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As it's a leap year, don't we have until midnight on the 29th!?
Wendy UK wrote: "As it's a leap year, don't we have until midnight on the 29th!?"I hope so. I was counting on it.
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Yes!
and now I know that somebody reads these announcements! :D
Ok, let's let our mods know their work is important by posting something here if you've read this announcement!Hooray for leap year!
YAY Mods!!!!I noticed that earlier for what it's worth and PM'ed Dee to make sure I wasn't missing anything.
I just figured with the million you things you've got going on right now, you just happened to not remember it's a leap year. LOL
the onyl way i remember its a leap year is looking at my julien calender at work ;)
Big yeahs and thanks to the mods! I don't know how you do it (and have real lives - you do have real lives, don't you?)
The mods do a terrific job! Thanks very much.
Thank you so much for you efforts in keeping everything a smooth as possible!! :) :)
Chris wrote: "(and have real lives - you do have real lives, don't you?)"Sort of... LOL...
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Too much so, sometimes!
Ann A wrote: "Three cheers for our Marvelous Mods!!"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
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Thanks for the wonderful challenges and your hard work.
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LOL! I try...
Thanks everybody
yep! what everybody said. I had so much fun. Thank you mods for doing this.
Thank you to all the mods who do this! I am so glad you have kept this group going!! thank you thank you thank you thank you
Yay for our awesome mods! You all are the best :)
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Chris wrote: "(and have real lives - you do have real lives, don't you?)"Sort of... LOL..."
I am still waiting for my real life :) My bank called, my reality check bounced :)
thank you for all your hard work, your dedication is much appreciated!
This was my first challenge and it was incredibly fun. Thanks for all the hard work you do!!
Thanks, mods! And sorry for all the posts I got on the problems thread this season!
Mrs. Soule - I second your entire remark. Thanks to the mods and I hang my head in shame for my posting problems. We should have a 20 pointer where you are eligible if you DON'T require a re-post for a task with problems! That would totally exclude me but might make for easier work for the mods!
Thank you to our wonderful mods for yet another fantastic challenge!! You guys rock!
I have always thought y'all were terrific, so I second each and every comment here. This particular challenge went quickly for me...too quickly!
Great job, as always, mods!! I check out the posting occasionally, and I haven't even participated in the last few challenges. (Still trying to psyche myself back up for this - maybe in the summer...)
I find this challenge is a great way of keeping myself reading. So I second every thanks that's been given to the moderators who keep this thing rollin'. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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First, CHECK THE READERBOARD to make sure that the totals agree with your records. If they don’t, check the problems thread to make sure that there aren’t unresolved problems with any of your posts. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE CHALLENGE FOR THIS. Of course, if problems first come up at the end, that’s when we have to resolve them – but there is no reason at all to wait until then to resolve any problems that exist right now.
Second, DO NOT HOLD YOUR POSTS UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE! There is no need for this – if you look at the completed task threads, people do move books around if the need arises, so there is no need to wait until the last day of the challenge to decide how you’re going to arrange your books.
One problem with putting off your posting is that the moderators are volunteers, with jobs and families and lives outside of Goodreads and the SRC. We cannot devote all of our time to entering lots of last minute information – so if you wait until the last minute, that means that it will take that much longer for us to process all the information and get the 20 and 25 point tasks in the works. You know how eager you are to see the new tasks, so let's all try to make this happen as smoothly and quickly as possible!
Another problem is that you run the risk of having problems, either with your own computer or with getting onto the internet or Goodreads. All tasks must be posted in the completed task threads by midnight eastern time on February 29. If you wait until the very last minute, you take your chances that there will be problems posting and that you won't get credit for the books you've read.
Finally, if you wait until the last minute, and one of your books doesn’t work for the task for which you post it, you’re not going to have time to move it to another task and read something else.
Of course, if you’re finishing up that last book at 11:30 PM on the 29th, you need to wait until then to post it. But, out of courtesy to the moderators and out of self preservation, you should not hold any completed task posts until then – just post as you go.
Please be very careful with your final posts. There are some tasks with specific posting requirements. If you omit any information you may not have time to repost.