We're going to ask all scanners and validators to be volunteers (right now only validators have to register as volunteers. And we're going to ask all new volunteers to check a box that they have read the manual. So it will be gentle yet firm, or something like that! Lisa -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Evan Reese Sent: Sun 8/5/2007 11:56 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Foolproof Method for Manual Download Updates Sorry, Linda, but I don't have a good feeling about this idea. Certainly, we want to encourage people to have the latest information, and some problems may arise if they don't get it. But forcing them to download it by not allowing them to volunteer if they don't sounds to me like a really good way of alienating people. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Adams To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 2:53 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Foolproof Method for Manual Download Updates If Bookshare staff puts a Bookshare manual book in the collection for us to download, a code could be placed in the downloading of that book since Bookshare knows anyway when we download books. This code could be necessary to show up in our account or profile before we would be allowed to submit or validate books. That way, no further volunteering could be done unless the volunteer had downloaded the latest version of the manual. That code could be an automatic password attached to the download of the manual that would be our key to continue volunteering. The system would see that manual download code and permit us to continue volunteering. Linda Adams