Thank you Scott. At this point I am looking at an interview I had yesterday at the office of Creative Commons. I should know about my usual Wednesday shift by Tuesday afternoon- they are looking to hire very soon. I had also yesterday an interview with Ronald McDonald House. While I felt it was an excellent interview once again, I came in second to "a better fit." I wish I knew what it was that keeps hanging me up. Both my job counselor and (most recently yesterday, the woman at the temp staffing agency I went through) tell me I am doing everything right and representing my skill set well. It's becoming very frustrating. Once I am sure I have employment again I will better ascertain my ability to contribute via this online method to the Image Description projects. Mark ________________________________ From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "bks-img-desc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bks-img-desc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 9:18 PM Subject: [bks-img-desc] Welcome to the Bookshare Image Description Discussion List Welcome, Tonight the Bookshare Image Description Volunteers' Discussion List opened as a resource for all active Bookshare image describers. I hope this forum will offer you a chance to ask questions and share what you have learned. We are a small exclusive group of pioneers. Right now there are only 34 of us on the list but that will multiply several times in very short order! While most on the list are from the US I see Africa, South Asia, and South America already represented. It will take a couple weeks before the list gets much traffic. However, you may want to prepare by going to the list management URL and setting to receive only the Digest version rather than every single post. You can find that here: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=bks-img-desc You can also always find the list archive here: //www.freelists.org/archive/bks-img-desc/ The purpose of the list is to establish a culture of collaboration and peer-mentoring in Bookshare's Image Description community. While we are now only dozens it will not be long before we are more than a thousand. That's when the convenience of answering a question only once for everybody will really be appreciated. Meanwhile, refer to this URL for instruction on image description: https://diagram-center.herokuapp.com/help/DescriptionGuidance.html Always feel free to contact me directly also: Scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx Dr. Scott Rains Bookshare Volunteer Program