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Aug 25, 2013 03:06AM
I think it's ok for us to vote, so I'd say yes!
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Jenny wrote: "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?"Laura & I are still working out what we are going to do with classics as we have an extra month. Personally I think the mods should definitely be able to vote and IMO, should be able to second and to nominate also.
Shirley wrote: "I think it's ok for us to vote, so I'd say yes!"
Yes, definitely ok for mods to vote for Fiction!
Yes, definitely ok for mods to vote for Fiction!
I might have missed a conversation about that, but I just stumbled over our Group Announcement thread which was frozen. Whoever thought of that: I bow my head! LOL Because obviously as moderators we can easily de-freeze to post a new comment but possible questions about it can go into the Ask the mods thread rather than adding too much conversation to the announcements.And if at this moment you all look at this post going: and why does she keep rambling on about it? ;) It's just because I thought somebody else might have missed it and accidently de-freeze thinking it was a mistake (like I did in the beginning).
Guys, as of today we have a non-fiction folder :)I thought about having our non-fiction group reads there, as we are going to be having two at the time and with all the nomination threads and so on it might get a bit crowded over at 'group reads'. What do you think?
If nobody has an objection I would rename the 'group reads' folder into 'group reads - fiction', just so people don't get confused.
Jenny wrote: "Guys, as of today we have a non-fiction folder :)I thought about having our non-fiction group reads there, as we are going to be having two at the time and with all the nomination threads and so ..."
Yes, good idea Jenny - I think that would work. I think you should move the non-fiction section up the board to just below the fiction section, then they are together - what do you think?
Thank you Shirley, I'll do that. I have also just opened a "who would like to join me in reading...?" thread in the readalong folder. I think Leslie had that idea earlier and I really liked it.
Jenny wrote: "Thank you Shirley, I'll do that. I have also just opened a "who would like to join me in reading...?" thread in the readalong folder. I think Leslie had that idea earlier and I really liked it."
Yes, well remembered, I liked that idea too!
Good idea to have a separate nonfiction folder! Do we want to put a "what nonfiction are you reading?" or "nonfiction chat" thread in that folder also?
Leslie wrote: "Good idea to have a separate nonfiction folder! Do we want to put a "what nonfiction are you reading?" or "nonfiction chat" thread in that folder also?"Ha ha! I see that has already been taken care of! :)
Leslie wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Good idea to have a separate nonfiction folder! Do we want to put a "what nonfiction are you reading?" or "nonfiction chat" thread in that folder also?"Ha ha! I see that has alre..."
It has indeed :)
Jenny and/or Rowena - I notice that although the October nonfiction nomination thread says closed in the title, it is actually not closed to posts. Do you want to keep it open?
nicely spotted Leslie ;) It is closed to nominations, but since there's is still chat going on it is not actually frozen. So 'closed' is referring to the nominations as such rather than the thread for now.
I've just put a new thread in book chat, as I thought we could post links there when they announce long lists and short lists for book awards, and new books coming out...
oh brilliant, I've been thinking about something like a bookish news thread as well! Perfect!
I'm writing up the Monthly Reads group mail - is 'The Importance of Being Earnest' the bi-monthly play because it starts on 22nd Sept?
Becca wrote: "I'm writing up the Monthly Reads group mail - is 'The Importance of Being Earnest' the bi-monthly play because it starts on 22nd Sept?"It isn't bi-monthly but quarterly or seasonal. I am only going to do 4 group plays a year so chose the dates to correspond with the seasons (Sept. 22 is the official beginning of autumn).
I didn't even know we had group reads of plays, but I am loving the idea. Will you go for votes or pick yourself for the coming ones?
Jenny wrote: "I didn't even know we had group reads of plays, but I am loving the idea. Will you go for votes or pick yourself for the coming ones?"I am picking myself, although probably will solicit for suggestions. It depends on how this first one goes...
Leslie wrote: "Becca wrote: "I'm writing up the Monthly Reads group mail - is 'The Importance of Being Earnest' the bi-monthly play because it starts on 22nd Sept?"
It isn't bi-monthly but quarterly or seasonal...."
No problem, I'll put in the mail that there is a play coming up on 22nd Sept.
It isn't bi-monthly but quarterly or seasonal...."
No problem, I'll put in the mail that there is a play coming up on 22nd Sept.
Guys would anyone of you properly English-speaking folk like to edit the group text so that it states that we have a seasonal play-read as well? I just tried but I keep putting a knot in my tongue trying to decide in which order the words 'group' 'read' 'play' and 'seasonal' make sense ;)
Jenny wrote: "Guys would anyone of you properly English-speaking folk like to edit the group text so that it states that we have a seasonal play-read as well? I just tried but I keep putting a knot in my tongue ..."I added the plays but also rewrote the blurb a bit. Please could each of you take a few minutes to look it over and see if it is OK or if there are changes needed. I also added some tags (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, classics)
Leslie wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Guys would anyone of you properly English-speaking folk like to edit the group text so that it states that we have a seasonal play-read as well? I just tried but I keep putting a knot..."Looks fine to me, Leslie, thanks for doing that!
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Just wanted to get your opininon on two things:1. Rowena and I would like to pick the first two non-fiction nominations with the most votes for a group read in order to provide some choice as a test run. I know that Shirley and quite a few members liked the idea, I just wanted to see whether the rest of you is OK with that.
2. Alannah brought a question up in the Ask the Moderators thread regarding how long group reads and readalongs will be open before they are moved to an archive folder or frozen.
