[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: Concerns About Proofreaders
- From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:01:09 EDT
Very well, The four books I submitted that were jiffy proofed are 1: With
Fidel: A portrait of Castro and Cuba, 2: Problems of Life by Leon Trotsky, 3:
Land or Death by Hugo Blanco and 4: Sacco and Vanzetti edited by John Davis.
"Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in various
ways; the point is to change it." Karl Marx
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: Concerns About Proofreaders
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3/21/2009 8:57:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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Roger try doing what you are capable of doing
such as telling us the names of the books so
people can read them and find out if they are in
good shape and writing to volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
about specific concerns. Let's let staff work out
the punishments to be inflicted shall we?
E.
At 08:50 PM 3/21/2009, you wrote:
>As a matter of fact, I now have five submissions
>in the collection and four of them were jiffy
>proofed. Right after I originally saw that
>message from Pavi I did report those four. I am
>now wondering if it is appropriate to report the
>submissions of others that were jiffy proofed
>because I did catch one that had been sitting on
>the download list for a long time and overnight
>turned up in the collection marked as having
>been proofread by Nick Wilcox. Now that I reread
>Pavi's message I am wondering if subtracting
>credits would accomplish anything unless all of
>their credits were subtracted. When you upload
>books for credit as often and as fast as these
>two jiffy proofers you are bound to accumulate
>more credits than you could possibly use over
>many years very fast. In order to have a
>sufficiently punishing effect enough credits
>would have to be subtracted to make it impossible to pay for a subscription.
>
> "Philosophers have merely
> interpreted the world in various ways; the
> point is to change it." Karl Marx
>
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>Here it is, Roger, and Everyone, send a message, EACH TIME,
>
>to
>volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>and make sure it's offlist.
>
>Marilyn
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>From: Pavi Mehta <
>pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Date: March 16, 2009 4:03:58 PM EDT
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>To:
>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Concerns About Proofreaders
>
>Reply-To:
>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Hi All,Â
>
>Carrie and I just had a discussion regarding the
>issue of proofreaders abusing the system by
>regularly checking out books and checking them back in almost
>immediately. We definitely do not want to give
>credit to proofreaders who go through these
>motions without sincerely spending time on checking and correcting
>the book, but basically piggyback on the work of
>the submitter. We know how much time so many of
>you put into your scans and the proofreading process and
>we don’t want the carelessness of a few to
>undermine the dedication and painstaking effort of the majority.Â
>
>In the past we have written to individuals who
>have exhibited this pattern, with a polite
>warning. As this does not seem to have fully addressed the problem,
>we are willing to adopt stricter measures. If
>you feel as a submitter that your book has been
>“pushed to check in†with little or no attention by the proofreader.
>Please write toÂ
>volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxÂ
>*offlist*. Carrie and I will review the data and
>make a call on whether to send a warning email
>to the volunteer in question, and/or if this is a recurring
>pattern, we will have to subtract credits from the proofreader’s
account.Â
>
>Warm regards,Â
>
>Pavi Mehta
>
>Volunteer Coordinator, BookshareÂ
>
>BenetechÂ
>
>480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
>
>Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609Â USA
>
>Phone: Â +1 650 644-3459Â
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>pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxxÂ
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>www.benetech.orgÂ
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