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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dextra" data-source="post: 1724010" data-attributes="member: 5705">I am glad that this discussion is occurring, and am watching it quite intently.  Thank you everyone who has expressed their faith in me.  Honestly, I have no idea if I'd be acceptable to manage the ENnies.  I certainly wouldn't want to have any part in the nomination process nor the judging, so hopefully my being a freelancer and working for ENPublishing wouldn't affect my eligibility.  I just want to make next year's process easier on the staff, and the ceremony the best ever, and help nurture the ENnies so they can grow to their full potential.  If a bunch of publishers spoke up and said that it would be inappropriate for me to participate, or that they hated my guts and wouldn't want to support an organization with me at the helm, then I would certainly bow out.Also, please be advised that my comments and suggestions were merely that.  There are a lot of people out there much smarter or more creative than I am with some brilliant ideas and more experience.  I just threw out some ideas (hey, it took us fifteen hours to get home, and I drove most of it, so had lots of time to think!) in the hopes of prompting some discussion- and I guess it worked!  Some of ideas I believe very strongly in, like the need to improve our image and visibility.  Others, like the categories, fees, nomination process: totally negotiable.I don't know when Russ'll be making his decision as to the direction the ENnies will be travelling next year, and who'll be the navigator.  This is pretty early in the game.  Personally, I think the sooner the better so we can have a year to collate feedback, raise some money (I've had some more ideas, but won't show my hand yet) and raise the ENnies' visibility (even more ideas).  I suspect he's watching these discussion and thinking hard right about now.</blockquote>

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