors will be unsure what rating to give
their story. The ratings panel is a group of three volunteers who will
read scenes or chapters and give their opinion on how the story
containing that scene or chapter should be rated. I would then tell
the author that the story should be rated whatever the majority of the
panel chose.

Not every story nominated goes through the rating panel. An author can
request the RP's recommendation, and this happened maybe a half-dozen
times last year.

*** Time Commitment: You would need to be available fairly regularly
during nominations, especially toward the end of nomination season
(June 7-21, or June 21-July 7 if we start later). In theory you might
also be called upon to review a story later, if a member questions
whether the rating of a story is appropriate, though this has never
happened. How much time would be required depends on how quickly you
read, but the scenes you'd have to read shouldn't be that long.

*** MEFA Experience Necessary: The Ratings Panel members should have
some experience reading MEFA stories, so they have a feel for what
types of stories are usually given what kind of ratings. You also
should be able to follow the guidelines given in the Ratings Guide (in
the FAQ section of the website).





That's it! Let me know if you'd like to help out in any of these
capacities.

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)


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Hey Marta, count me in once again as an author liaison and a
promoter! My log-in works fine, I just double checked it. Looking
forward to it, this will be my third time!
Cathleen



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

>
> Hey gang,
>
> I'm working with Tanaqui and Aranel Took to get ready for the 2008
> MEFAs. We had hope to be ready to start on May 1, which is fast
> approaching. If everything's ready by then nominations will run May
> 1-June 15, and the awards will proceed from there. (We may have to
> push the start date back to May 15 if the website isn't quite

ready -

> if so I will make another announcement.)
>
> --- PASSWORDS ---
>
> In the meantime, I want to make sure everyone will be able to log

in.

> Can everyone try to log in to
>
> http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2007/
>
> If you can log in here, you should be able to log in to the 2008
> website as well. So go ahead and try to log in to the above address,
> to make sure you remember your password and everything. I sent one
> member her password earlier this week, so you'll be in good company

if

> you can't log in.
>
> If you *do* have troubles, either now or once the 2008 awards start,
> please email mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.
>
> Remember, to nominate stories you need to be a member of the

MEFAwards

> Yahoo group. If you're not a member and would like to nominate
> stories, please go ahead and join now so that we can get you set up

now.

>
>
>
> --- VOLUNTEERS ---
>
> If you want to get involved, you can become a nominator. Or let your
> story participate. Or (perhaps most importantly!) review some

stories.

> These are the three most common types of participants. It's not
> glamorous work, but it is crucial - we wouldn't have a MEFAs

without you.

>
> We do need some more specialized volunteers, though. If you're
> interested in doing any of these things, please email
> mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.
>
>
>
> 1. PROMOTER. If you're a member of a group, you can make MEFA
> announcements there, and either answer peoples' questions or pass

them

> along to me for an official answer. I will send out announcements to
> promoters, which you can personalize if you like or just forward

them on.

>
> *** Time Commitment: You'd need to be available fairly regularly

from

> now until the end of the awards (either the end of October or

November

> 15, depending on when we start). But it's not a major problem if
> you're unavailable for one or two announcements, so if you go away

on

> vacation for a few weeks that's generally okay. Making the
> announcements doesn't take much time - you just have to send an

email

> or make a forum post, at most once every week or two. (Usually not
> even that often.)
>
> *** MEFA Experience Needed: None needed. It's good if you know a
> little about the awards, in case people ask questions at your group,
> but you can always pass those questions along to me and I'll write

up

> an answer that you can give to your group.
>
>
>
> 2. BANNER CREATORS. It's just what it sounds like - you would create
> banners for nominated authors, reviewers who reach their reviewing
> goal, and for authors whose stories win a prize. You can do as much

or

> as little as you'd like, and create on whatever topics you like.
> Fiondil (who is managing banners this year) may approach you to

create

> a certain type of banner if it looks like we don't have enough of a
> certain type. However, you can always say no.
>
> *** Time Commitment: As much as you'd like. This really depends on

