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Hey guys,

As some of you may have already heard, the StoriesofArda website has
been hit by hackers. Our thoughts (and gratitude!) are with Nilmandra
and the other SOA admins as they deal with this attack.

The other MEFA volunteers and myself have been discussing how best to
deal with this situation, from the MEFA perspective. Obviously many of
our nominations are hosted at StoriesofArda; it's a large and popular
site! The StoriesofArda website has been taken down while that site's
administrators deal with the situation. I know that they're working
hard to get the site back up as quickly as possible, and hope that
this will quickly become a non-issue – perhaps even before some of you
read this message.

In the mean time, this may affect those of you already voting (good
for you!), and also those of you who'd like to nominate stories
archived at SOA.

VOTERS:

If you click on a link to a story posted at StoriesofArda, the MEFA
website will treat this like any other link; but since the SOA website
is down, the website won't be able to display the story. You'll get an
error message saying the site is unavailable or something like that.
This really isn't a situation the MEFAs can fix, so it doesn't need to
be reported to our technical support people. SOA knows about the
problem and they're doing everything they can to fix it as soon as
possible, so you don't need to report it to them either.

The best solution here is patience. If this happens to you, you can
come back in a few days and read it at SOA then, when hopefully that
website will be back up. Remember, the wish list is your friend! Just
put the story on your wish list and you'll be able to find it more
easily later. Alternately, if you know where the story is posted
elsewhere, you can read it there and review that story.

NOMINATORS:

I know that you guys are facing a deadline and may want to nominate a
story posted at SOA by our June 15 deadline. I hope SOA will be back
up in a few days. In the mean time, you can nominate the story using
another eligible URL where the story is posted. If the story is not
posted anywhere else, please email me at
mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net to discuss the situation. But do
so ASAP, as we'll need to get things straightened out in time for you
to nominate it before June 15 – less than two weeks from now.

Remember, eligible URLs:

--- do not require you to log in in order to read the story
--- provide a clear way to get from one page to the other if the story
is posted on more than one page

AUTHORS:

If you would like, you can change the URL our website points to when
someone wants to read your piece, we can do that. We can even change
it back to SOA when that website is up. If you'd like to do that,
please send the following information to
mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net:

--- story ID # (if known)
--- your name and story title (if ID # not known)
--- new URL.

Please don't include any other information; I don't need it, and it
will make it more difficult for me to find the information I do need.
Just make a list of this information, and I'll make the changes for
you, and will notify you when the changes have been made.

Thanks,

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)

Regarding SoA--Nilmandra is trying alternate access addresses to the
Stories of Arda website, and has two of them up. If the hacker
continues causing problems then they will be able hopefully to use one
of the two alternate addresses currently being tested, and it would
take but a global find-and-replace to the database to get the links
fixed. I tried both alternate addresses, and both worked.

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.

Same for me....but it's terrible the amount of work it's causing people *tsk* hacking is so silly, I can't imagine why you'd be selfish enough to do it.....
 
Marta, I replied to you on another email!
 
Lily



"Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends."
 
             William Butler Yeats
 
 
'For every evil that rises, we are given ways to fight it. Or... in the absence of a fight, we are given each other to weather it. We're a bunch of survivors here, that's what we are. Not quite victorious, but then again, there hadn't really been a war. And yet we were fighting something... maybe ourselves, and the alone-ness that permeated each of us before we somehow found each other, ultimately found ourselves.' - Elrohir, For Every Evil

--- On Wed, 4/6/08, Bonnie L. Sherrell <blslarner@olypen.com> wrote:

From: Bonnie L. Sherrell <blslarner@olypen.com>
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] MEFA nominations hosted at StoriesofArda.com
To: "MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com" <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, 4 June, 2008, 8:01 PM






Regarding SoA--Nilmandra is trying alternate access addresses to the
Stories of Arda website, and has two of them up. If the hacker
continues causing problems then they will be able hopefully to use one
of the two alternate addresses currently being tested, and it would
take but a global find-and-replace to the database to get the links
fixed. I tried both alternate addresses, and both worked.

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.
















