[bksvol-discuss] Re: Announcement
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:23:44 -0600
Announcement
Is this an April Fool joke, or are you serious?
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Marissa Mika
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:53 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Announcement
Hi Guys,
So operations has decided that the download list is just much too long.
Beginning on Monday, April 4th, book submissions waiting to be validated for
more than two weeks will be automatically processed by a validating tool and
either accepted or rejected for the collection. Because of our successes
with the stripper and other automating processes, we're pretty much
convinced that computer judgement is just as good as human judgement.
Obviously you might ask, where does this put the volunteers? Well, not too
much will change, other than the fact that if you see a title on the
download page that you like, you should snatch it up immediately. Who knows?
The validation tool, whom we've named "Thor," might zap it up the next day.
Anyway, we figured that this would be much more convenient for everyone
involved, especially me, so I don't have to listen to complaints as to how
long the download list is from day to day.
And on that note, we've also decided to terminate the volunteer list,
starting Monday, April 4th. The idea behind this is that the Bookshare.org
Ops team needs to rule with an iron fist, and voices of dissent and critique
don't have a place in this fuzzy nonprofit.
Oh, and I'll be out of the office for most of the day, getting more books to
flood the step one page. So I'll get back to you by Monday.
I realize all of this is a lot to process. Happy April First. I can't
believe another month has passed.
Best,
Marissa
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