how

> many banners you'd like to create.
>
> *** MEFA Experience Needed: None. If you can follow basic

instructions

> (as in: include these phrases, make the banner around this size),

you

> don't need to know anything else about the awards.
>
>
>
> 3. LIAISON. Author liaisons work with authors to get stories ready

to

> compete. You will email authors when they are first nominated,

answer

> any questions they have, and look over their story forms when

they're

> completed.
>
> *** Time Commitment: Liaisons need to be available pretty

consistently

> from May 1-June 21 (or May 15-July 7, if we start later). How much
> work depends a lot on how many authors are nominated, how much help
> they need, and how many liaisons volunteer. The good news is that if
> you find yourself short on time, we can often stop giving you new
> authors - but it is pretty critical that you be able to check email
> every few days during this period.
>
> It's particularly important that you be around the last week, (June
> 16-June 21, or July 1-7 if we start later) because that's when your
> authors will be under the most time pressure to finish their

nominations.

>
> *** MEFA Experience Necessary: It's good if you've participated at
> least once, as an author or an author liaison, so you have a general
> feel for the process. But if you can follow instructions and are
> willing to ask questions when you don't understand, that's not

really

> *necessary* - just might make things easier.
>
>
>
> 4. WELCOME MANGER. This is a new volunteer position. Your job would

be

> to email every new participant within a few days of their joining

the

> website, welcoming them and offering to answer any questions they
> might have. If you don't know the answers I can help (as can other
> volunteers). The point is that you'd be a first point of contact for
> new members.
>
> *** Time Commitment: The WM needs to be pretty much available
> throughout the awards. If you know you'll be away for a few weeks
> another volunteer could step in short-term, though.
>
> This is a new position, but I don't imagine it would require much

time

> once the awards get started. Things may be more busy at the

beginning

> of nominations, when most members will be joining for the first

time.

>
> *** MEFA Experience Necessary: It would be good if the Welcome

Manager

> has some experience with the MEFAs so he or she can affectively

answer

> questions. However, it's more important that you're friendly and
> patient. If you're asked a question you don't know the answer to,

you

> can ask the other volunteers. (In fact, I recommend that you do

that.)

>
>
>
> 5. RATINGS PANEL. Sometimes authors will be unsure what rating to

give

> their story. The ratings panel is a group of three volunteers who

will

> read scenes or chapters and give their opinion on how the story
> containing that scene or chapter should be rated. I would then tell
> the author that the story should be rated whatever the majority of

the

> panel chose.
>
> Not every story nominated goes through the rating panel. An author

can

> request the RP's recommendation, and this happened maybe a half-

dozen

> times last year.
>
> *** Time Commitment: You would need to be available fairly regularly
> during nominations, especially toward the end of nomination season
> (June 7-21, or June 21-July 7 if we start later). In theory you

might

> also be called upon to review a story later, if a member questions
> whether the rating of a story is appropriate, though this has never
> happened. How much time would be required depends on how quickly you
> read, but the scenes you'd have to read shouldn't be that long.
>
> *** MEFA Experience Necessary: The Ratings Panel members should have
> some experience reading MEFA stories, so they have a feel for what
> types of stories are usually given what kind of ratings. You also
> should be able to follow the guidelines given in the Ratings Guide

(in

> the FAQ section of the website).
>
>
>
>
>
> That's it! Let me know if you'd like to help out in any of these
> capacities.
>
> Marta
> (MEFA Admin.)
>

.


Hey Marta, I'd be happy to serve on the ratings panel again if you still
need people for that.

I guess I'm going to have to pass on being a liasion. I miss it already :(
I've always enjoyed that part a lot, but I have several pressing RL issues
right now and I have to be honest with myself about how much I can take on.

As always, if there are any little odd jobs that come up from time to time,
keep me in mind and I'll do it if I can.