Personally I wouldn't freeze them at all, and even though I know that in Perks group reads were moved pretty soon after the end of the group read month, I think it would be nice to leave them in the respective folder a bit longer, since often there are late-comers that will like to still be able to contribute to the discussion.
For Readalongs if we were to move them at all (which after a while might become necessary in order not to have 100 topics in one folder) maybe as a rule of thumb we could move those to archive which have last been active 3 month ago?
What do you guys think?
Jenny wrote: "Just wanted to get your opininon on two things:1. Rowena and I would like to pick the first two non-fiction nominations with the most votes for a group read in order to provide some choice as a t..."
Whatever you two decide is fine with me :)
"2. Alannah brought a question up in the Ask the Moderators thread regarding how long group reads and readalongs will be open before they are moved to an archive folder or frozen.
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I agree completely with Jenny. Not only do group members sometimes finish late but newcomers to the group should be able to voice their thoughts or questions. I would also like to keep them in their folders until archiving becomes necessary due to space or organizational issues.
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Great :)
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Great :)"
And I wouldn't freeze discussion at all as you were saying. Let's move them when we can't help it!!!
Jenny wrote: "Just wanted to get your opininon on two things:1. Rowena and I would like to pick the first two non-fiction nominations with the most votes for a group read in order to provide some choice as a t..."
Hi all - sorry I am a bit late in replying - I think I agree with everything that's been said: I don't think any of the discussion threads should be frozen either, but I think that after about 3 months or so, we should archive the group reads for fiction, and perhaps after 6 months for the other reads (as they are bi-monthly). If they went into a separate thread called "previous group reads", then they would be easy to find. But I don't think we need to worry about it just yet - only when things become unmanageable. And the same for the readalongs - let's leave them as long as possible, as quite often, people will be inspired to read a book after the readalong has happened, and it is nice to be able to access it easily and read people's comments.
Just wondering when you all think would be a good time to start up a recommendation swap? I was thinking either in November or maybe January, as December always seems to be such a busy month? Or should we wait until we have more members?
Shirley wrote: "Just wondering when you all think would be a good time to start up a recommendation swap? I was thinking either in November or maybe January, as December always seems to be such a busy month? Or sh..."January seems good to me. November & December always feels hectic to me so waiting until after the holidays is a plus. But I am willing to go with the majority. Are you going to continue with the 3 month window for reading the recommended book?
Shirley, since I've never paricipated in one I am really not an expert, but if you were to go with a three month time frame that Leslie was talking about then the winter months would look fine to me. I wouldn't worry about member numbers as judging from the 'Ask the Moderators' thread it seems that there are quite a few people happy to participate.
I agree with Leslie about January. May as well start it in the New Year, plus the end of the year is a bit hectic for some. You could always do sign ups in the second half of January and have it running from 1st February until 30th/31st of April or whenever.
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LauraT wrote: "Yes probably new year is the best time. But I was wondering if I could "borrow" an idea from perks and set up a "bookmark" swap for Christmass: sending a bookmark aldo over the ocean is not this ex..."
I probably wouldn't personally take part as I don't collect bookmarks, but others might be interested. I think it's a good idea though so go ahead :)
I probably wouldn't personally take part as I don't collect bookmarks, but others might be interested. I think it's a good idea though so go ahead :)
Laura,if you were going to do it I think you could even start in the beginning of November, I remember sending a letter to the States once around Christmas time, and it ended up taking almost 3 weeks. As for the 'borrowing' the others might be better judges, I never even knew there was one ;) so I find it hard to tell how sensitive an issue that might be.
Jenny wrote: "Laura,if you were going to do it I think you could even start in the beginning of November, I remember sending a letter to the States once around Christmas time, and it ended up taking almost 3 wee..."
I don't think that a bookmark swap ever actually happened in perks. I think someone suggested it but it never happened.
I don't think that a bookmark swap ever actually happened in perks. I think someone suggested it but it never happened.
By the way.....we are 14 members away from 200 members. That makes me so happy :) *happy dance*
Hi everyone, thanks for all your input about the recommendation swap, I agree that January seems like the best time. I'll organise the sign ups in January and then people have February-April to read the book. Then the next one will start in May (sign up in April) and so on...Laura, I see no reason why we can't have a bookmark swap, if enough people are interested. I can't remember who thought of it in Perks, but it didn't get past the idea stage in any case. I agree with Jenny, it would be best to do it at the beginning of November, to allow plenty of time!
I've had such a hectic weekend, but now that our eldest daughter has been safely despatched to university, things should be quieter!!
Glad things went well Shirley, hope you are having a bit of time to relax now.;)And hooray to almost 200! ;)
Congratulations on your daughter going off to Uni! :) Are you missing her yet? I don't think my mother missed me at all haha.
Thanks Jenny and Becca - well, I didn't think I was missing her, but I must be, because I had a terrible night's sleep last night!!
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Tomorrow I'll have more time to have a closer look at the group: almost 200 in a month is a real achivement!!! I'm really happy we have started this!!!
And for the bookmarks swap you're right: I'll start in november
I have tried to set up the group read for The Night Circus but can't do it properly as I've already read this book so it won't let me add it to the bookshelf as "to read", nor can I add the picture of the book to the group read discussion, for some reason. Could one of you add it to the bookshelf, and add the book to the group read, please? I don't really understand why I can't do it, though?
Shirley wrote: "I have tried to set up the group read for The Night Circus but can't do it properly as I've already read this book so it won't let me add it to the bookshelf as "to read", nor can I add the picture..."Ok, I have now sorted the bookshelf part, but still can't add the book to the group read so it has the book cover like the others do...
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