That's really interesting Scott. I think the stats are certainly worth looking at.
Is there a question on the sign-up form something like "how did you hear about bookshare?" I think the answer to that questionn would be very helpful.
JMO Bob----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 11:54 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Puzzled about all our new vounteer requests
Hi team,Rick and I have been trying to understand why there has been a sudden influx of volunteers wanting to do scanning and proofreading for Bookshare. I can't account for it due to any campaigns we have going from this end. Are any of you aware of any possible contributing factors?Here is some of the trend data: Recent monthly totals of signups: July 38 Aug 28 Sep 35 Oct 42 Signups for Nov, just thru Nov 15: 53! It began around Tue Nov. 9th.Features of the current campaign that are atypical of signups over recent months:1) over the past week we have averaged >5 signups per day (39 total): This is 3-4x the usual rate. 2) almost all new signups are <not> members Scott Rains Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department ________________________________________ 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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