Sulriel

On 4/21/08, aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey gang,
>
> I'm working with Tanaqui and Aranel Took to get ready for the 2008
> MEFAs. We had hope to be ready to start on May 1, which is fast
> approaching. If everything's ready by then nominations will run May
> 1-June 15, and the awards will proceed from there. (We may have to
> push the start date back to May 15 if the website isn't quite ready -
> if so I will make another announcement.)
>
> .
>
>
>





Sue L
www.WritingHorses.com

~ Horses for your Heroes
www.FantasyHorseStable.com


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Hi Marta,

Just letting you know that I was able to get into MEFA (once I remembered my
password) *grin*

Thanks for forwarding Baranduin's message. I hope we can get others on board
with Banners as soon as possible so we can get a nice selection going for
all the winners. If anyone reading this wants to help out they can contact
me directly at:

namondil@gmail.com

Thanks.

Fiondil
--
"What part of 'You're dead' don't you understand?" -- Nýmo to an
Unidentified Elven Fýa giving the Lord of Mandos grief

****
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


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Hiya Beverly,

I'd love your help as a promoter. Can you give me the web address of
your group, for my records?

What will happen is when I have an announcement I will send an email to
everyone who has agreed to be a promoter. You can post at your group
exactly what I send you, or rewrite it in your own words if you prefer.
And if I ever send you too many announcements too soon together, you're
welcome to only post what you think would be helpful to your group.

For being a liaison, I'd be glad to have your help with that, too. When
we get closer to starting, I'll send an email to everyone who's
expressed an interest, with instructions for how that works.

As for being a reviewer, anyone who's a member of this group can do
that. (As can any author who has a story nominated.) Once the awards get
started, you'll be able to see the nominated stories on our webpage, and
beside the listing for each story there will be a link to enter a vote.
You vote by entering a review for the story; the longer the review the
more points it gives the story, up to ten points for 1,000 characters.

The FAQs for the 2008 website will be up soon (they're written, they
just need to be coded for the new site), but if you'd like to you can
read the 2007 FAQs to get a feel for the site. (They'll be really
similar to the 2008 ones, especially when it comes to voting.)

Btw, I'm sending you your password by private email as soon as I finish
this.

Marta

Beverly Pagani wrote:

>
>
> Hi Marta,
>
> Could not get the other address to work.
>
> Would love to be involved. I have a group, Elrond Lord of Imladris at
> Yahoo so I guess I would be a promoter there. Also could do something
> else like reviewer, or liaison if needed. No experience with MEFA but
> was nominated in another award program and worked on some other award
> type programs for my organization before I retired..
> Beverly
>

Hi Sulriel,

I'm sorry to hear you won't be a liaison, but I understand completely. I
hope things will be more sane next year, and of course you'd be welcome
again then.

I'll put you down for the ratings panel, and if I have odd jobs come up,
I'll come to you.

Marta

Súlriel of Menegroth wrote:

>
>
> .
>
> Hey Marta, I'd be happy to serve on the ratings panel again if you still
> need people for that.
>
> I guess I'm going to have to pass on being a liasion. I miss it already :(
> I've always enjoyed that part a lot, but I have several pressing RL issues
> right now and I have to be honest with myself about how much I can take on.
>
> As always, if there are any little odd jobs that come up from time to time,
> keep me in mind and I'll do it if I can.
>
> Sulriel
>

Marta,
The address is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elrond-LordOfImladris.
I am looking forward to the awards process and any assistance I can provide.
Beverly

"melayton@gmail.com" <melayton@gmail.com> wrote: Hiya Beverly,

I'd love your help as a promoter. Can you give me the web address of
your group, for my records?

What will happen is when I have an announcement I will send an email to
everyone who has agreed to be a promoter. You can post at your group
exactly what I send you, or rewrite it in your own words if you prefer.
And if I ever send you too many announcements too soon together, you're
welcome to only post what you think would be helpful to your group.

For being a liaison, I'd be glad to have your help with that, too. When
we get closer to starting, I'll send an email to everyone who's
expressed an interest, with instructions for how that works.

