I am happy to send it to you. After all your concerns, you deserve to read it quickly.
E. At 02:59 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote:
E, wait! I don't mind at all if you and Cindy finish what you were doing with Myths of Sexuality. It was just one possibility. I snagged something else equally interesting. Go on and finish it up, unless you think you're going to be stuck with something else for a good while. If that's the case, I'll take it on, but otherwise you may as well carry on. Thanks anyway. Tracy > Some folks do seem to think we have a problem. > > I have written Carrie. We are arranging it so that Tracy will be able > to have Myths of Sexuality in the next few days. > > Tracy wait please and do not take the present copy off step 1. I am > going to submit my copy. Then Carrie is going to reject it and put it > back on step 1 with "hold for tracy" on it. That way, my work will be > kept. > > I will send you notes, Tracy, on what parts need work. > > Then you and Cindy can fix it up. > > Perhaps you will move faster than I have on it. Just give me a day or > so to fix everything up so my work is retained. > > I promise to send you explicit notes about the book privately. > > E. > > > At 02:44 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote: >>Evan, >> >>Excellent points; thank you! And when you look at the books in >>processing there are lots and lots of "hold for" books that are >>being validated. >> >>Honestly, I'm not sure why we are having this lengthy discussion of >>an issue that is not really a problem. Am I missing something? If >>a submitter sees that a "hold for" of one of their books has been on >>step one for a long time the submitter can contact the person that >>the book is being held for either via the list or by email. >> >>Cat Lover Lori >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:03 AM >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold for how long? >> >> >>>I haven't checked recently, but when I have checked, and when >>>others have checked, the number of hold fors on Step 1 has always >>>been quite small relative to the number of books overall. And how >>>many of that small number have ever been held for someone who has >>>died or otherwise been incapacitated and not been able to pick them >>>up? How often has this ever happened in the time Bookshare has been >>> around? >>> >>>Having a separate list for such a rare event seems like needless >>>complexifying for volunteers and needless work for the engineers as >>> well. >>> >>>Evan >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione" >>> <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:57 PM >>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold for how long? >>> >>> >>>>>This is a small tightly knit community. We will know if somebody gets >>>>>sick or is going to be away for a long time or dies. >>>> >>>>I disagree. >>>>I don't know anyone on this list personally. >>>>Did any of you know my father was very ill this spring before he passed >>>>away? Did anyone know that I spent quite a bit of time travelling back >>>>and forth between New Jersey and Montana as a consequence, and that it >>>> put >>>>a crimp in my validating, among other things? I think not, since I did >>>> not >>>>mention it on the list. When someone is having a crisis, validating >>>> and >>>>chatting on this list can easily be ignored. Shocking to some, I'm >>>> sure. >>>> >>>>But whatever. If books stay on hold forever and a day, I guess it's >>>> none >>>>of my business, and I will tell myself not to care. There are plenty >>>> of >>>>other fish in the validating sea. >>>>Tracy >>>> >>>> >>>>To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>>>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>put 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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