Pavi I have contacted the state university of New York at New Paltz several times about using bookshare. They sound definitely not interested in the least despite my assurance it is free. Such profound disinterest must come from somewhere and have some underlying reason. I wonder who contacted them and what they said to turn off the Disability Resource Center so much that they are unwilling to consider bookshare. Perhaps your marketing people can find out. They are not my marketing people as they have in no way been in contact with the volunteer community despite repeated requests from us for literature over the past seven years. What goes on with the literature stalling activity anyhow?
Elizabeth At 05:42 AM 11/7/2008, you wrote:
My personally discussing it with you is not as necessary as it is to have the material on the site somewhere where folks can download it and distribute it to libraries, schools, colleges, senior centers, and so forth. How bookshare has managed with so little literature for over seven years has always been a mystery to me. But then I did marketing for thirty years and am continually surprised at the lack of good marketing and outreach in much of the disabled community and its supporters.Elizabeth At 11:45 PM 11/6/2008, you wrote:Hi Elizabeth,Thanks for writing. I do keep an eye on the lists and enjoy being privy to the myriad interactions in the community, but that said I do not read every single post in every single thread. Emailing me directly or if you do prefer writing to the list, an indication in the subject line of your post that you would like a response from staff would help greatly.In terms of Bookshare material I would be happy to talk to our marketing team about any fliers or pamphlets they would be able to make available for our volunteers interested in distributing them. Awhile ago, based on something that came in through the lists I put in a request with the engineering team that some basic Bookshare materials be made available for download and printing by volunteers on the site. We can discuss this further tomorrow or next week when you confirm a time for our call.All good things, Pavi Mehta Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare.org Elizabeth To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.__________ NOD32 3593 (20081107) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.comTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.__________ NOD32 3593 (20081107) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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