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Thanks for the update, Marta. I had no idea why I couldn't get onto
SoA today.
If we want to replace the URL in our nominated stories, can we do it
ourselves or do you have to do it? I'd love to save you the trouble if
I can, but since I've submitted my nomination forms already, I don't
know if I can alter them.

thanks,
docmon

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "aure_enteluva" <melayton@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> As some of you may have already heard, the StoriesofArda website has
> been hit by hackers. Our thoughts (and gratitude!) are with Nilmandra
> and the other SOA admins as they deal with this attack.
>
> The other MEFA volunteers and myself have been discussing how best to
> deal with this situation, from the MEFA perspective. Obviously many of
> our nominations are hosted at StoriesofArda; it's a large and popular
> site! The StoriesofArda website has been taken down while that site's
> administrators deal with the situation. I know that they're working
> hard to get the site back up as quickly as possible, and hope that
> this will quickly become a non-issue � perhaps even before some of you
> read this message.
>
> In the mean time, this may affect those of you already voting (good
> for you!), and also those of you who'd like to nominate stories
> archived at SOA.
>
> VOTERS:
>
> If you click on a link to a story posted at StoriesofArda, the MEFA
> website will treat this like any other link; but since the SOA website
> is down, the website won't be able to display the story. You'll get an
> error message saying the site is unavailable or something like that.
> This really isn't a situation the MEFAs can fix, so it doesn't need to
> be reported to our technical support people. SOA knows about the
> problem and they're doing everything they can to fix it as soon as
> possible, so you don't need to report it to them either.
>
> The best solution here is patience. If this happens to you, you can
> come back in a few days and read it at SOA then, when hopefully that
> website will be back up. Remember, the wish list is your friend! Just
> put the story on your wish list and you'll be able to find it more
> easily later. Alternately, if you know where the story is posted
> elsewhere, you can read it there and review that story.
>
> NOMINATORS:
>
> I know that you guys are facing a deadline and may want to nominate a
> story posted at SOA by our June 15 deadline. I hope SOA will be back
> up in a few days. In the mean time, you can nominate the story using
> another eligible URL where the story is posted. If the story is not
> posted anywhere else, please email me at
> mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net to discuss the situation. But do
> so ASAP, as we'll need to get things straightened out in time for you
> to nominate it before June 15 � less than two weeks from now.
>
> Remember, eligible URLs:
>
> --- do not require you to log in in order to read the story
> --- provide a clear way to get from one page to the other if the story
> is posted on more than one page
>
> AUTHORS:
>
> If you would like, you can change the URL our website points to when
> someone wants to read your piece, we can do that. We can even change
> it back to SOA when that website is up. If you'd like to do that,
> please send the following information to
> mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net:
>
> --- story ID # (if known)
> --- your name and story title (if ID # not known)
> --- new URL.
>
> Please don't include any other information; I don't need it, and it
> will make it more difficult for me to find the information I do need.
> Just make a list of this information, and I'll make the changes for
> you, and will notify you when the changes have been made.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marta
> (MEFA Admin.)
>

Hi, Marta...

it looks like the website is intact, but they had to change the address of the site. The site still looks the same and everything, just a different URL to get there.

I guess that means changing all our URL's at MEFA, right?

-------------- Original message --------------
From: "aure_enteluva" <melayton@gmail.com>
Hey guys,

As some of you may have already heard, the StoriesofArda website has
been hit by hackers. Our thoughts (and gratitude!) are with Nilmandra
and the other SOA admins as they deal with this attack.

The other MEFA volunteers and myself have been discussing how best to
deal with this situation, from the MEFA perspective. Obviously many of
our nominations are hosted at StoriesofArda; it's a large and popular
site! The StoriesofArda website has been taken down while that site's
administrators deal with the situation. I know that they're working
hard to get the site back up as quickly as possible, and hope that
this will quickly become a non-issue ý perhaps even before some of you
read this message.

In the mean time, this may affect those of you already voting (good
for you!), and also those of you who'd like to nominate stories
archived at SOA.

VOTERS:

If you click on a link to a story posted at StoriesofArda, the MEFA
website will treat this like any other link; but since the SOA website
is down, the website won't be able to display the story. You'll get an
error message saying the site is unavailable or something like that.
This really isn't a situation the MEFAs can fix, so it doesn't need to
be reported to our technical support people. SOA knows about the
problem and they're doing everything they can to fix it as soon as
possible, so you don't need to report it to them either.

