[bksvol-discuss] Re: Portential greeters
- From: "Martha Rafter" <mlhr@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:56:21 -0400
Hi Madeleine,
Oh my goodness, I’m so tuned into the list here that I wasn’t thinking of
folks who didn’t want to join this community; sorry! I’ll be honored to be a
greeter for Bookshare.
Marty Rafter
From: Madeleine Linares
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:41 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Portential greeters
Hi all,
I’m perfectly fine with the way things have been handled. My previous email was
just in response to the phone discussions where people wanted to greet new
volunteers who weren’t comfortable posting to the list to introduce themselves.
If no one is interested in this idea anymore, that is fine too and the
greetings can just continue as they have been going.
Best,
Madeleine
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martha Rafter
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 7:55 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Portential greeters
Hi Cindy,
When I posted to Madeleine, you were one of the folks I had in mind. We
just do it anyway so why not just keep doing it?
Marty
From: Cindy Rosenthal
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:39 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Portential greeters
Well, I know that I and quite a few others do post a welcome to newcomers who
introduce themselves on the list. If you think it's desirable to post a welcome
to anyone anyone who has joined but hasn't introduced him/herslf and thus that
we don't know about, I'm game.
Cindy
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi volunteers,
At one point we discussed having people greet new volunteers who have recently
joined the list. I haven’t had very many people email me directly expressing
interest so I thought I’d post here. For anyone interested in greeting others,
Alisa and I were thinking that it could just be as simple as posting to the
list once or twice a week with a friendly note to welcome anyone new.
It could be as simple as: “Hi to anyone new to this discussion list! Welcome!
Please feel free to introduce yourself and don’t hesitate to ask questions.”
While we want to ensure that everyone feels welcome, we don’t want to clog up
the list with chatty posts. We kindly request that if anyone is feeling
especially friendly, please make sure no one else has already sent a greeting
recently (in the last few days) before posting. We shall see how this works,
and I’d greatly appreciate any feedback, whether positive or negative!
Thanks and have a great rest of the day!
Best,
Madeleine Linares
Volunteer Coordinator
Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative
650-644-3459
madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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