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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MavrickWeirdo" data-source="post: 1750009" data-attributes="member: 107">Now for my "moving forward" suggestions.1) I think in late september or early october we should call a volunteer to be "ENnies Chairperson". Those who volunteer should have their head examined, but we would run out of canidates that way, so we will skip that part. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Then Enworld votes on a chairperson the same way that we vote on Judges.Once we have a Chairperson, they should (at their discretion) accept volunteer assistance to run the ENnies (possibly a voting coordinator, a ceremony/tech coordinator, ect.)I do not think that "ENworld Press" should be in charge of the ENnies, however I have no objection to Dextra running for Chairperson. If he won he could accept any volunteer assistance he chooses (including people who happen to work for ENP). I realize I am splitting hairs, but lots of "professional organizations" make the same distinctions.2) "The Booth" should be seperate from "The ENnies". My appologies to Morrus on this issue, but I think it should be an "EN World Booth". I am in favor of it looking good (both the booth, and the voulnteers) it should coordinate with the "The ENnies" and ENP, but I think that the ENnies Chairperson will have enough to do without being in charge of the booth also. I think that if intead of selling "EN World" T-Shirts at or near cost (Which is an assumption on my part), they should be priced to make a profit, and then that money can be used to fund the booth.3) As far as the Origins are concerned, I do not see them as "Competition". In SF/F Fandom there are the (previously mentioned) Hugo Awards, which are a fan award. There is also the Nebula Awards, which is a peer award voted on by professional writers. They both seek to recognize good work. Some years the same story wins both, some years different stories win. Each is valued for what it is.I am aware that Origins has "people's choice" catagories, but I think they are primarily a Peer Award. ENnies are primarily a Fan Award. Both can exist without either being "better" than the other.</blockquote>

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