Personally, I like #2. Some people entered dozens of nominations, others only one or two. I think a fairly high cap--say ten or twelve--would be easiest. Some...
Hi All In considering the options, I've taken a rather cynical approach to thinking about how people might "rig the system" in their favour. I don't think most...
... Well or by category. I am just sitting here, wondering what would bring a less amount of admin, what would give unknown/new authors a chance to particpate....
... Just a small note Marta, today NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writers Month) started, and I know a lot of authors that are participating, so maybe the responses...
I'll have to address this in more depth later, but my initial opinion was that limiting the stories to the year in which they were published was the way to go....
... no more nominations ... An absolute cap, I think, would unfairly benefit the first few nominators or people who had prepared a large list in advance....
... cap no more nominations are allowed. ... (I.e., you can nominate, a > certain number of pieces per week.) ... nomination can be processed. I much prefer...
... wrote:>> > 6. Require the nominator to enter a vote for the story before the> nomination can be > > processed. ... this later"--just to be able to>...
I really feel #6 should not be necessary for limiting the number of nominations. If a person likes a story well enough to nominate it, then the first thing...
... I think we need to be clearer about the purpose. The point is to reduce the total number of nominations while not disproportionately affecting any one...
... Well I just assume that a nominator carefully thought about it, so even leaving a note doesn't feel necessary to me. ... I nominated about 39, and I all...
I really, really like the idea of requiring an explanation or justification, if you will, for nominations. If everyone is required to think about why they...
Hey guys, Lots of opinions in my inbox this morning, both from the LJ and from the Yahoo group. Thanks! I'll summarise them now for peoples' benefits (and hope...
Hi Larian, ... The more I think about it, the less sure I am about this option. I can see the plus sides of it, and it's definitely something to keep in mind ...
Hi Dreamflower, I'm going to post this reply at the LJ community, too. ... I know that I probably made the most nominations, and I have at times felt guilty...
In a message dated 11/1/2005 8:22:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, melayton@... writes: Ghettoelleth (Yahoo) - really likes the idea of requiring votes ...
Hi everyone :) I like options #4 and #6 and I like the suggestion someone further up made of a place on the nomiation form that askes the nominator for a few...
Hi Liz, ... Cynicism isn't a bad thing! And while I agree with you that people won't try to, I still think it's a good idea to consider how that might happen...
Hi Rhapsody, ... That's a good point! I had forgotten about NaNoWriMo since I'm not participating myself. I hope those people who are involved will be able to...
Hi all, Just wanted to chuck in a couple of comments on this subject, as no one seemed to have made them yet. One of my reasons for liking the idea of cutting...
Sorry missed one point that I wanted to make: there are at present 326 members of the yahoo group, if everyone of these was given the right to nominate 25 ...
Whew! I think Erin can rest assured that she did NOT kill the MEFAs! ;) A request: when people say which option they like, can they mention it by name and...
... I'd like to second that "keep the MEFAs... *simple*" sentiment (while not disagreeing at all with the ellided bits). Complexity may be good in terms of...
... I'm someone who felt all of the above. This was the first MEFA for me. I signed up not knowing quite what was expected of me. I'm strictly a reader and not...
... Yes, after seeing others' responses, and thinking further, limiting the overall nominations would probably not be the best solution. The easiest one to...
... I think this would be a horror to administer. For that fact alone, I don't believe a chapter cap would be realistic. Larian "There is a fine line between...
Hey all, Someone asked about the distribution of nominations by nominator. Below are two lists. First, stories per nominator. Second, self-nominated stories by...