As for being a reviewer, anyone who's a member of this group can do
that. (As can any author who has a story nominated.) Once the awards get
started, you'll be able to see the nominated stories on our webpage, and
beside the listing for each story there will be a link to enter a vote.
You vote by entering a review for the story; the longer the review the
more points it gives the story, up to ten points for 1,000 characters.

The FAQs for the 2008 website will be up soon (they're written, they
just need to be coded for the new site), but if you'd like to you can
read the 2007 FAQs to get a feel for the site. (They'll be really
similar to the 2008 ones, especially when it comes to voting.)

Btw, I'm sending you your password by private email as soon as I finish
this.

Marta

Beverly Pagani wrote:

>
>
> Hi Marta,
>
> Could not get the other address to work.
>
> Would love to be involved. I have a group, Elrond Lord of Imladris at
> Yahoo so I guess I would be a promoter there. Also could do something
> else like reviewer, or liaison if needed. No experience with MEFA but
> was nominated in another award program and worked on some other award
> type programs for my organization before I retired..
> Beverly
>

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Elrond, Lord of Imladris
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elrond-LordOfImladris/

Stories Archived as Brindlemom2 at
http://www.scribeoz.com/

Also Archived as Gilnaur at
http://lotr.adultfanfiction.net/main.php?list=6

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Hiya Arthur,

Excellent, thanks for letting me know you can log in.

I hope that people will create banners. I may make a few more myself,
though I prefer to spend my time doing stuff I find more interesting.
But banners are important! By all means, if you're artistic, get
involved with that.

Marta

Arthur Boccaccio wrote:

> Hi Marta,
>
> Just letting you know that I was able to get into MEFA (once I remembered my
> password) *grin*
>
> Thanks for forwarding Baranduin's message. I hope we can get others on board
> with Banners as soon as possible so we can get a nice selection going for
> all the winners. If anyone reading this wants to help out they can contact
> me directly at:
>
> namondil@gmail.com
>
> Thanks.
>
> Fiondil

Hiya Beverly,

> The address is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elrond-LordOfImladris.
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elrond-LordOfImladris.>
> I am looking forward to the awards process and any assistance I can provide.
> Beverly
>

Thanks for the web address - I've made a note of it. I'm looking forward
to the awards, too.

Marta

Hi Cathleen,

Excellent! I'm glad to have you on board again as a liaison.

Marta

Cathleen wrote:

>
>
> Hey Marta, count me in once again as an author liaison and a
> promoter! My log-in works fine, I just double checked it. Looking
> forward to it, this will be my third time!
> Cathleen
>

Thanks!!

Sulriel

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 6:16 PM, melayton@gmail.com <melayton@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Sulriel,
>
> I'm sorry to hear you won't be a liaison, but I understand completely. I
> hope things will be more sane next year, and of course you'd be welcome
> again then.
>
> I'll put you down for the ratings panel, and if I have odd jobs come up,
> I'll come to you.
>
> Marta
>
> Súlriel of Menegroth wrote:
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> > Hey Marta, I'd be happy to serve on the ratings panel again if you still
> > need people for that.
> >
> > I guess I'm going to have to pass on being a liasion. I miss it already
> :(
> > I've always enjoyed that part a lot, but I have several pressing RL
> issues
> > right now and I have to be honest with myself about how much I can take
> on.
> >
> > As always, if there are any little odd jobs that come up from time to
> time,
> > keep me in mind and I'll do it if I can.
> >
> > Sulriel
> >
> .
>
>
>

--


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I'll be glad to be a promoter again. I have a number of websites I
promote on.
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.

Marta, I have a lot more time during the day (M-F) as there's a lot of
downtime in my job. I might be able then to be a Welcome Manager. My
weekend job does not have internet access so I'll be out there. I don't
often get online in the evenings. I'm just rather beat by then. Got all
this adoption stuff keeping me busy.

But if you think you can use me, I'll be glad to get involved again on
whatever level I can.


