Well, before you disagree too heartily, keep in mind that I was just
throwing out some suggestions, not demands, for consideration and that I
am aware that I am a frequent violator of some of my own suggestions.
However, when I haven't gotten the chance to work on the current book I
have been proofreading for about two or three days because I have been
making my way through email I think it is about time to make some kind
of suggestion.
"The
end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies
the end.
" Leon Trotsky
The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com
<http://wwww.themilitant.com>Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
Granma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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Date:
9/11/2009 9:25:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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Hi everyone,
I disagree heartily with Roger. I think that single messages about
books being scanned, books with which folks need help, requests for
proofreaders, requests
for the wish list and the like belong on the volunteer list. I would
much rather see the two and three day long discussions of just about
anything stopped
altogether than stopping messages like the ones I mention that actually
have to do with volunteering for bookshare.
Mayrie
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 12:50 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Holding Down the Traffic
switching such items to the bookshare discuss list rather than the
volunteer list would help
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and
books-being-scanned list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Thu, 9/10/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Holding Down the Traffic
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 8:25 PM
I have finally caught up with my email. I don't know how long that will
last though. It would not surprise me if I logged on tomorrow and found
another
hundred plus messages waiting for me. That is why I would like to make a
few suggestions concerning holding down list traffic. By no means do I
want to
try to squelch off topic threads even though they could stand to be held
down a little. Besides, the next time I start one I can always say that
everybody
else is doing it. However, there are a few kinds of messages we could do
easily without. For one thing, I think that messages announcing that a
title should
be added to or removed from the books being scanned list could be sent
privately to Cindy. Other messages that are clearly list business but do
not need
to be seen by everyone on the list might be handled that way too. It
would be good if you could think of whether it could or not before you
post. Also,
there are a lot of messages that contain nothing but thank you or
congratulations or chuckle and every now and then a message that
entirely consists of
LOL. I really do not see that these serve any purpose at all, but if you
think they do then those might be sent privately too. I just ask you to
think
before you click the send button and ask yourself if this message either
contributes to the purpose of the list or to the off topic thread in
which you
are participating. I think that part of the problem is that there are
just a lot of subscribers here and that on a smaller list those kind of
messages
would be hardly noticed but when so many people are sending them it can
really fill up the in box fast. Now, even as I have been typing this I
hear the
sound of arriving email, so here I go falling behind again.
"The
end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies
the end.
" Leon Trotsky
The Militant:
http://www.themilitant.com
Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
Granma International:
http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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