Has anyone noticed the number of messages on just the topic of cutting down on list traffic. Is it necessary to respond to everything?
At 05:01 PM 9/11/2009, you wrote:
And so you know, the reason I have sent some thank yous is this. I have never gotten used to this windows vista and whispering I don't know how to add addresses so I don't have any addresses in my book to thank people with. Never had any trouble with adding before but this layout if people reply to me or write and I reply then it's added and sense it's in a totally different place even than I'm used to that is why the thank yous came but just know I thank you when I see books and I'll let it go like that from now on and you'll just know I appreciate it anyhow.----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:08 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Holding Down the TrafficI agree completely with you, Mayrie.I'd like to add that posting wishlist requests here often triggers someone volunteering to scan and/or proof a book. Just sending those requests directly to Cindy doesn't trigger that. smile.Judy s. Mayrie ReNae wrote:Hi everyone,I disagree heartily with Roger. I think that single messages about books being scanned, books with which folks need help, requests for proofreaders, requests for the wish list and the like belong on the volunteer list. I would much rather see the two and three day long discussions of just about anything stopped altogether than stopping messages like the ones I mention that actually have to do with volunteering for bookshare.Mayrie ------------------------------------------------------------------------*From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cindy*Sent:* Friday, September 11, 2009 12:50 AM *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Holding Down the Trafficswitching such items to the bookshare discuss list rather than the volunteer list would helpCindyWish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites belowWish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+ListBooks Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List--- On *Thu, 9/10/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx /<Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>/* wrote:From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Holding Down the Traffic To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 8:25 PM I have finally caught up with my email. I don't know how long that will last though. It would not surprise me if I logged on tomorrow and found another hundred plus messages waiting for me. That is why I would like to make a few suggestions concerning holding down list traffic. By no means do I want to try to squelch off topic threads even though they could stand to be held down a little. Besides, the next time I start one I can always say that everybody else is doing it. However, there are a few kinds of messages we could do easily without. For one thing, I think that messages announcing that a title should be added to or removed from the books being scanned list could be sent privately to Cindy. Other messages that are clearly list business but do not need to be seen by everyone on the list might be handled that way too. It would be good if you could think of whether it could or not before you post. Also, there are a lot of messages that contain nothing but thank you or congratulations or chuckle and every now and then a message that entirely consists of LOL. I really do not see that these serve any purpose at all, but if you think they do then those might be sent privately too. I just ask you to think before you click the send button and ask yourself if this message either contributes to the purpose of the list or to the off topic thread in which you are participating. I think that part of the problem is that there are just a lot of subscribers here and that on a smaller list those kind of messages would be hardly noticed but when so many people are sending them it can really fill up the in box fast. Now, even as I have been typing this I hear the sound of arriving email, so here I go falling behind again. "The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. " Leon Trotsky The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com <http://wwww.themilitant.com>Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html _To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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