--Ainaechoiriel

http://gabrielle.sytes.net/lotr

http://robandgabrielleadopt.no-ip.org
<http://robandgabrielleadopt.no-ip.org/>

http://www.livetotalwellness.com/gllp

http://www.mypowermall.com/Biz/Home/123119




_____

From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of aure_enteluva
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 3:05 PM
To: mefawards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MEFAwards] MEFA Login + Call for Volunteers



Hey gang,

I'm working with Tanaqui and Aranel Took to get ready for the 2008
MEFAs. We had hope to be ready to start on May 1, which is fast
approaching. If everything's ready by then nominations will run May
1-June 15, and the awards will proceed from there. (We may have to
push the start date back to May 15 if the website isn't quite ready -
if so I will make another announcement.)

--- PASSWORDS ---

In the meantime, I want to make sure everyone will be able to log in.
Can everyone try to log in to

http://www.mefaward <http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2007/> s.net/MEFA2007/

If you can log in here, you should be able to log in to the 2008
website as well. So go ahead and try to log in to the above address,
to make sure you remember your password and everything. I sent one
member her password earlier this week, so you'll be in good company if
you can't log in.

If you *do* have troubles, either now or once the 2008 awards start,
please email mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.

Remember, to nominate stories you need to be a member of the MEFAwards
Yahoo group. If you're not a member and would like to nominate
stories, please go ahead and join now so that we can get you set up now.

--- VOLUNTEERS ---

If you want to get involved, you can become a nominator. Or let your
story participate. Or (perhaps most importantly!) review some stories.
These are the three most common types of participants. It's not
glamorous work, but it is crucial - we wouldn't have a MEFAs without you.

We do need some more specialized volunteers, though. If you're
interested in doing any of these things, please email
mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.

1. PROMOTER. If you're a member of a group, you can make MEFA
announcements there, and either answer peoples' questions or pass them
along to me for an official answer. I will send out announcements to
promoters, which you can personalize if you like or just forward them on.

*** Time Commitment: You'd need to be available fairly regularly from
now until the end of the awards (either the end of October or November
15, depending on when we start). But it's not a major problem if
you're unavailable for one or two announcements, so if you go away on
vacation for a few weeks that's generally okay. Making the
announcements doesn't take much time - you just have to send an email
or make a forum post, at most once every week or two. (Usually not
even that often.)

*** MEFA Experience Needed: None needed. It's good if you know a
little about the awards, in case people ask questions at your group,
but you can always pass those questions along to me and I'll write up
an answer that you can give to your group.

2. BANNER CREATORS. It's just what it sounds like - you would create
banners for nominated authors, reviewers who reach their reviewing
goal, and for authors whose stories win a prize. You can do as much or
as little as you'd like, and create on whatever topics you like.
Fiondil (who is managing banners this year) may approach you to create
a certain type of banner if it looks like we don't have enough of a
certain type. However, you can always say no.

*** Time Commitment: As much as you'd like. This really depends on how
many banners you'd like to create.

*** MEFA Experience Needed: None. If you can follow basic instructions
(as in: include these phrases, make the banner around this size), you
don't need to know anything else about the awards.

3. LIAISON. Author liaisons work with authors to get stories ready to
compete. You will email authors when they are first nominated, answer
any questions they have, and look over their story forms when they're
completed.

*** Time Commitment: Liaisons need to be available pretty consistently
from May 1-June 21 (or May 15-July 7, if we start later). How much
work depends a lot on how many authors are nominated, how much help
they need, and how many liaisons volunteer. The good news is that if
you find yourself short on time, we can often stop giving you new
authors - but it is pretty critical that you be able to check email
every few days during this period.

It's particularly important that you be around the last week, (June
16-June 21, or July 1-7 if we start later) because that's when your
authors will be under the most time pressure to finish their nominations.

*** MEFA Experience Necessary: It's good if you've participated at
least once, as an author or an author liaison, so you have a general
feel for the process. But if you can follow instructions and are
willing to ask questions when you don't understand, that's not really
*necessary* - just might make things easier.

