Oh, I think there's a relatively easy way to mostly fix it. Namely, make explicit what type of art one needs to have done and then leave it up to the good will of the nominated.
In other words, put something in the definition for Fan Artist and Writer like "To be eligible for this category, a nominee must reasonably believe they produced a body of work in the preceding year which did not result in, either directly or indirectly, a substantial part of their income and that nominators could've reasonably seen that non-professional body of work. When contacted to accept or decline their nomination, nominees will be reminded of the preceding sentence, and asked to provide a reasonably viewable location for that body of non-professional work for inclusion on the ballot."
Basically make it clear the Fan categories are for non-professional work (with a caveat that getting "paid" a sandwich per blog entry or similar insignificant "pay" doesn't count), that the nominee should be able to point out said non-pro work, and since that's (in theory anyway) the only thing being voted on, its location should be on the ballot just like the date/magazine info for many short fiction nominees. WIth a key point of effectively strongly suggesting to any nominees that it they think it's pro/provides much of their income, they should really decline the nomination.
Not bad. I reckon the primary criticism is that it doesn't provide a bright-line technical definition that can be applied mechanically and without any form of human judgment. I'm not saying that this is bad; just that it's where the controversies lie.
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Date: 2012-04-09 02:29 am (UTC)In other words, put something in the definition for Fan Artist and Writer like "To be eligible for this category, a nominee must reasonably believe they produced a body of work in the preceding year which did not result in, either directly or indirectly, a substantial part of their income and that nominators could've reasonably seen that non-professional body of work. When contacted to accept or decline their nomination, nominees will be reminded of the preceding sentence, and asked to provide a reasonably viewable location for that body of non-professional work for inclusion on the ballot."
Basically make it clear the Fan categories are for non-professional work (with a caveat that getting "paid" a sandwich per blog entry or similar insignificant "pay" doesn't count), that the nominee should be able to point out said non-pro work, and since that's (in theory anyway) the only thing being voted on, its location should be on the ballot just like the date/magazine info for many short fiction nominees. WIth a key point of effectively strongly suggesting to any nominees that it they think it's pro/provides much of their income, they should really decline the nomination.
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Date: 2012-04-09 02:32 am (UTC)