[bksvol-discuss] Re: a sort of raise for validators

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:03:17 -0700 (PDT)

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
> >
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