4. WELCOME MANGER. This is a new volunteer position. Your job would be
to email every new participant within a few days of their joining the
website, welcoming them and offering to answer any questions they
might have. If you don't know the answers I can help (as can other
volunteers). The point is that you'd be a first point of contact for
new members.

*** Time Commitment: The WM needs to be pretty much available
throughout the awards. If you know you'll be away for a few weeks
another volunteer could step in short-term, though.

This is a new position, but I don't imagine it would require much time
once the awards get started. Things may be more busy at the beginning
of nominations, when most members will be joining for the first time.

*** MEFA Experience Necessary: It would be good if the Welcome Manager
has some experience with the MEFAs so he or she can affectively answer
questions. However, it's more important that you're friendly and
patient. If you're asked a question you don't know the answer to, you
can ask the other volunteers. (In fact, I recommend that you do that.)

5. RATINGS PANEL. Sometimes authors will be unsure what rating to give
their story. The ratings panel is a group of three volunteers who will
read scenes or chapters and give their opinion on how the story
containing that scene or chapter should be rated. I would then tell
the author that the story should be rated whatever the majority of the
panel chose.

Not every story nominated goes through the rating panel. An author can
request the RP's recommendation, and this happened maybe a half-dozen
times last year.

*** Time Commitment: You would need to be available fairly regularly
during nominations, especially toward the end of nomination season
(June 7-21, or June 21-July 7 if we start later). In theory you might
also be called upon to review a story later, if a member questions
whether the rating of a story is appropriate, though this has never
happened. How much time would be required depends on how quickly you
read, but the scenes you'd have to read shouldn't be that long.

*** MEFA Experience Necessary: The Ratings Panel members should have
some experience reading MEFA stories, so they have a feel for what
types of stories are usually given what kind of ratings. You also
should be able to follow the guidelines given in the Ratings Guide (in
the FAQ section of the website).

That's it! Let me know if you'd like to help out in any of these
capacities.

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)






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If there is still space available I would love to participate in the ratings
committee again this year. It was a pleasure working with you and the other
members last year.

Oshun



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Hi, Marta:

I have no trouble logging into the '07 site. I'd be happy to help
out on the Ratings Panel...

Will the MEFA '07 reviews still be available after May 1, if someone
wants to look at them? Forgive me if I've asked the question before.


RAKSHA THE DEMON


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

>
> Hey gang,
>
> I'm working with Tanaqui and Aranel Took to get ready for the 2008
> MEFAs. We had hope to be ready to start on May 1, which is fast
> approaching. If everything's ready by then nominations will run May
> 1-June 15, and the awards will proceed from there. (We may have to
> push the start date back to May 15 if the website isn't quite

ready -

> if so I will make another announcement.)
>
> --- PASSWORDS ---
>
> In the meantime, I want to make sure everyone will be able to log

in.

> Can everyone try to log in to
>
> http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2007/
>
> If you can log in here, you should be able to log in to the 2008
> website as well. So go ahead and try to log in to the above address,
> to make sure you remember your password and everything. I sent one
> member her password earlier this week, so you'll be in good company

if

> you can't log in.
>
> If you *do* have troubles, either now or once the 2008 awards start,
> please email mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.
>
> Remember, to nominate stories you need to be a member of the

MEFAwards

> Yahoo group. If you're not a member and would like to nominate
> stories, please go ahead and join now so that we can get you set up

now.

>
>
>
> --- VOLUNTEERS ---
>
> If you want to get involved, you can become a nominator. Or let your
> story participate. Or (perhaps most importantly!) review some

stories.

> These are the three most common types of participants. It's not
> glamorous work, but it is crucial - we wouldn't have a MEFAs

without you.

>
> We do need some more specialized volunteers, though. If you're
> interested in doing any of these things, please email
> mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.
>
>
>
> 1. PROMOTER. If you're a member of a group, you can make MEFA
> announcements there, and either answer peoples' questions or pass

them

> along to me for an official answer. I will send out announcements to
> promoters, which you can personalize if you like or just forward

them on.

