Tracy, That's really cute. If we can't have the name of the person, as Marissa's or, before, Jesse's, I vote for your idea. Cindy --- Tracy Carcione <carcione@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rui, > How about calling Marissa's list "The Waiting Pool"? > I would say "Waiting > for Gustavo", as in Waiting for Godot, but I'm not > exactly sure it is > Gustavo. > Tracy > > > > On Wed, 18 May 2005, Rui wrote: > > > > > Good morning everyone: > > > > I began the BookshareScans Website back in August > of 2004. > > At the time, I had stated it was a pilot project > based on how much > > participation I received from the bookshare > community. > > > > After 9 and a half months, I feel that the project > has proven its value, with > > 1 exception. > > > > Therefore, in response to low utilization, I am > discontinuing the upcoming > > books page effective immediately. > > > > On the other hand, The "no book left behind list," > marissa's list, and the > > rescan page have worked out fairly well. > > > > (By the way, I need to come up with a jazzier name > for Marissa's list) > > Any ideas? > > Have a good night everyone. > > > > > > -- Rui > > Bookshare.org Informal Volunteer Scanning Page > > http://members.cox.net/booksharescans > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 12:44 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning a book list > > > > > >> I'm happy to keep the link live on the Volunteer > List, but I think Rui's > >> page already does a fine job of explaining the > different lists. I can > >> make it more explicit, like "visit here to find > the list of upcoming > >> books being scanned," if that makes it clearer to > people. > >> > >> Best, > >> Marissa > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Cindy [mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:48 PM > >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Cc: Marissa Mika > >> Subject: Re: [bksvol-discuss] scanning a book > list > >> > >> Jill, > >> > >> Rui maintains just such a list, but people have > to let > >> him know what they're scanning. I don't know > whether > >> he notes the info when it's posted here or not. > >> Unfortunately, I'm not sure if people who aren't > on > >> this list know about Rui's list,although I think > >> Marissa posted the info on the Volunteer page > online. > >> If there's a quarterly newsletter that goes out > to all > >> volunteers maybe she or her replacement could put > in > >> (again?) the informationa bout Rui's lists. > >> > >> Cindy > >> > >> --- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> I would like to suggest that a list be created > in > >>> which we could list the books we are scanning. > Many > >>> of us do this on this list but we know there are > >>> scanners for Bookshare who are not on this list. > I > >>> haven't had this happen to me yet but would be > very > >>> upset if I spent a lot of time carefully > scanning a > >>> book just to discover that someone submitted it > just > >>> days before I was ready. What do the rest of you > >>> think of this idea; I wonder if ?Rui would be > >>> willing to maintain such a list for us. By the > way I > >>> am going to be scanning Baker Towers by Jennifer > >>> Taigh. Jill > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Discover Yahoo! > >> Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news > and more. Check it out! > >> http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com