The best solution here is patience. If this happens to you, you can
come back in a few days and read it at SOA then, when hopefully that
website will be back up. Remember, the wish list is your friend! Just
put the story on your wish list and you'll be able to find it more
easily later. Alternately, if you know where the story is posted
elsewhere, you can read it there and review that story.

NOMINATORS:

I know that you guys are facing a deadline and may want to nominate a
story posted at SOA by our June 15 deadline. I hope SOA will be back
up in a few days. In the mean time, you can nominate the story using
another eligible URL where the story is posted. If the story is not
posted anywhere else, please email me at
mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net to discuss the situation. But do
so ASAP, as we'll need to get things straightened out in time for you
to nominate it before June 15 ý less than two weeks from now.

Remember, eligible URLs:

--- do not require you to log in in order to read the story
--- provide a clear way to get from one page to the other if the story
is posted on more than one page

AUTHORS:

If you would like, you can change the URL our website points to when
someone wants to read your piece, we can do that. We can even change
it back to SOA when that website is up. If you'd like to do that,
please send the following information to
mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net:

--- story ID # (if known)
--- your name and story title (if ID # not known)
--- new URL.

Please don't include any other information; I don't need it, and it
will make it more difficult for me to find the information I do need.
Just make a list of this information, and I'll make the changes for
you, and will notify you when the changes have been made.

Thanks,

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)




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

Here's the info from the email that Nilmandra just posted at the SoA group:

[*The site may be accessed by going to

**http://storiesofarda.com* <http://storiesofarda.com/>*

or

**http://stories.storiesofarda.com* <http://stories.storiesofarda.com/>
*

Same site, same database, just a slightly different address. You may post
stories, reviews etc without worrying about them disappearing. For now,
update your links for SoA to one of those addresses. The usual home page (*
*http://www.storiesofarda.com* <http://www.storiesofarda.com/>*) will stay
pointing to a dead IP until we decide what to do or if this new address is
our permanent solution. Feel free to let other readers and authors know
how to access the site. As many of you know, I have been quite sick and I
just don't have the patience or energy to deal with updating search engines
and all the other stuff we'd have to do right now. So word of mouth will be
needed to let people know how to access the site for now.

Just FYI - the site has been under attack, but they have been 100%
UN-successful. They're just annoying the heck out of us.

If you get an error message, let me know. A lot of very tight code to
prevent hacking has been added recently that could get you a 'You cannot
Pass!' error, and it is possible there might be hard coded pages looking for
the www in the address, which will give you a dead page. Send me a private
email, please, with a screen shot or all the detail you can provide about
what error you received. Screen shots are best, make sure we can see the
URL.

