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[Shirley]

Yes, good idea Becca.

[[deleted user]]

Shirley wrote: "Yes, good idea Becca."

Ok I've written it down in my 'notebook of doom' haha. I'm an obsessive notetaker, I now have a dedicated Goodreads notebook (i.e. the notebook of doom!) otherwise I'll forget stuff lol! If the system doesn't work it can be changed :-)

[LauraT]

I'm a bit lost! And since I'm the first in the list Becca just wrote: what am I supposed to do????
I'm sorry to be a bit absent these days but I had all the thinngs to prepare to start today! Becca could you forward me your list?!???
Bear with me: once I'm at the sea I don't see anything else!!!!

[[deleted user]]

@Laura - I'll send you a goodreads mail when I get home and on to my laptop with the theme details and info because I'm just heading back to work :-)

[LauraT]

THANKS!!!

[[deleted user]]

Just for everyone's information, here's the list for choosing the bimonthly themes:

Laura: Nov & Dec 2013 theme
Shirley: Jan & Feb 2014 theme
Rowena: March & April 2014 theme
Becca: May & June 2014 theme
Jenny: Jul & Aug 2014 theme
Leslie: Sept & Oct 2014 theme

I will send everyone reminders around the time their theme is due :-)

[LauraT]

Got it!!!

[Jenny]

Thanks Becca, sounds great!

For NON-FICTION:

Rowena and I decided to choose a theme for each non-fiction read and go nomination and poll for it. Since nominations might be running a little slower due to less people being into non-fiction potentially, we thought about starting nomination for October this coming week, to give us ample time, and then go into poll at the same time as the Fiction section. We would send out a message for the nomination thread to be open.
How does that sound to you guys?

Have we dedided whether our November/December classic will also be polled for then? Or will this wait until end of September?

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend! ;)

[LauraT]

Please give me time! I'll work full time when I'm back on the 9 of sept! If you want to start a "nomination discussion" earlier it's fime with me!

[Rowena]

Can anyone tell me how to send an email to all the group members? I'll be sending an email tomorrow about our non-fiction nomination thread. Thanks:)

[LauraT]

If I remeber rightly you have to got at the bottom of the member page and click to "send a message to all" or something like that. I'll go and see

Yes it says in bold "broadcast a message to all memebers" right at the bottom of the first page of members

[Shirley]

Sounds like a good plan!

[Jenny]

Rowena AND I, not Rowena I decided...sorry, in case you were wondering about my napoleonesque tendencies, I just edited the post ;) LOL

[Jenny]

@Laura, don't worry, I was just asking for classics, so that we don't clash too much, whenever you decide is fine! Enjoy the sea-side!

[[deleted user]]

Good idea about nominations, Jenny and Rowena :-)

@Shirley - is it still ok for the fiction nominations to open on the 25th (for a week) and the group monthly reads email for the 26th? The poll can then start on the 1st or 2nd and run for a week. Are we going to do the first ten nominations go to poll or first 'x' seconded nominations go to poll?

[Rowena]

Jenny wrote: "Rowena AND I, not Rowena I decided...sorry, in case you were wondering about my napoleonesque tendencies, I just edited the post ;) LOL"


Haha, don't worry, I figured that was what you meant :D

[Rowena]

LauraT wrote: "If I remeber rightly you have to got at the bottom of the member page and click to "send a message to all" or something like that. I'll go and see

Yes it says in bold "broadcast a message to all m..."

Thanks Laura :)

[LauraT]

Is there anyone of you who wants to come along in the "classic field"?

[Jenny]

Laura, I think Leslie said she was!

[LauraT]

Told you:when I'm at the seaside I forget all the rest! I'll write her so we can think about nomination and polls.

[Shirley]

Becca wrote: "Good idea about nominations, Jenny and Rowena :-)

@Shirley - is it still ok for the fiction nominations to open on the 25th (for a week) and the group monthly reads email for the 26th? The poll ..."

Becca, yes 25th is fine for nominations...(is the group monthly reads email just a reminder one?) I think it should be first ten seconded nominations, or is that too many?

[Jenny]

I just edited the group info to state that we have a bi-monthly classics AND non-fiction group read.

[LauraT]

Perfect

[[deleted user]]

Shirley wrote: "Becca wrote: "Good idea about nominations, Jenny and Rowena :-)

@Shirley - is it still ok for the fiction nominations to open on the 25th (for a week) and the group monthly reads email for the 26..."

