[bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin approval queue

  • From: juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 23:30:00 -0400 (EDT)

I have had a book, a BSO, but not labeled as such as it was before BSO was
implimented that has been in the queue since July of last year.


Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message -----
From: "tom hawkins" <tjhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:02 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin approval queue


Hi Katie, might work.  Just sent John a message gently chiding them for not
working from the bottom up and letting him know that one of my books has
been in the Q since last October 29 or there abouts, so Gustavo apparently
didn't emty the Q last Christmas . Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katie Star" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:39 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin approval queue


> HI Cindy,
>
> I won't shoot you but it is an approach...
>
> Here's a suggestion--but don't shoot me for it smile.
> Suppose we go ahead and validate as we're doing, and we post here so we
> know
> what's going on, but we keep the finished products until Gustsavo has
> emptied the Q. Then we can upload the work we've done. Those of you who
> need
> the credits for your next membership can go ahead and upload--(but in the
> meantime others whose books are stuck in the Q aren't receiving the
> credits
> for membership) Those who can afford to wait a while for their credits
> can.
>
> Just a suggestion. I seem to remember that after last Christmas Gustavo
> jokingly said he needed books to approve. Maybe we can make him beg again.
> Grin
>
>
> Katie Hill
> Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in opposition to
>
> what we know of Nature.
>
> -St. Augustine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 12:29 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; john.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Admin approval queue
>
> No, sadly we havne't gotten a response, and as Evan
> pointed out, I've raised the question before, only not
> in relation to this particular book. But there are so
> many books that have been on that list for months and
> months--all the BSOs, for example, and I've had others
> there for months before finally being accepted. And
> only one of the books added last time was from the
> admin queue.
>
> Perhaps that's why there's now a Good copy of
> Disability politics in the collection when someone
> else went to the trouble of scanning it and Lisa tried
> to validate it. It was probably sitting in the Q and
> they didn't know it. What a waste of their time!!
>
> Here's a suggestion--but don't shoot me for it smile.
> Suppose we go ahead and validate as we're doing, and
> we post here so we know what's going on, but we keep
> the finished products until Gustsavo has emptied the
> Q. Then we can upload the work we've done. Those of
> you who need the credits for your next membership can
> go ahead and upload--(but in the meantime others whose
> books are stuck in the Q aren't receiving the credits
> for membership) Those who can afford to wait a while
> for their credits can.
>
> Just a suggestion. I seem to remember that after last
> Christmas Gustavo jokingly said he needed books to
> approve. Maybe we can make him beg again. grin
>
> Cindy
>
>
> --- Katie Star <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> ON this topic of how books are approved. TO me it
>> seems very logical to
>> approve books in a first in first out manner. Have
>> we ever gotten an answer
>> on why it is not done this way except for in special
>> cases?
>>
>>
>> Katie Hill
>> Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in
>> opposition to
>>
>> what we know of Nature.
>>
>> -St. Augustine
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Evan Reese
>> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 5:34 AM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Duplicate copy of Last
>> Express
>>
>> You mentioned this a couple months ago, if I recall
>> correctly, and didn't
>> get a response then either.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:37 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Duplicate copy of Last
>> Express
>>
>>
>> >I thought you did scan it, and I validated it--and
>> it
>> > isn't fair that you don't get credit for it. I
>> sent a
>> > copy of my complaint, or suggestion that the admin
>> > queue be looked it from the oldest and not the
>> newest,
>> > to both Gustavo and Janice, as well as to the
>> list,
>> > but have heard no reply. Jake mentioned it, too.
>> >
>> > I should have sent a copy to John, perhaps, but my
>> > understanding is that he reads these posts.
>> >
>> > Cindy
>> >
>> > --- juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >
>> >> I rescanned the book, that is why I was a bit
>> miffed
>> >> by the new "copy"
>> >> considering I submitted the thing last year.
>> >>
>> >> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
>> >> and Judson, guiding golden
>> >> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
>> >> Graduate Alumni Association Board
>> >> www.guidedogs.com
>> >>
>> >> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
>> >>  Puppies are the joy at one end.
>> >>  Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
>> >> Carolyn Alexander
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Cc: <gustavo.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>> >> <janice.c@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:39 PM
>> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Duplicate copy of
>> Last
>> >> Express
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi, Shelley, Gentle Gustavo, and Janice.
>> >>
>> >> I checked the copy of The Last Express on the New
>> >> Books List, i.e., I clicked on the title. It's
>> >> supposedly Excellent, and was submitted by Karin
>> >> Mitchell.
>> >>
>> >> I don't mind that one going into the collection
>> >> instead of the one I corrected, which I think
>> >> Gustavo
>> >> put on the download list for me--or did you
>> re-scan
>> >> it, Shelley? Karin can use the submission credits
>> >> and
>> >> I cannot.
>> >>
>> >> But Gustavo, similar situations can occur, if you
>> >> can't find a way to approve (or not) the books
>> that
>> >> have been sitting in the queue for months and
>> >> months.
>> >> Other people who can use the credits can be
>> denied
>> >> them because people who don't know the books have
>> >> already been scanned and validated scan and
>> validate
>> >> anew, and then they'll get the credit--or if they
>> >> don't and you give the credits to the original
>> >> people
>> >> who did the work, the new submitters will be
>> denied
>> >> credit. In either case, people have spent time
>> and
>> >> energy doing work that ends up being useless.
>> >>
>> >> Jake and/or Gerald, can't you help engineering
>> find
>> >> a
>> >> way for Gustavo to start at the beginning of the
>> >> queue
>> >> instead of approving the most recent books first?
>> >>
>> >> Cindy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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