Thanks
Nilmandra]
*
*

* On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:05 PM, <debnear@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi, Marta...
>
> it looks like the website is intact, but they had to change the address of
> the site. The site still looks the same and everything, just a different
> URL to get there.
>
> I guess that means changing all our URL's at MEFA, right?
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "aure_enteluva" <melayton@gmail.com>
> Hey guys,
>
> As some of you may have already heard, the StoriesofArda website has
> been hit by hackers. Our thoughts (and gratitude!) are with Nilmandra
> and the other SOA admins as they deal with this attack.
>
> The other MEFA volunteers and myself have been discussing how best to
> deal with this situation, from the MEFA perspective. Obviously many of
> our nominations are hosted at StoriesofArda; it's a large and popular
> site! The StoriesofArda website has been taken down while that site's
> administrators deal with the situation. I know that they're working
> hard to get the site back up as quickly as possible, and hope that
> this will quickly become a non-issue ý perhaps even before some of you
> read this message.
>
> In the mean time, this may affect those of you already voting (good
> for you!), and also those of you who'd like to nominate stories
> archived at SOA.
>
> VOTERS:
>
> If you click on a link to a story posted at StoriesofArda, the MEFA
> website will treat this like any other link; but since the SOA website
> is down, the website won't be able to display the story. You'll get an
> error message saying the site is unavailable or something like that.
> This really isn't a situation the MEFAs can fix, so it doesn't need to
> be reported to our technical support people. SOA knows about the
> problem and they're doing everything they can to fix it as soon as
> possible, so you don't need to report it to them either.
>
> The best solution here is patience. If this happens to you, you can
> come back in a few days and read it at SOA then, when hopefully that
> website will be back up. Remember, the wish list is your friend! Just
> put the story on your wish list and you'll be able to find it more
> easily later. Alternately, if you know where the story is posted
> elsewhere, you can read it there and review that story.
>
> NOMINATORS:
>
> I know that you guys are facing a deadline and may want to nominate a
> story posted at SOA by our June 15 deadline. I hope SOA will be back
> up in a few days. In the mean time, you can nominate the story using
> another eligible URL where the story is posted. If the story is not
> posted anywhere else, please email me at
> mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net to discuss the situation. But do
> so ASAP, as we'll need to get things straightened out in time for you
> to nominate it before June 15 ý less than two weeks from now.
>
> Remember, eligible URLs:
>
> --- do not require you to log in in order to read the story
> --- provide a clear way to get from one page to the other if the story
> is posted on more than one page
>
> AUTHORS:
>
> If you would like, you can change the URL our website points to when
> someone wants to read your piece, we can do that. We can even change
> it back to SOA when that website is up. If you'd like to do that,
> please send the following information to
> mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net:
>
> --- story ID # (if known)
> --- your name and story title (if ID # not known)
> --- new URL.
>
> Please don't include any other information; I don't need it, and it
> will make it more difficult for me to find the information I do need.
> Just make a list of this information, and I'll make the changes for
> you, and will notify you when the changes have been made.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marta
> (MEFA Admin.)
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

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

Hi PipMer,

I'm very glad that the SOA website looks like it is still intact. Quite
aside from MEFA concerns, the SOA is a great site and I'd hate to see
anything happening to it.

Yes, the links will need to be changed - but I have just been informed
by Tanaqui that she can change all the URLs pretty easily. It's kind of
like doing a "replace all" in your word processor, where you tell it to
replace every place a certain string of characters appears with another
string of characters.

So we'll (by which I mean she'll *g*) be able to fix this. You guys
shouldn't have to do anything. Huzzah for talented volunteers!

Marta

debnear@comcast.net wrote:

> Hi, Marta...
>
> it looks like the website is intact, but they had to change the address of the site. The site still looks the same and everything, just a different URL to get there.
>
> I guess that means changing all our URL's at MEFA, right?
>

VERY glad this is taken care of... the culprits should be put in jail.

What a sad state we live in...............

Thanks Marta for letting us know and to our support staff for making the
transition of stories there so easy!

