[bksvol-discuss] Re: Holding Down the Traffic
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:56:18 -0700 (PDT)
That's a good point, but for just that reason I do forward new wish list new
requests that I get to the volunteer list, so if they're sent directly to me I
can forward them and that should cut down the traffic on the list. Also, once I
get the list in better browsable shape I can send it as an attachment once or
twice a month, as suggested, to the volunteer list. plus it's posted on the
bookshare site for anyone to check who's looking for a book to scan.
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Fri, 9/11/09, Melissa Smith <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Melissa Smith <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Holding Down the Traffic
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 8:45 AM
I would simply have thought that you would be more likely to get a wish list
book scanned by posting it on here, with all the volunteers that would see it.
I feel pretty sure that many do not check the wish list very often, and would
be more swift to respond to a request posted on this list.
Melissa
Chela Robles wrote:
> You know, if I want a wishlist request added, I'll go to Cindy.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Mayrie ReNae <mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 11, 2009 6:25 AM
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Holding Down the Traffic
>
> 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 Traffic
>
> switching such items to the bookshare discuss list rather than the
> volunteer list would help
>
> Cindy
>
> Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and
> books-being-scanned list available at sites below
>
>
>
> Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
>
> Books 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
> _
>
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