[bksvol-discuss] Re: Cost to join and renew membership at Bookshare.org

Woe, come on now! This is getting a bit ridiculous Sue. Consider for a minute if you were one of these new employees. Would you like to be essentially thrown to the wolves and left to fend for yourself? Or would you rather receive some initial guidance to jump start your job? If you prefer the latter, then think about who may well be administering this training, Gustavo. If he is in fact doing so, this would logically mean that he has less time to approve books. I would guess that things will pick back up in a month or two once everyone has established their role and knows what to do, and the most efficient way to get things done.

And another thing, where did you get "mid May" from? Gustavo deserves a vacation just like the rest of us, and if he's gone for just a week, as Janice indicated, then he'll be back well before "mid May".

Bookshare has clearly been understaffed for some time now. They are remedying that situation, let's respect that and give them some sort of chance.

Scott


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Ah, I knew it! This time I knew better than to raise my hopes when the
announcement came about the hiring of John Glass. Instead of doing
handstands, I held off because I knew there was a catch. Gustavo, who
should be there approving books, has been "let out", thus delaying this very
important job for a month? "Till mid-May?" Gotcha!!!

Sue S.

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From: "Janice Carter" <Janice.C@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 4:43 PM
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Bookshare.org


You're killing me today.....

Here's what I suggest. Give us time to get the folks here settled (mid 
May?).  Then contact Mr. John Glass and ask him to add this suggestion to
the list of things that are important to the Volunteers.  (Others have
suggested having the ability to "gift" their extra credits to new users.
And, others have asked about pooling large amounts of credits and offering
to financially challenged schools.)

P.S. - Janice, Jennifer, and Susie are in the office for the next few
weeks if you have any urgent issues. We sent Gustavo away for the next week
so he can try to regain his sanity. The approval process for books will
remain "as is" until he returns. As he hands off chores to Jennifer and
John, the approval process will pick up again. 

Thanks.

Janice Carter
Director, Literacy Programs

Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA

(650) 475-5440 x122
(650) 759-5828 cell
(650) 475-1066 fax

janice.c@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.benetech.org

The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
A Nonprofit Organization


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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tom hawkins 
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:40 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Cost to join and renew membership at
Bookshare.org

Hi Janice, I sent a querry to Gerald earlier regarding life-time
membership in BookShare. At the time I was jesting, but it seems to me that
this subject should be broached at some level. Those of us that comtribute
more than the required number of books each year than is necessary to
maintain our membership should find some sort ofreward at some level for our
work. Maybe bragging rights or something. Tom Hawkins 

----- Original Message -----
From: Janice Carter <mailto:Janice.C@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:21 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Cost to join and renew membership at
Bookshare.org


Several of you have questioned the reference to $75.00 in the
Bookshare.org Quarterly Newsletter, so let me clarify for you: 

What does it cost to join Bookshare?  $75.00.

From the website
(http://www.bookshare.org/web/AboutIndividualSubscriptions.html), 

Individual Subscriptions

Individual subscriptions enable "all-you-can-read"* 
<http://www.bookshare.org/web/AboutIndividualSubscriptions.html#note>
access to books in easy-to-use digital formats for a full year.
Subscriptions cost 50 dollars plus a 25 dollar sign-up fee the first year.

Books and periodicals from Bookshare.org contain the full text of the
publication (not pre-recorded audio) that can be read with the adaptive
technology of the reader's choice. A talking software application is
included with membership, providing members with one option for reading the
books. The publications are also available in contracted digital Braille. 

What does it cost to renew your Individual membership?  $50.00.



Let us know if you have more questions.





Janice Carter

Director, Literacy Programs



Benetech

480 S. California Ave., Suite 201

Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA



(650) 475-5440 x122

(650) 759-5828 cell



(650) 475-1066 fax



janice.c@xxxxxxxxxxxx

www.benetech.org <http://www.benetech.org/>



The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity

A Nonprofit Organization





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