Sounds great. I'll check it out. Managing the volunteers, in my opinion, isn't as important as managing the collection, if that will include getting validated books approved and maybe having a more frequent Mariss's (or whoever is new) List. You and Gerald and Kellie and Jana, and Carrie, do a fine job of managing us and of being liasons between us and Gustavo and getting things done. Cindy --- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi again Cindy, > I forgot to mention that the Benetech website > has the new role of > Manager: Collections for hiring. Gustavo has it > linked on the Volunteer Home > Page which he updated a few days ago. > The role is different from the one Jessie and > Marissa have filled in the > past, but still keeps in mind managing the > volunteers. > > HTH, > Jake > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 1:22 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Number of books > > > >I don't think we need to worry about how many books > > are on the download list awaiting validation, > because > > until bookshare can afford a Marissa replacement, > the > > administrator's queuegets longer and longer. The > last > > time I counted, whe Gustavo said he was hoping > we'd > > reach 25,000 by the end of the year, there were 77 > > books awaiting approval. I just counted the new > list, > > and now there are 153. :-) You've all been doing a > > wonderful job scanning and validating, but until > the > > rules change about who can help approve, or until > > someone else can be hired, books just have to > wait. > > > > Cindy > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > Yahoo! DSL - Something to write home about. > > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > > dsl.yahoo.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put 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. > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.13/221 - > Release Date: 1/4/2006 > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 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. > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL ? Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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.