Comments | mefas: a difficult decision, and a poll

telperion1 in mefas

a difficult decision, and a poll

Jul 02, 2012 17:28

Hey guys,

Over the last several days this list has been buzzing about our new content advisory policy. This list has actually only been one aspect of everything that's going on. Elliska, the member whose job contract I mentioned a few days ago, has been attacked through anonymous reviews of her stories. She also had her perceived religious identity ( Read more... )

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telperion1 July 3 2012, 01:50:55 UTC

Thanks, Juno! (I replied in more detail over at Yahoo.)

dreamflower02 July 2 2012, 21:47:54 UTC

OMG, Marta! I am heartsick over this. I look forward to the MEFAs every year-- they are one of the glues holding various parts of the Tolkien fandom together.

*praying for a miracle*

nancylea57 July 2 2012, 23:07:07 UTC

as long as religion has been dragged into this, i pray for you and the others receive peace of mind and spirit because you gave selflessly to give others joy.

telperion1 July 3 2012, 01:56:59 UTC

Thanks, Nancy. I'm sure the other volunteers appreciate your good wishes. I know I do.

curiouswombat July 2 2012, 23:18:45 UTC

That is very sad.

telperion1 July 3 2012, 02:02:30 UTC

I'm glad the MEFAs meant a lot to you. Sorry to make you sad, though.

(Love the icon, too!)

thelauderdale July 2 2012, 23:51:23 UTC

If it's really one or the other, #1 ( ... )

telperion1 July 3 2012, 02:41:17 UTC

Hi The Lauderdale,

First, thank you for the courage to come forward. I usually don't talk about stories that have been withdrawn, not because I'm trying to hide anything from readers, but because this is sensitive material. If an author can't compete, the last thing s/he needs from me is to be put in the limelight s/he might not want. It doesn't feel like my place to start that conversation. Or to ask rating panel members to talk about what rating they gave a particular story. And regarding religion, I've been working with ratings panels for, what, four years now? Since they started. And those panel members almost always give a reason for why they voted the way they did. Even when I say I don't really need to know why, just what rating you think is appropriate here. They always seemed to be apply whatever the rating guidelines were fairly, and I never got a whiff of personal ideology (religious or otherwise ( ... )

thelauderdale July 3 2012, 11:24:08 UTC

Thank you for your reply, which was very kind. I should throw in an additional apology for the last paragraph in my comment, which managed to talk about you instead of talking to you. I reread it this morning and it made me scowl a bit a lot.

I have no doubt that something will take the place of the MEFAs, if this really is to be the final year, but will continue to hope they can be salvaged. This is happening very fast. 8(

ext_1285933 July 3 2012, 02:52:58 UTC

TheLauderdale, I really, REALLY like your idea of taking a year off to give time to try to resolve the issues that have blown up about the 2012 MEFAs and the new ratings policy, etc., and not totally give up on 2013.

Marta and the MEFA team, could we make this a third choice? Give us all time to sort things out without the pressure of running the current year awards, but not yet giving up on them completely?

Rhyselle