Welcome, Vanessa! I look forward to working with you and your colleagues to go
forward with our common goal, to get books into the hands of the blind and
dyslexic.
The only comment I have at this point is a technical one. My e-mail is on
Yahoo, and the single quotes in your e-mails are shopwing up as
’
Bill Korn
From: Vanessa Wai <vanessaw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 10:30 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Volunteer Update
Dear Bookshare Volunteers,
It's great to officially e-meet all of you. I’m Vanessa and I’m the new
Communities Manager. I was the Community Engagement Fellow for the past
several months and have been amazed with the work of the Bookshare community.
I've heard great things about many of you from Madeleine. We appreciate the
great work that our volunteers have contributed to make Bookshare a success.
Your work has helped to make Bookshare the largest online accessible library in
the world and ultimately transform lives through this much needed resource.
I’m excited to be able to work with you to help further the reach of
Bookshare.
We have had some organizational changes at Benetech/Bookshare and the Volunteer
Coordinator position was eliminated. With the changes that have been made, we
now have a team of three staff, including myself to support the work that our
community members do for Bookshare and Benetech. I'll be sending out an email
in the next week or two introducing the new team.
As Kristina mentioned, Madeleine’s last day at Benetech will be Friday, and
we hope you would take some time (if you already haven’t) to wish her well.
Madeleine has done a tremendous amount of work to get the Bookshare Volunteer
Program to where it is today. She has been documenting and sharing the work
she has been doing with all of you to ensure a smooth transition. Please be
patient with us as we work through the kinks of the transition and get up to
speed on the nuts and bolts of the work you do for Bookshare. I understand
that this may be a difficult transition for many of you. Please feel free to
contact me directly with any concerns you may have about the transition.
In the meantime, if you have general volunteering questions, email
volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx directly. We will have several people checking the
volunteer email account, so it is the best place to get the quickest response.
Vanessa Wai
Communities Manager
Benetech Global Literacy
480 S. California Avenue, Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 352-1091
vanessaw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 9:19 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Volunteer Update
Kelly, I am wondering the same thing. I can't imagine Bookshare without
Madeleine. It appears they have scrapped the volunteer coordinator job in their
new "initiative".
Sue S.
On 03/02/2016, Kelly Pierce <kellytalk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What happened to Madeline? Is she still working at Benetech? Was sheTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
fired and replaced by someone who has been with the organization only
five months and served only women before coming to Bookshare?
To learn more about Madeline’s replacement, check out her Linked In
profile
at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-wai-95917475
Kelly
On 2/3/16, Kristina Cohen <kristinac@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Bookshare Volunteers,To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
We are excited to announce that Benetech is embarking on a new
initiative to strengthen and grow our communities organization wide.
So what does this mean for you? Beginning, Monday, February 8 your
new contact will be Vanessa Wai, Communities Manager, at
vanessaw@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:vanessaw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>. We also
encourage you to send inquiries to
volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
and we will respond to your questions in a timely manner. Stay tuned
for more updates!
We want to acknowledge the fantastic leadership of Madeleine Linares
as our Volunteer Coordinator over the past several years. We know
that many of you have worked very closely with Madeleine and we want
to thank her for her dedication and valuable contributions to the
Bookshare volunteer program.
Thank you Madeleine!!
If you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to contact me
at kristinac@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:kristinac@xxxxxxxxxxxx> anytime!
And thank you for your ongoing commitment to Bookshare and our readers
worldwide!
Kristina King Cohen, MA
Senior Manager, Training and Communities Benetech Global
Literacy<http://benetech.org/our-programs/literacy/>
'Tis the season to read a great book! Check out Bookshare's winter
reading list<https://www.bookshare.org/cms/promo/winter-reading-2015>
today!
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