One of the most important cyber rules I learned was when I joined my first e-mail list.
The rule was ASSUME GOOD WILL.I have been on this list for around three years, but recently I delete more and more messages because the threads become unpleasant and contentious.And they become repetitive. We all know the new rules regarding holds; we all know that Carrie can make exceptions. We all know that people can submit books when a proofer is ready for them. Why can't we assume good will and get on with proofing.
I would never quit my volunteer work with Bookshare, but I could happily quit receiving mail from this list. I remain on this list because many kind volunteers helped me with issues when I first volunteered and I hope to provide the same to others, but truly there is less and less opportunity to provide such help in this forum.
I do not intend to offend anyone, and I am responding to the total thread, not to one person's views. but please, please, please can't we recognize that we are all valued for what we are doing, understand that there are various ways to deal with issues, and get back to the work at hand.
Lori C. who is beyond frustrated----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:21 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The hold discussion
Robert;I was replying to Tracy who said she had poached books in the past. Again, Carrie said she would retain holds on agreement of the scanner and proofreader. In my case, sometimes getting my books shipped back to me can take a while for me to have the text to proof from.I guess I will just quit lending my eyes and only do "my" books that I have bought or requested if people are going to be so nasty about respecting holds or understanding why some of us want to volunteer instead of free reading. I will quit buying books on my series I am supplying if there is going to be so much dissension on whether I can proof books I spent our limited funds on to add to the collection.Y'all sure do know how to ruin a good thing! Valerie On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:53 AM, robert tweedy wrote:Valerie remember if a person's name is on a book it's theirs. If it is two weeks, then that is what it should be or what ever the staff decide. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:39 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The hold discussionPlease don't poach mine (hold for Valerie or Valerie Maples)! I spent lots of money buying books just so I could scan or proof. i do not read anything; just proof and try to help out when people need sight on some books so sometimes my own requests are there longer than others.Please ask before poaching; that really is unkind to those of us who have invested our own money to add books we want to read who never check out, only volunteer!Valerie On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:And, frankly, if something has had a "hold for" for several months, and I'm really interested, I might poach.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.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.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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