[bksvol-discuss] Re: Portential greeters
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:39:18 -0700
Well, I know that I and quite a few others do post a welcome to newcomers
who introduce themselves on the list. If you think it's desirable to post a
welcome to anyone anyone who has joined but hasn't introduced him/herslf
and thus that we don't know about, I'm game.
Cindy
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Madeleine Linares
<Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi volunteers, ****
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> At one point we discussed having people greet new volunteers who have
> recently joined the list. I haven’t had very many people email me directly
> expressing interest so I thought I’d post here. For anyone interested in
> greeting others, Alisa and I were thinking that it could just be as simple
> as posting to the list once or twice a week with a friendly note to welcome
> anyone new.****
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> It could be as simple as: “Hi to anyone new to this discussion list!
> Welcome! Please feel free to introduce yourself and don’t hesitate to ask
> questions.”****
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> While we want to ensure that everyone feels welcome, we don’t want to clog
> up the list with chatty posts. We kindly request that if anyone is feeling
> especially friendly, please make sure no one else has already sent a
> greeting recently (in the last few days) before posting. We shall see how
> this works, and I’d greatly appreciate any feedback, whether positive or
> negative!****
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> Thanks and have a great rest of the day!****
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> Best,****
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> Madeleine Linares****
>
> Volunteer Coordinator****
>
> Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative****
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> 650-644-3459****
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> madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx****
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