With the high traffic the list gets, has anyone ever considered going to a forum format? I'm an admin on a vbulletin board, and really like it as a way to access and share information. Just a thought I'm throwing out there! Molly ----- Original Message ----- From: Mickey To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:29 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Preaching to the choir? I like that. However, every group I've volunteered for has had both a training period and a probation period. Nobody likes the flood of e-mail we get. I n the best of all possible worlds, with the proper training, we wouldn'thave to request specific proofreaders, or try for the submissions of the people we know are good scanners. But that's a dream. Mickey ----- Original Message ----- From: Laura Ann To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 4:18 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Preaching to the choir? Excellent idea Mike. Laura Ann At 12:44 PM 3/23/2009, you wrote: Hi Mickey, It's not a totally bad idea, but we would lose alot of good volunteers. This list gets a bit long and repetitious at times and some people don't like to wade through that. I think there should a newsletter that goes out periodically to all volunteers. It could contain gleanings from this list plus anything bookshare staff wants us to know. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Mickey To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:34 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Preaching to the choir? I've been giving this proofreading issue a lot of thought. I would think most of the people on this list are dedicated, caring and loyal volunteers of Bookshare. Why else would we be on the list? To learn, to make our submissions, whether they are scanning or proofreading, the best they can be. My suggestion is that membership to the list be a prerequisite for volunteering. That way, maybe the people who aren't reading would read these messages. I understand there are no guarantees, but at least there's the possibility. I've learned a lot from the list, gotten some good ideas, skipped some that didn't apply, saved many. I class the reading of this list as part of my volunteer time. If it were made mandatory for volunteers to be on the list, they may not read it, but would at least have the material laid out for them. Ideas? Comments? Mickey