[bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad decision
- From: "Kaitlyn" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:05:24 -0800
Awe, Ernie, You are a sweetheart:)
I have a couple of books here you might be interested in. Get in touch:)
Katie Hill
No one is given a dream without also being given the power to make it come
true
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of k4zq
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:22 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad decision
the bookshare goddess
Peace,
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kaitlyn" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:25 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad decision
> Hi
>
> Yes, Ernie is a good guy! I have spoken with him more than once. I think
> he
> thinks I am the Bookshare techline, LOL:)
>
>
> Katie Hill
> No one is given a dream without also being given the power to make it come
> true
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of siss52
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:21 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad decision
>
>
> Ernie,
>
> I am not Cindy, but just HAD to tell you how much I enjoyed this message.
> Your wife, family and friends must really value your sense of humor!
> <<<lol> Keep making us laugh with the humor you include in your posts.
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "k4zq" <k4zq@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:29 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad decision
>
>
>> Hi Cindy,
>>
>> Well, your point is a good one, but it's like saying that one plate in a
>> china pattern can stand by itself. It can, but any good wife will tell
> you
>> (which mine has) that one plate does not a pattern make.
>>
>> If I'm studying western civ history, and I stop with the assassination of
>> Julius Caesar, the material I have covered is accurate, but you can't
> really
>> call my study complete. For example, I won't know a lot about Elvis.
>>
>> As for the Norton, I'm coming more and more to the thought that rejection
> is
>> the way to go with this one. There are 3 reasons: there are some missing
>> pages already, and I'm on page 23. 2, this is only volume I which means
>> that somebody's gonna miss McBeth--or think that nobody's written
>> anything
>> since say
>> Chaucer, and 3, since there are practically 2 editions later, somebody
> with
>> a lot of time and nothing else to do, may decide to scan one of 'em.
>>
>> Actually, I think I'll take the politically correct course, and just
> release
>> it back; for as my friend Katie will tell you, gods know I wouldn't
>> offend
>> anybody for the world. Somebody took a lot of effort to scan this thing,
>> and if I'm right, she's already frustrated with the system. If it was
>> the
>> other individual, he's probably a really cool guy, and I don't wannaa be
>> accused of saying "Do it better, Kid."
>>
>> For now, gotta go eat, so I'll validate this and send it you. "Of all
>> the
>> things I've ever lost, I miss my mind the most.
>> Ernie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:18 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad decision
>>
>>
>> >I do enjoy your posts, Ernie. You have a positive
>> > attitude and always lighten what you say with a
>> > chuckle-causing line or two.
>> >
>> > A collection like the Norton Anthology really can't
>> > said to be only half the book, since volume one is
>> > complete in itself and volume two probably has later
>> > masterpieces of literature and will be complete in
>> > itself. Anyway, hopefully someone will scan volume
>> > two.
>> >
>> > Cindy
>> >
>> > --- k4zq <k4zq@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Mickey,
>> >>
>> >> You know that I am pretty new to this whole
>> >> Bookshare thing, but let me just
>> >> share a bit with you.
>> >>
>> >> Seems to me that Bookshare is in flux at the moment.
>> >> However, the staff
>> >> positions seem to be getting filled.
>> >>
>> >> Whenever I look at the news at the top of the
>> >> bookshare page, the number of
>> >> available books keeps going up. The only conclusion
>> >> I can reach is that
>> >> somebody is doing something.
>> >>
>> >> Sounds as though you have a lot of books that are
>> >> ready for approval, but
>> >> it's taking time. Well, in my short time, I've
>> >> picked up three books for
>> >> validation; 1 wouldn't upload when I finished it, 1
>> >> had missing copyright
>> >> info, and each chapter was in a different file, and
>> >> the last one has missing
>> >> pages. It is also an earlier edition of a book
>> >> whose newest edition is
>> >> coming out in 2006. It also is only half the book
>> >> since it is in 2 volumes,
>> >> and only vol I is available.
>> >>
>> >> Frustrating, right. Besides, I have a hell of a lot
>> >> of things I could be
>> >> reading. At this point, I'm waiting for some
>> >> comments on the list to see
>> >> whether I should proceed with this validation, or
>> >> just reject the book and
>> >> hope for a later scan.
>> >>
>> >> fifteen hours a week is a lot of time to be putting
>> >> into an activity which
>> >> seems to be bearing little fruit. Might I suggest
>> >> that you just back off
>> >> considerably, say to 3 hours a week or so, rather
>> >> than just going away. It
>> >> may seem that your work for Bookshare is not
>> >> appreciated, but that's not so
>> >> at all.
>> >>
>> >> Bookshare is primarily our organization, and it
>> >> always will be what we make
>> >> it. The professional staff can only do so much, and
>> >> the rest is up to us to
>> >> keep it growing. That means that whatever anyone
>> >> does as a volunteer is an
>> >> important contribution.
>> >>
>> >> I can't fault you for wanting to get on with other
>> >> things, and I can't fault
>> >> you for your frustration with the number of books
>> >> you have ready for
>> >> approval. Guess I'm saying, don't go from one
>> >> extreme to the other. Get on
>> >> with your work as a proof reader and medical
>> >> transcriber, but don't give it
>> >> up altogether on Bookshare.
>> >>
>> >> My apologies to the rest of the list, but I think
>> >> per haps what I said to
>> >> Mickey may be of benefit to others. I know I
>> >> thought it was pretty cool.
>> >>
>> >> "Of all the things I've ever lost, I miss my mind
>> >> the most."
>> >> Ernie
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "mickey" <micka@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:46 PM
>> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad decision
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > HHi, Scott.
>> >> >
>> >> > I would bet, first of all, that I have 15 books in
>> >> the admin queue. I've
>> >> > done several books, which were already in the
>> >> admin queue, so they didn't
>> >> > need two copies.
>> >> >
>> >> > I believe in Bookshare, would like to work for it,
>> >> but can't spend 10 or
>> >> > 15 hours on a book, to find that it got approved
>> >> the day before I finished
>> >> > it. That tends to be very discouraging.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am a proofreader by profession, and keep busy
>> >> with that and my course.
>> >> > Maybe it's time to just work on that.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'll keep looking to see if anything I've done
>> >> needs extra work.
>> >> >
>> >> > I hope to be back soon.
>> >> >
>> >> > Mickey
>> >> >
>> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:39 PM
>> >> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad decision
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> I'm curious to know how the validations were a
>> >> waste of your time? I'm
>> >> >> asking mostly because I didn't understand your
>> >> explanation. What has
>> >> >> disappointed you?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Scott
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >> From: "mickey" <micka@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:32 AM
>> >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Sad decision
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> Hi, Group.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> This is my third year of volunteering with
>> >> Bookshare. I think it's a
>> >> >>> great source of wonderful reading material of
>> >> all types.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> However, I know that the Palo Alto center is
>> >> understaffed, that they're
>> >> >>> behind. But in the past month I've validated or
>> >> nearly validated books
>> >> >>> that were in the administrative queue, which
>> >> ended up being a total
>> >> >>> waste of my time. I read a book thoroughly,
>> >> making corrections when I
>> >> >>> can as well as spellchecking.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> It's impossible to know what is being done, or
>> >> what has been done--both
>> >> >>> for the scanner and the validator.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I'm taking a course in medical transcribing,
>> >> plus working, and can't
>> >> >>> afford to spin my wheels.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> So, for now, I'll stop volunteering. I'll keep
>> >> abreast of things, in
>> >> >>> case things get better, but I'm returning the
>> >> books I've taken to
>> >> >>> validate.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> It's been good working with you all. Thanks.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Mickey
>> >> >>>
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