Blessings,
Agape

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's the info from the email that Nilmandra just posted at the SoA group:
>
> [*The site may be accessed by going to
>
> **http://storiesofarda.com* <http://storiesofarda.com/>*
>
> or
>
> **http://stories.storiesofarda.com* <http://stories.storiesofarda.com/>
> *
>
> Same site, same database, just a slightly different address. You may post
> stories, reviews etc without worrying about them disappearing. For now,
> update your links for SoA to one of those addresses. The usual home page
> (*
> *http://www.storiesofarda.com* <http://www.storiesofarda.com/>*) will stay
> pointing to a dead IP until we decide what to do or if this new address is
> our permanent solution. Feel free to let other readers and authors know
> how to access the site. As many of you know, I have been quite sick and I
> just don't have the patience or energy to deal with updating search engines
> and all the other stuff we'd have to do right now. So word of mouth will
> be
> needed to let people know how to access the site for now.
>
> Just FYI - the site has been under attack, but they have been 100%
> UN-successful. They're just annoying the heck out of us.
>
> If you get an error message, let me know. A lot of very tight code to
> prevent hacking has been added recently that could get you a 'You cannot
> Pass!' error, and it is possible there might be hard coded pages looking
> for
> the www in the address, which will give you a dead page. Send me a
> private
> email, please, with a screen shot or all the detail you can provide about
> what error you received. Screen shots are best, make sure we can see the
> URL.
>
> Thanks
> Nilmandra]
> *
> *
>
> * On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:05 PM, <debnear@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Marta...
> >
> > it looks like the website is intact, but they had to change the address
> of
> > the site. The site still looks the same and everything, just a different
> > URL to get there.
> >
> > I guess that means changing all our URL's at MEFA, right?
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: "aure_enteluva" <melayton@gmail.com>
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > As some of you may have already heard, the StoriesofArda website has
> > been hit by hackers. Our thoughts (and gratitude!) are with Nilmandra
> > and the other SOA admins as they deal with this attack.
> >
> > The other MEFA volunteers and myself have been discussing how best to
> > deal with this situation, from the MEFA perspective. Obviously many of
> > our nominations are hosted at StoriesofArda; it's a large and popular
> > site! The StoriesofArda website has been taken down while that site's
> > administrators deal with the situation. I know that they're working
> > hard to get the site back up as quickly as possible, and hope that
> > this will quickly become a non-issue ý perhaps even before some of you
> > read this message.
> >
> > In the mean time, this may affect those of you already voting (good
> > for you!), and also those of you who'd like to nominate stories
> > archived at SOA.
> >
> > VOTERS:
> >
> > If you click on a link to a story posted at StoriesofArda, the MEFA
> > website will treat this like any other link; but since the SOA website
> > is down, the website won't be able to display the story. You'll get an
> > error message saying the site is unavailable or something like that.
> > This really isn't a situation the MEFAs can fix, so it doesn't need to
> > be reported to our technical support people. SOA knows about the
> > problem and they're doing everything they can to fix it as soon as
> > possible, so you don't need to report it to them either.
> >
> > The best solution here is patience. If this happens to you, you can
> > come back in a few days and read it at SOA then, when hopefully that
> > website will be back up. Remember, the wish list is your friend! Just
> > put the story on your wish list and you'll be able to find it more
> > easily later. Alternately, if you know where the story is posted
> > elsewhere, you can read it there and review that story.
> >
> > NOMINATORS:
> >
> > I know that you guys are facing a deadline and may want to nominate a
> > story posted at SOA by our June 15 deadline. I hope SOA will be back
> > up in a few days. In the mean time, you can nominate the story using
> > another eligible URL where the story is posted. If the story is not
> > posted anywhere else, please email me at
> > mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net to discuss the situation. But do
> > so ASAP, as we'll need to get things straightened out in time for you
> > to nominate it before June 15 ý less than two weeks from now.
> >
> > Remember, eligible URLs:
> >
> > --- do not require you to log in in order to read the story
> > --- provide a clear way to get from one page to the other if the story
> > is posted on more than one page
> >
> > AUTHORS:
> >
> > If you would like, you can change the URL our website points to when
> > someone wants to read your piece, we can do that. We can even change
> > it back to SOA when that website is up. If you'd like to do that,
> > please send the following information to
> > mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net:
> >
> > --- story ID # (if known)
> > --- your name and story title (if ID # not known)
> > --- new URL.
> >
> > Please don't include any other information; I don't need it, and it
> > will make it more difficult for me to find the information I do need.
> > Just make a list of this information, and I'll make the changes for
> > you, and will notify you when the changes have been made.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marta
> > (MEFA Admin.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


--
Life's been good to me so far!!! Praise God!


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

Hi Docmon,

> Thanks for the update, Marta. I had no idea why I couldn't get onto
> SoA today.
> If we want to replace the URL in our nominated stories, can we do it
> ourselves or do you have to do it? I'd love to save you the trouble if
> I can, but since I've submitted my nomination forms already, I don't
> know if I can alter them.
>

It really depends on the "stage" of completion of the story. If you can
still edit the story form you filled out about your nomination, you
can go in and change the form yourself. Just replace the "Story URL"
with whatever you want the website to point to.

However, there comes a point where authors can't edit those forms
anymore. I think it's when they select "Author satisfied with form" as
the status of their nomination. If you can't edit the links, then your
liaison or me myself can edit the information for you.

Marta

Thanks to all for your hard work in getting SOA back. I can't believe
someone would do something so despicable, but I know they do. It's a real shame
people don't have better things to do with their time.

