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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