[bksvol-discuss] Re: Sad to be leaving
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:51:44 -0700
That treaty has not yet been ratified, if my understanding is
correct--merely not killed & put on hold till the next meeting.
Lee, safe travel & best wishes.
On 6/12/09, Pavi Mehta <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Dear Lea,
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> Thanks for writing in about your upcoming move to the UK. We deeply
> appreciate your work as a proofreader over the last four years --- much
> gratitude for all those pages you waded through with patience. I just
> wanted to clarify that if you are still a permanent resident of the
> United States (in terms of legal status), you can continue to volunteer
> with Bookshare even while living abroad.
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> Safe travels and best wishes for this new chapter you are about to
> embark on.
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> Warm regards,
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> Pavi
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> Pavi Mehta
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> Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare
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> Phone: +1 650 644-3459
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> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pascha Lea
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:04 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Sad to be leaving
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> Hello all,
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> Not many of you know me, but a few of you do. My name is Lea, and I've
> been volunteering with Bookshare for 4 years now as a validator.
> Unfortunately, my time here is coming to an end. My husband and I are
> going to be moving overseas in 6 weeks, and I don't think I can
> volunteer as a validator for Bookshare while I'm resident in a foreign
> country.
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> I've really enjoyed my time with Bookshare immensely. As a sighted
> person, I concentrated on validating text books and some of the more
> difficult books. Yes, some of them were intensely boring, but I also
> learned a lot from reading books I wouldn't normally pick up. I hope
> most of my work was accurate - I would not validate a book if I couldn't
> get a hard-copy of it.
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> I'm moving to the UK, and I wish there was a project like this available
> for those with vision impairments or other reading disabilities. My
> husband is blind and I have always felt strongly that he should have
> just as much access to written material as I do.
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> Although I have not been active in posting to this group, I have been
> lurking for the past 4 years in order to keep myself up-to-date with
> changes, etc. I will miss reading all of the lively discussion and I
> hope that Bookshare continues to leap ahead. Bookshare certainly has one
> of the most dedicated volunteer forces I've ever seen!
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> Best wishes to everyone.
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> Lea Turkington
> (who has validated 119 book during the past 4 years)
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