>
> *** Time Commitment: You'd need to be available fairly regularly

from

> now until the end of the awards (either the end of October or

November

> 15, depending on when we start). But it's not a major problem if
> you're unavailable for one or two announcements, so if you go away

on

> vacation for a few weeks that's generally okay. Making the
> announcements doesn't take much time - you just have to send an

email

> or make a forum post, at most once every week or two. (Usually not
> even that often.)
>
> *** MEFA Experience Needed: None needed. It's good if you know a
> little about the awards, in case people ask questions at your group,
> but you can always pass those questions along to me and I'll write

up

> an answer that you can give to your group.
>
>
>
> 2. BANNER CREATORS. It's just what it sounds like - you would create
> banners for nominated authors, reviewers who reach their reviewing
> goal, and for authors whose stories win a prize. You can do as much

or

> as little as you'd like, and create on whatever topics you like.
> Fiondil (who is managing banners this year) may approach you to

create

> a certain type of banner if it looks like we don't have enough of a
> certain type. However, you can always say no.
>
> *** Time Commitment: As much as you'd like. This really depends on

how

> many banners you'd like to create.
>
> *** MEFA Experience Needed: None. If you can follow basic

instructions

> (as in: include these phrases, make the banner around this size),

you

> don't need to know anything else about the awards.
>
>
>
> 3. LIAISON. Author liaisons work with authors to get stories ready

to

> compete. You will email authors when they are first nominated,

answer

> any questions they have, and look over their story forms when

they're

> completed.
>
> *** Time Commitment: Liaisons need to be available pretty

consistently

> from May 1-June 21 (or May 15-July 7, if we start later). How much
> work depends a lot on how many authors are nominated, how much help
> they need, and how many liaisons volunteer. The good news is that if
> you find yourself short on time, we can often stop giving you new
> authors - but it is pretty critical that you be able to check email
> every few days during this period.
>
> It's particularly important that you be around the last week, (June
> 16-June 21, or July 1-7 if we start later) because that's when your
> authors will be under the most time pressure to finish their

nominations.

>
> *** MEFA Experience Necessary: It's good if you've participated at
> least once, as an author or an author liaison, so you have a general
> feel for the process. But if you can follow instructions and are
> willing to ask questions when you don't understand, that's not

really

> *necessary* - just might make things easier.
>
>
>
> 4. WELCOME MANGER. This is a new volunteer position. Your job would

be

> to email every new participant within a few days of their joining

the

> website, welcoming them and offering to answer any questions they
> might have. If you don't know the answers I can help (as can other
> volunteers). The point is that you'd be a first point of contact for
> new members.
>
> *** Time Commitment: The WM needs to be pretty much available
> throughout the awards. If you know you'll be away for a few weeks
> another volunteer could step in short-term, though.
>
> This is a new position, but I don't imagine it would require much

time

> once the awards get started. Things may be more busy at the

beginning

> of nominations, when most members will be joining for the first

time.

>
> *** MEFA Experience Necessary: It would be good if the Welcome

Manager

> has some experience with the MEFAs so he or she can affectively

answer

> questions. However, it's more important that you're friendly and
> patient. If you're asked a question you don't know the answer to,

you

> can ask the other volunteers. (In fact, I recommend that you do

that.)

>
>
>
> 5. RATINGS PANEL. Sometimes authors will be unsure what rating to

give

> their story. The ratings panel is a group of three volunteers who

will

> read scenes or chapters and give their opinion on how the story
> containing that scene or chapter should be rated. I would then tell
> the author that the story should be rated whatever the majority of

the

> panel chose.
>
> Not every story nominated goes through the rating panel. An author

can

> request the RP's recommendation, and this happened maybe a half-

dozen

> times last year.
>
> *** Time Commitment: You would need to be available fairly regularly
> during nominations, especially toward the end of nomination season
> (June 7-21, or June 21-July 7 if we start later). In theory you

might

> also be called upon to review a story later, if a member questions
> whether the rating of a story is appropriate, though this has never
> happened. How much time would be required depends on how quickly you
> read, but the scenes you'd have to read shouldn't be that long.
>
> *** MEFA Experience Necessary: The Ratings Panel members should have
> some experience reading MEFA stories, so they have a feel for what
> types of stories are usually given what kind of ratings. You also
> should be able to follow the guidelines given in the Ratings Guide

