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
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*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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