TariElfLady


In a message dated 6/4/2008 5:22:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
aelfwina@gmail.com writes:

Here's the info from the email that Nilmandra just posted at the SoA group:

[*The site may be accessed by going to

**http://storiesofarda.com* <http://storiesofarda.com/>*

or

**http://stories.storiesofarda.com* <http://stories.storiesofarda.com/>
*

Same site, same database, just a slightly different address. You may post
stories, reviews etc without worrying about them disappearing. For now,
update your links for SoA to one of those addresses. The usual home page (*
*http://www.storiesofarda.com* <http://www.storiesofarda.com/>*) will stay
pointing to a dead IP until we decide what to do or if this new address is
our permanent solution. Feel free to let other readers and authors know
how to access the site. As many of you know, I have been quite sick and I
just don't have the patience or energy to deal with updating search engines
and all the other stuff we'd have to do right now. So word of mouth will be
needed to let people know how to access the site for now.

Just FYI - the site has been under attack, but they have been 100%
UN-successful. They're just annoying the heck out of us.

If you get an error message, let me know. A lot of very tight code to
prevent hacking has been added recently that could get you a 'You cannot
Pass!' error, and it is possible there might be hard coded pages looking for
the www in the address, which will give you a dead page. Send me a private
email, please, with a screen shot or all the detail you can provide about
what error you received. Screen shots are best, make sure we can see the
URL.

Thanks
Nilmandra]
*
*

* On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:05 PM, <debnear@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi, Marta...
>
> it looks like the website is intact, but they had to change the address of
> the site. The site still looks the same and everything, just a different
> URL to get there.
>
> I guess that means changing all our URL's at MEFA, right?
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "aure_enteluva" <melayton@gmail.com>
> Hey guys,
>
> As some of you may have already heard, the StoriesofArda website has
> been hit by hackers. Our thoughts (and gratitude!) are with Nilmandra
> and the other SOA admins as they deal with this attack.
>
> The other MEFA volunteers and myself have been discussing how best to
> deal with this situation, from the MEFA perspective. Obviously many of
> our nominations are hosted at StoriesofArda; it's a large and popular
> site! The StoriesofArda website has been taken down while that site's
> administrators deal with the situation. I know that they're working
> hard to get the site back up as quickly as possible, and hope that
> this will quickly become a non-issue  perhaps even before some of you
> read this message.
>
> In the mean time, this may affect those of you already voting (good
> for you!), and also those of you who'd like to nominate stories
> archived at SOA.
>
> VOTERS:
>
> If you click on a link to a story posted at StoriesofArda, the MEFA
> website will treat this like any other link; but since the SOA website
> is down, the website won't be able to display the story. You'll get an
> error message saying the site is unavailable or something like that.
> This really isn't a situation the MEFAs can fix, so it doesn't need to
> be reported to our technical support people. SOA knows about the
> problem and they're doing everything they can to fix it as soon as
> possible, so you don't need to report it to them either.
>
> The best solution here is patience. If this happens to you, you can
> come back in a few days and read it at SOA then, when hopefully that
> website will be back up. Remember, the wish list is your friend! Just
> put the story on your wish list and you'll be able to find it more
> easily later. Alternately, if you know where the story is posted
> elsewhere, you can read it there and review that story.
>
> NOMINATORS:
>
> I know that you guys are facing a deadline and may want to nominate a
> story posted at SOA by our June 15 deadline. I hope SOA will be back
> up in a few days. In the mean time, you can nominate the story using
> another eligible URL where the story is posted. If the story is not
> posted anywhere else, please email me at
> mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net to discuss the situation. But do
> so ASAP, as we'll need to get things straightened out in time for you
> to nominate it before June 15  less than two weeks from now.
>
> Remember, eligible URLs:
>
> --- do not require you to log in in order to read the story
> --- provide a clear way to get from one page to the other if the story
> is posted on more than one page
>
> AUTHORS:
>
> If you would like, you can change the URL our website points to when
> someone wants to read your piece, we can do that. We can even change
> it back to SOA when that website is up. If you'd like to do that,
> please send the following information to
> mefasupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net:
>
> --- story ID # (if known)
> --- your name and story title (if ID # not known)
> --- new URL.
>
> Please don't include any other information; I don't need it, and it
> will make it more difficult for me to find the information I do need.
> Just make a list of this information, and I'll make the changes for
> you, and will notify you when the changes have been made.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marta
> (MEFA Admin.)
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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