Well, in the description of the list purpose posted previously it does say something about volunteers getting to know each other--but that was the last item in the list of purposes. Keeping that in mind, there really should be more posts about volunteering and bookshare use than just friendly chit-chat. But it would be a really dull list if there was absolutely nothing but serious questions and answers.
Misha On 6/7/2012 5:03 PM, Ali Al-hajamy wrote:
I've been on this list for about two years, and though I've not read all the messages that have come in, I'm fairly sure no member of Bookshare staff has ever specifically said we can't post off-topic messages. The only thing that comes close is the subject line thing. Which is fine with me. I don't care if people want to talk about things that aren't related to volunteering, but changing the subject to reflect that the discussion no longer concerns Bookshare matters makes things far more tolerable for those of us who don't feel like reading through those discussions.On 07-Jun-12 19:58, Larry Lumpkin wrote:I have always thought this list should be for the discussion of issues or problems processing bookshare books and everything else was off topic andshouldn't be here but I know I'm out voted on this. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Deborah Murray Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 6:50 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: no place on the list {was: Re: Off-topic discussions was RE: Re: Some proofing questions}Well, perhaps BookShare needs to revisit the purpose of and uses for it'slists. They are, after all, the list owners.I believe that the *main* purpose of the volunteer list is, and always has been discussion of subjects relating directly to volunteering--scanning,proofing, obtaining books etc.A secondary purpose, that of "getting to know one another," happens as wehave these discussions, with the addition of some "happy birthdays,occasional notices of something one of us has going on and, of course, Bob'salways-welcome humor.I just think it's stretching the limits to continue these long, off-topicdiscussions having nothing to do with BookShare. Not to mention the poor list digest members who have to deal with the mile-long message trains that don't get trimmed!I apologize to anyone who is thoroughly sick of this topic--I've known fartoo many volunteers who've left the list for this reason and may now be missing a lot of good information. Deborah -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 6:37 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: no place on the list {was: Re: Off-topic discussions was RE: Re: Some proofing questions}Bob, One of the lines Madeleine quoted from the purpose of the volunteer list was something to the effect of using it to get to know each other; Ican't remember exactly what it said, but I posted it recently.We are a community, and become friends, and in general we care about eachother and what's going on in each others' lives.I do agree, though, that the subject lines should be specific, so we canquickly decide if we want to read the post or delete it before reading.Maybe the subject line could even include who the post is from, which might give added information about the subect (e.g., if it's from Daria it might be more about her health) or fromDornetta, about her twins)--or knowing from whom the post is might give us an idea of the tone of the post , knowing howvarious people write, smile Cindy To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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