[bookshare-discuss] Re: Classic mysteries
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 01:03:19 -0700 (PDT)
Tony,
I'm curious about two of the comments in your post.
What do you mean by "it's [your mailing list] is open
to all unlike the official volunteer list for
bookshare." My understanding is that the official
volunteer list is open to anyone who wants to be a
volunteer. To whom is it closed?
Also, why do you assume that "many sighted
people wouldn't want to join the volunteer list and
wouldn't really belong anyway." I don't know ow many
bookshare volunteers are sighted; I get the feeling
not many, and it would certainly be nice to have more.
And I don't know how many PG volunteers are sighted,
but I suspect a lot, if not most. I don't know where
you plan to send your press releases, but maybe they
would bring in sighted volunteers to scan and
validate.
Just curious.
Cindy
--- Tony Baechler <bookshare@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi. Thanks, but I was on the volunteer list for a
> long time. There
> was way too much traffic and off topic posts. Also,
> I would want a
> separate, small focus group. I don't want to
> compete with 50-100
> messages a day. Things get lost that way and
> threads are just too
> hard to follow. I couldn't keep up and I found
> there was little
> point. Also, I am an official volunteer, I've just
> taken a break for
> the past year or so.
>
> My interest in a specialized mailing list is to
> attract people who
> are particularly interested in that specific genre.
> There is no
> point in making everyone else on a list read about
> scanning projects
> etc. Also when I ask people to donate books, I
> don't want every
> volunteer knowing about it. When the donated books
> actually get
> scanned, that's different of course. Finally, I
> plan to issue press
> releases as the various lists are formed and I know
> many sighted
> people wouldn't want to join the volunteer list and
> wouldn't really
> belong anyway. My basic idea was to have a small
> version of Project
> Gutenberg in how things are done. A few people
> gather books, a few
> scan them, and anyone can validate them once they
> are
> uploaded. Things get moving quicker that way.
> Volunteers from
> either list are of course welcome to join my mailing
> list, it's open
> to all unlike the official volunteer list for
> bookshare.
>
> I have a dedicated server so running a few mailing
> lists is no
> problem for me. If anyone else has a specific genre
> they're
> interested in and want a lit just for it, please ask
> and I'll work with you.
>
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