My apologies. There have been all sorts of off topic messages over the
years, from genealogy to weather, to blindness techniques and music. I've
found that when someone introduces the off topic message, they're
perfectly
fine with it, and when they don't, it's suddenly inappropriate.
As I was the target of both of your concerns, however, I'll find somewhere
else to chat. Sometimes, the only connection for threads on the Bookshare
lists has seemed to be that Bookshare volunteers want to discuss them.
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 11:52 AM
To: bookshare volunteer discussion
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Message/List Control
At the risk of adding to the clutter, I couldn't agree more with this
message.
Seems like subtle hints don't do any good, so, What on earth do raising
cats
and electrical plugs have to do with scanning and validating books?
Perhaps a better question is, why am I subscribed to this list?
----- Original Message -----
From: Donna Smith
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 8:06 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Message/List Control
Well, it seems that it is that time again when the list gets way out of
control with over a hundred messages a day. You can tell because some
faithful member who is just trying to keep up, posts something like "When
are you scanning?" in an attempt to slow it all down. When other equally
faithful list members don't recognize such a message as a plea for
judicious
use of list space, then it's time to get specific.
I actually saved my last very specific message on this topic with the
intent of just reposting it as needed as this issue comes around as
regularly as tax season, but it was pretty bitchy, so I thought I'd write
another one instead. <smile>
Here are the important points:
a.. We're all volunteers who are very dedicated and most of us have
other life interests (e.g., jobs, families, pets, commitments in the
community, etc.)
b.. We all enjoy the comradery of the list and being able to exchange
information.
c.. When the volume of message gets high enough to make someone cry
"uncle," it is no longer an exchange of information but an unruly dump of
messages that most of us can't possibly read through.
d.. Two reactions begin to occur: A. Faithful volunteers choose to
unsubscribe, thus denying the rest their valuable input; or B. Faithful
volunteers delete everything with a list subject line just to find
personal
messages even though this creates concern that we may be missing something
of importance.
The solution?
A little self restraint! Please take personal messages off list, and
keep
the OT messages down to a minimum. In fact, during such a time when list
traffic is high, it would be prudent to not post OT messages at all.
It's all about balance and respecting the time of others. We all do it
and we all get lax about doing it and then we get a reminder to be mindful
again and we do it. We're really a pretty respectful group.
So what do you say? Can we cut back the list flow and find that happy
medium again?
Donna S
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