I think I mislead people when I posted that just a few--but I think 60 out of all the members seemed to me to be a few. I did think it was a lot fewer, though, that had obtained full membership. I apologize for misleading anyone. Cindy --- Gerald Hovas <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lora, > > According to the December 2005 newsletter, more than > 60 people earned a free > subscription last year, and over 200 reduced last > year's subscription fee. > > HTH > > Gerald > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Lora > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:22 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a sort of raise for > validators > > On the number who have earned memberships, I only > grabbed a number I saw in > an Email yesterday, so I cannot guarantee its > reliability. > > And if there is a way to donate my credits, please > let me know. There was a > time when $50 to renew a yearly membership was > something I could not afford, > but that time is not now. > > Lora > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Monica Willyard > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:12 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a sort of raise for > validators > > Hi, Lora. I see your point. No, I wouldn't rush > through a validation, and > the more I think about it, the more I know I'd still > be helping out here. I > came here for credits, but it really isn't why I > stay. I know I only get > fifty cents for validations, but I treat those books > with as much care as my > own scans. I wouldn't want anyone to rush through a > validation just for > credits. You're right though that a person would be > more likely to rush his > or her work with the fifty cent deal since it takes > more books to earn > credit that way. > > I'm a little confused on where this number is coming > from that only a few > people pay for their membership with credits. I > know I saw a blurb about > quite a few people who had earned their memberships > in a newsletter that > Gustavo sent out this past spring. I thought I saw > something like 20 people > had earned memberships over the period of a few > months. I didn't save it > since the rest of the information wasn't something I > needed for later > reference. Does anyone else remember this, or have > I been dreaming up > numbers in my sleep-deprived state? > > Monica Willyard > > On Tuesday 9/26/2006 07:15 AM, you wrote: > >Hi Monica, > > > >I do understand that some people validate for > credits, and there's > >nothing at all wrong with that. On the other hand, > many of the people > >on this list, yourself included, strike me as > dedicated, and willing to > >do a good job for Bookshare at the same time. > Originally, Evan I think > >it was, said that by offering more money, people > would just rush > >through their validations to get the credits. > Although this may be > >true for some, I still find it hard to believe that > most volunteers > >would do that. Didn't someone say that only seven > people paid for their > memberships through their volunteer efforts? > > > >On the other hand, I'd rather see the pay scale > changed entirely. > >Perhaps > >$2 for submissions, and $1 for validation, would > balance the scales > >more equably. > > > >This would balance so that 25 submissions, or 50 > validations, would pay > >for a renewal of membership. > > > >And if offering more for validations would cause > people to race through > >a validation, offering less would seem to encourage > people to race even > >faster. After all, if I'll only make fifty cents > per validation, that > >means I'll have to validate 100 books to get > through the renewal > >process. Better validate real fast! > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Monica > >Willyard > >Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:50 PM > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a sort of raise for > validators > > > >Hi, Cindy. I have a scanner and use Openbook to > scan. What I was > >trying to say is that without credits, I wouldn't > do much on the > >validating side of things. As it is, I do > validation both for the > >credit and because we have a pretty hefty step 1 > page right now. Lora > >was talking about not validating for credits, and > that is what I was > >responding to. (smile) > > > >Monica Willyard > > > >On Monday 9/25/2006 11:34 PM, you wrote: > > >Monica, > > > > > >One gets so much more monetary credit for > scanning, and all you'd > > >really have to do after a scan is to check the > copyright page and put > > >the right info in the submission form; go through > the book and be > > >sure no pages have been omitted (we've all done > that, and > > >double-scanned a page, too); and delete junk > characters; and run a > > >spell-check. So you validate because you don't > have a scanner? I > > >think some can be had relatively inexpensively > and it might pay you n the > long run. > > > > > >I don't blame you at all for validating for the > credits. I probably > > >would work for the credits, too. I admit that in > my lifetime I have > > >volunteered my time and efforts rather than > donated money, not only > > >because I feel I'm being useful but because I > don't have that much > > >money to donate. smile > > > > > >Cindy > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. 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