Yeah I'm going to send an mail about the monthly reads and other activities and I'll send a separate one for the fiction nominations. For setting up monthly read discussion threads, sending the nominations mail, setting up the nominations thread and setting up the poll, should we do alternate months? For instance I'll take this month and you can take next etc? or would you rather divide the tasks every month? We can just play it by ear and see what we have after a week, since we don't really know where it will go. We will officially make it ten seconded nominations but if there are only 5 or 7 or whatever after a week then that will probably be ok.

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Jenny wrote: "I just edited the group info to state that we have a bi-monthly classics AND non-fiction group read."

Thank you! :)

[Leslie]

@Jenny & Rowena - I think taking a bit longer for nonfiction nominations/poll sounds reasonable.

I will check with Laura about the classics but just to get things straight in my mind - fiction, nonfiction and classics will all start a new book Oct. 1, then fiction starts its next book Nov 1, then all 3 again Dec. 1. Is that right?

[Shirley]

Leslie, yes, that sounds right to me.

[Leslie]

Leslie wrote: "...but just to get things straight in my mind - fiction, nonfiction and classics will all start a new book Oct. 1, then fiction starts its next book Nov 1, then all 3 again Dec. 1. Is that right? ..."

Just was looking at the group home page and it says the Dickens read goes until Oct. 31 so I guess fiction & nonfiction start a new book Oct. 1, then fiction & classics start one on Nov. 1, then fiction & nonfiction Dec. 1 -- that actually seems better so glad I was mistaken!

[Shirley]

Yes, I had forgotten about the non fiction starting in October, sorry!

[Rowena]

Hello everyone:)

I just sent out the non-fiction group read nomination email.

[Leslie]

Rowena wrote: "Hello everyone:)

I just sent out the non-fiction group read nomination email."

I got it. Like the theme you chose & have some ideas but am waiting to see what others suggest first :)

[Rowena]

Thanks Leslie! I'm feeling a bit proud of myself for sending out a group email; have never done that before :)

[Jenny]

Hooray!! Thanks Rowena!

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Rowena wrote: "Thanks Leslie! I'm feeling a bit proud of myself for sending out a group email; have never done that before :)"

Woo :-D I love the theme!

[LauraT]

Becca wrote: "Rowena wrote: "Thanks Leslie! I'm feeling a bit proud of myself for sending out a group email; have never done that before :)"

Woo :-D I love the theme!"

Well done Rowena, and I love the theme as well. Hope to be able of joyining! The classic new read eill start in nov, so with Leslie we thought to wait till the end of sept before opening a "nomination thread"

[Rowena]

Thanks all :) I will definitely be taking part in the classics read as well!

[LauraT]

Glad to hear that Rowena

[Leslie]

Rotten timing, I know, with so many away right now, but... I had asked about a book list area and haven't heard any negatives. Today Alannah brought it up again so I have gone ahead and created a folder called "What Have You Read" and started a couple of lists - one nonfiction seafaring history (in honor of our theme) and one on satires.

I hope that is OK with everyone. I would also like to post an announcement about it in Group Announcements...

[[deleted user]]

Hi folks :-) what do you think about Alannah's suggestion on the Ask the Moderators thread? I thought these kinds of questions could be in a 'Just for Fun' section. We wouldn't have to manage it as such because it would be more of a members input section and would be unstructured and relaxed.

[[deleted user]]

Haha Leslie we posted at the same time :-P I thought book lists could go in a just for fun section along with other questions but those others (e.g. Which fictional character would you like to be stuck on an island with etc) could go in general diacussion, should anyone feel like posting these threads.

[Leslie]

Becca wrote: "Hi folks :-) what do you think about Alannah's suggestion on the Ask the Moderators thread? I thought these kinds of questions could be in a 'Just for Fun' section. We wouldn't have to manage it as..."

I like that idea & also your suggestion about having it unstructured.

[[deleted user]]

Do you think we should open a Just For Fun folder then?

[Shirley]

I like the sound of a Just for Fun section, also like Leslie's New section too!

[Leslie]

Becca I think we can have both. The Just for Fun section can really have anything in it, like book memes or bookish games. I play book title games on anther group & on LibraryThing and I bet some people woul be interested here.

[[deleted user]]

Ok doke :-) I like the idea of having them seperate too. Do you want me to open Just For Fun or do you want to?

[LauraT]

I like the idea of A just for fun place!!!!
Have you done it yet? I've not gone through the group: this is the first discussino I open!!!
I'll have a look

[Leslie]

Becca - why don't you do it? I'll do it as I am excited about posting in it!

[LauraT]

Just written my first title!

[[deleted user]]

Sorry I had my staff night out last night and then I was working today lol :-)

[Jenny]

Hey guys, just wondering: what's our policy for mods voting or seconding? In non-fiction we have a strict hell yes! - policy for that, what about fiction and classics?