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Okay, I just got IRC to work. (Last year, it wasn't going to connect, but I've had a computer crash since then... At least something it was good for. :p )

Anyway, I'm volunteering for two categories unless you have found someone by now:
Best revelation
Best original/supporting character

Just, uh, could you give me the Kerth links again so I can skim the stories again beforehand?

All of the stories are linked at http://www.kerthawards.com/2011nominees.html

LJK, you're hired! Thank you!

Amber

If you're presenting and you're going to use a different name on IRC than you use on the boards (like I go by BriGal on IRC, though I'll change my nick tonight), let me know so I can make sure to voice the right person when it comes time.

The kerthawards channel is moderated, and only the people with "voice" can actually talk in that channel.

Well, I'll make an exception and use my forum nick this time.

Hey, Amber, I sent you an email but I'll post here, too, since there are still awards without presenters.

And, yes, Carol, I wasn't using undernet, but I didn't realize that's what it was until you told me. Now, if I can just figure out how to get it to use undernet.... Edit: Got it! Thanks, Carol, for pointing that out to me.

Great ceremony everyone! Many talented authors here.

Artemis

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.

Thanks to the Kerth committee and the presenters for all of your hard work which resulted in such a fun evening!

I'm still stunned at tieing for BNA...I had thought MozartMaid's works so far superior to my own that I had figured I would never have had a chance. My thanks to all who voted for me! And thanks to my BRs. I know that without your suggestions, my stories would have been much the poorer.

Joy,
Lynn

A huge thank you to everyone who volunteered to present! Everyone did great!

If you missed the ceremony, you'll have to check it out when it gets added to the Kerth Awards site. It was lots of fun!

Amber

Well, it was fun

Congratulations to all the winners!

Something I realized after signing off at 2AM last night.

Would it be possible to tighten the Kerth season a little bit and move the ceremony to the week after the US DST starts? Over here in the GMT+1 area of the world, DST starts two weeks later than in the US (after the recent switch in the US), temporarily reducing the time difference by one hour. And this means a 6pm start on the East Coast will be an 11pm start over here in Central Europe. Instead of midnight.

Michael

Yes, please...
And maybe we could even start an hour earlier? Or wouldn't that work for the people on the West coast?

Fine by me. That would be 2 p.m. California time. The people more adversely affected are in Australia. It would be 7 a.m. Sunday morning. I think a Saturday ceremony is a good idea.
Congratulations to all the winners!
regards
Artemis

Actually, and I hope I didn't add/subtract the wrong hour , our Down Under FoLCs will get an additional hour of sleep, too, if we hold the Ceremony a few weeks earlier, since it would still be summer time for them.

Michael

PS: I'm starting to understand why Tempus keeps popping up. The feeling of power you get when messing with time is just awesome

LOL re Tempus, Mike. You're right. Sounds like a plan.

Artemis

I, too, am a time nut and went on the magic software. For March 31, 2012 the times are:
2 p.m. Los Angeles, Daylight Savings Time
7 a.m. Sydney,April 1, Standard Time
GMT+1 10 p.m., Standard Time
Berlin,11 p.m., DST
Athens, 12 p.m., DST
So Sydney would be an hour earlier too.

Artemis

Yeah, April 1st 2012 is after the time shift. Would you mind checking again for March 18th?

US: March 11th 2012
Europe: March 25th 2012
Australia: April 1st

So, March 18th would be the sweet spot.

Thanks, Michael

PS: Yeah, I am worried that it might be too early in the year for the awards. Then again, our awesome Kerth Committee did manage to get the nominations up just a few short days after the deadline instead of taking the two whole weeks.

Hi Mike:
Remember Australia is going into fall. So it is going out of DST.
April 1, 2012 in LA 2 p.m. is DST.
April 2, 2012 in Sydney is 7 a.m. Standard Time
From the time conversion website:
If you pick a Sunday, it is Monday in Sydney, so I think a Saturday would be better.
For 2 p.m. in LA March 18:
Athens, 11 p.m. Standard
Berlin, 10 p.m. Standard
Helsinki, 11 p.m. Standard
London, 9 p.m. Standard


The other factor to consider is that after the stories are nominated, they have to be read by board members and that takes time, especially for the longer stories. Even if K-Comm is fast on its feet, there is still time required to read.

While I enjoyed all the stories who won yesterday, I think we also have to evaluate the comparison of the stories in the categories. That takes time too.

Artemis