[bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad to be leaving
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:09:36 -0700
Hi Lea,
I hope you have an easy move. Best to you and yours in a new home. I
hope it isn't too stressful. We definitely appreciate volunteers like you!
I'm thrilled to have had someone with your determination and skills for as
long as we did.
Happy and safe travels!
Mayrie
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pascha Lea
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:04 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Sad to be leaving
Hello all,
Not many of you know me, but a few of you do. My name is Lea, and I've been
volunteering with Bookshare for 4 years now as a validator. Unfortunately,
my time here is coming to an end. My husband and I are going to be moving
overseas in 6 weeks, and I don't think I can volunteer as a validator for
Bookshare while I'm resident in a foreign country.
I've really enjoyed my time with Bookshare immensely. As a sighted person, I
concentrated on validating text books and some of the more difficult books.
Yes, some of them were intensely boring, but I also learned a lot from
reading books I wouldn't normally pick up. I hope most of my work was
accurate - I would not validate a book if I couldn't get a hard-copy of it.
I'm moving to the UK, and I wish there was a project like this available for
those with vision impairments or other reading disabilities. My husband is
blind and I have always felt strongly that he should have just as much
access to written material as I do.
Although I have not been active in posting to this group, I have been
lurking for the past 4 years in order to keep myself up-to-date with
changes, etc. I will miss reading all of the lively discussion and I hope
that Bookshare continues to leap ahead. Bookshare certainly has one of the
most dedicated volunteer forces I've ever seen!
Best wishes to everyone.
Lea Turkington
(who has validated 119 book during the past 4 years)
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