Hi this is Chris
Thanks for your help when I have had questions I hope things go well for
you going forward.
I hope your future goes well for you and you get to do something fun.
On Feb 4, 2016 9:58 PM, "William Korn" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
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*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
-----Original Message-----
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 she
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
profileworldwide!
at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-wai-95917475
Kelly
On 2/3/16, Kristina Cohen <kristinac@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Bookshare Volunteers,
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
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