(in

> the FAQ section of the website).
>
>
>
>
>
> That's it! Let me know if you'd like to help out in any of these
> capacities.
>
> Marta
> (MEFA Admin.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hi Oshun,

Excellent! There is still room, and we actually need one more beside
you, so I'm happy to have you on board.

Marta

heartofoshun@aol.com wrote:

>
>
> If there is still space available I would love to participate in the
> ratings
> committee again this year. It was a pleasure working with you and the other
> members last year.
>
> Oshun
>

Great, Marta. Thanks

Hi Oshun,

Excellent! There is still room, and we actually need one more beside
you, so I'm happy to have you on board.

Marta




-----Original Message-----
From: melayton@gmail.com <melayton@gmail.com>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 8:36 pm
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] MEFA Login + Call for Volunteers






Hi Oshun,

Excellent! There is still room, and we actually need one more beside
you, so I'm happy to have you on board.

Marta

heartofoshun@aol.com wrote:

>
>
> If there is still space available I would love to participate in the
> ratings
> committee again this year. It was a pleasure working with you and the other
> members last year.
>
> Oshun
>

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

Thanks, Bonnie! I'll put you down.

Marta

Bonnie L. Sherrell wrote:

>
>
> I'll be glad to be a promoter again. I have a number of websites I
> promote on.
> Bonnie L. Sherrell
> Teacher at Large
>

Hi Raksha,

> I have no trouble logging into the '07 site.

Excellent.

> I'd be happy to help
> out on the Ratings Panel...
>

And again, excellent. I'll put you down for that, and will be in contact
in a few days about it.

> Will the MEFA '07 reviews still be available after May 1, if someone
> wants to look at them? Forgive me if I've asked the question before.
>

I *think* they will be, but let me double-check on that? I'll get back
to you.

Marta

Hi Raksha,

Following up on this question:

> Will the MEFA '07 reviews still be available after May 1, if someone
> wants to look at them? Forgive me if I've asked the question before.
>
>
> RAKSHA THE DEMON
>
>

Aranel gave me the following answer:

"Hi Marta,

Yes, they will be available. The 2007 site will be "turned off" but
all the results and reviews will be available in the archive site.

Aranel"

The archive site will be a section of the site that displays all the
previously-nominated stories, and at least for more recent years, the
reviews that have been entered for them. So while you won't be able to
log in to the 2007 website, you will be able to access your 2007
reviews through that portion of the site.

Marta

>
> --- VOLUNTEERS ---
>
> If you want to get involved, you can become a nominator. Or let your
> story participate. Or (perhaps most importantly!) review some

stories.

> These are the three most common types of participants. It's not
> glamorous work, but it is crucial - we wouldn't have a MEFAs

without you.

>
> We do need some more specialized volunteers, though. If you're
> interested in doing any of these things, please email
> mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com.
>
>
>
> 1. PROMOTER. If you're a member of a group, you can make MEFA
> announcements there, and either answer peoples' questions or pass

them

> along to me for an official answer. I will send out announcements to
> promoters, which you can personalize if you like or just forward

them on.

>
> *** Time Commitment: You'd need to be available fairly regularly

from

> now until the end of the awards (either the end of October or

November

> 15, depending on when we start). But it's not a major problem if
> you're unavailable for one or two announcements, so if you go away

on

> vacation for a few weeks that's generally okay. Making the
> announcements doesn't take much time - you just have to send an

email

> or make a forum post, at most once every week or two. (Usually not
> even that often.)

I can post at HA and HASA, if you still need someone to do that.

Dwim

Hi Dwim,

> I can post at HA and HASA, if you still need someone to do that.
>

Excellent. Thanks for letting me know.

Marta