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Hey guys,

I've received a question from two different people in the first hour
we've been accepting nominations. That means to me, some of the rest of
you may have it too. Both members noticed that they had to add authors
that were nominated in 2008, and wondered whether this was a site glitch.

This is in fact not a glitch - but it may surprise some people. Every
year we clear out some of the user accounts, mainly those authors who
aren't also members of MEFAwards. We do this for two reasons. Most
importantly, we need the most up-to-date contact information we can get,
and one way to do this is to have someone enter the email address each
year. (We assume MEFAwards members keep their Yahoo information up to
date.) Doing this also helps the site carry out our policy about author
voting. MEFA policy is, in order to vote you either need to be nominated
that year or you need to join the MEFAwards group.

The bottom line is: if this is the first time an author is nominated in
2009 you may have to add them to the website. Even if they were
nominated in 2008. It's a bit of extra work for you the nominator, but
it really does help us make sure the awards run smoothly.

Marta

ok- yes, I had to add one and I wondered about that. I put a note in
the box, so you can disregard it.

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I've received a question from two different people in the first hour
> we've been accepting nominations. That means to me, some of the rest of
> you may have it too. Both members noticed that they had to add authors
> that were nominated in 2008, and wondered whether this was a site glitch.
>
> This is in fact not a glitch - but it may surprise some people. Every
> year we clear out some of the user accounts, mainly those authors who
> aren't also members of MEFAwards. We do this for two reasons. Most
> importantly, we need the most up-to-date contact information we can get,
> and one way to do this is to have someone enter the email address each
> year. (We assume MEFAwards members keep their Yahoo information up to
> date.) Doing this also helps the site carry out our policy about author
> voting. MEFA policy is, in order to vote you either need to be nominated
> that year or you need to join the MEFAwards group.
>
> The bottom line is: if this is the first time an author is nominated in
> 2009 you may have to add them to the website. Even if they were
> nominated in 2008. It's a bit of extra work for you the nominator, but
> it really does help us make sure the awards run smoothly.
>
> Marta
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Under locations, Minas Tirith is listed also as Minas Arnor rather than Minas
Anor.
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."

Hi Bonnie,
I've fixed the typo. Thanks for catching that!

Aranel

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Bonnie L. Sherrell <blslarner@olypen.com>wrote:

> Under locations, Minas Tirith is listed also as Minas Arnor rather than
> Minas
> Anor.
> 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."
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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Glad to help catch them, Aranel!
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."

Any suggestions for how to cut down on the number of MEFA emails one is
receiving with people's questions without missing really important updates or
announcements?
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM, <heartofoshun@aol.com> wrote:

> Any suggestions for how to cut down on the number of MEFA emails one is
> receiving with people's questions without missing really important updates

or

> announcements?

I'd suggest switching your message delivery to Digest. The digest sends a
single email with either the past 20 messages or the last day's messages,
whichever comes first. At the top of each digest is a list of the messages
with links to jump to the message you want within the email. I am on digest
for most of my active Yahoo! groups these days, and it is really helpful for
cutting down on the number of messages I receive. (And I don't miss out on
what's going on in the group!)

To switch to digest, log into Yahoo! and go here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/join

Scroll to the bottom, select "Daily Digest" and click the blue "Save
Changes" button. That's all there is to it.

HTH,

Dawn


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http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org


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Dawn, you are a lifesaver! That you so much. I am trying to work, but with
my personality type I will click and open every single email and read it!

Thanks--Oshun
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