[bksvol-discuss] Re: emails going to junk mail
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 23:08:09 -0800 (PST)
Hi, Alisa!
Thanks again for your time this afternoon! Glad you un-spammed me. LOL I
truly appreciate your listening and feedback on all the subjects we discussed
from literacy, to skills and rewards to background. What a small world that we
both have ties to Omaha!
I did want to add that some of our most productive volunteers, like Jamie
Yates,
have no aspirations of being (if they knew it existed) a trusted volunteer
since
they do not want to be responsible for the totality of mastering a finished
book. For example, Jamie is not interested in inserting DAISY navigation or
finer minutiae like the ellipsis controversy. She is a great scanner and does
some really tough books and completes series and has access to amazing piles of
books through the Michigan library loan system, and loves her work, but doesn't
want to read every book she does. And still, she deserves reward and
assistance
for all she has done besides us keeping her in scanners and OCR updates. ;-)
And then there are people like Susan who cannot scan because of arthritis, but
could deserve rewards for painstaking work. She and Larry may have to budget,
but can afford their technology since the both worked for years, so you would
need to decide if rewards were merit based or needs and merit based.
I personally would love to work comprehensively to get Anastasia into a better
loaned tech setup and mentor her to a better standard since she works on so
many
books instead of knowing every book needs paragraphing. I also desperately
want
Em Rose (Rosenfeld) to get an OpticBook scanner since she does a great job and
has access to the vast Virginia library system. Other people to keep on the
watch list are Vivian Flores, Nicole B (Bethesda Lily), and Sister Dolores
Dean,
all for various reasons.
A side project, (maybe for an intern?) could be searching for unused Optacons
that could be repurposed for volunteers previously trained (since there is no
new training), wanting to be able to do a more thorough job, especially for
people willing to tackle tough books like cook books.
And last, but not least, Nichole's link is below my name. We have been
horrible
about updating, so the link to the September story is still in the last update.
If you want more on your family, Bookshare Blog did a piece on our family and
one or two on Nichole as well that you can easily pull up in the archives,
although i will gladly send links if you prefer.
Sorry for rambling and again, than you very much for caring! Bookshare is a
wonderful resource we are completely dedicated to growing in volume and
quality.
Valerie
Keep up with Nichole's recovery:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
From: Alisa Moore <alisam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Mon, February 6, 2012 1:40:33 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] emails going to junk mail
>
>
>Hi all…if you write me and don’t hear back from me within a day, your email
>may
>have gone to my junk email folder (if it doesn’t recognize your email address,
>the first time you write me). This is happening periodically…
>
>I will always respond to emails within 24 hours unless I’m on vacation or on
>Benetech holiday. If you feel I may have missed your email, try again, call
>me,
>or let Mayrie know and she’ll pass your message on to me.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Alisa K. Moore
>Volunteer Program Manager
>Benetech
>www.bookshare.org
>650-352-0087
>
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