Hi, Lora. I see your point. No, I wouldn't rush through a
validation, and the more I think about it, the more I know I'd still
be helping out here. I came here for credits, but it really isn't
why I stay. I know I only get fifty cents for validations, but I
treat those books with as much care as my own scans. I wouldn't want
anyone to rush through a validation just for credits. You're right
though that a person would be more likely to rush his or her work
with the fifty cent deal since it takes more books to earn credit that way.
I'm a little confused on where this number is coming from that only a
few people pay for their membership with credits. I know I saw a
blurb about quite a few people who had earned their memberships in a
newsletter that Gustavo sent out this past spring. I thought I saw
something like 20 people had earned memberships over the period of a
few months. I didn't save it since the rest of the information
wasn't something I needed for later reference. Does anyone else
remember this, or have I been dreaming up numbers in my
sleep-deprived state?
Monica Willyard
Hi Monica,
I do understand that some people validate for credits, and there's nothing at all wrong with that. On the other hand, many of the people on this list, yourself included, strike me as dedicated, and willing to do a good job for Bookshare at the same time. Originally, Evan I think it was, said that by offering more money, people would just rush through their validations to get the credits. Although this may be true for some, I still find it hard to believe that most volunteers would do that. Didn't someone say that only seven people paid for their memberships through their volunteer efforts?
On the other hand, I'd rather see the pay scale changed entirely. Perhaps $2 for submissions, and $1 for validation, would balance the scales more equably.
This would balance so that 25 submissions, or 50 validations, would pay for a renewal of membership.
And if offering more for validations would cause people to race through a validation, offering less would seem to encourage people to race even faster. After all, if I'll only make fifty cents per validation, that means I'll have to validate 100 books to get through the renewal process. Better validate real fast!
-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica Willyard Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:50 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a sort of raise for validators
Hi, Cindy. I have a scanner and use Openbook to scan. What I was trying to say is that without credits, I wouldn't do much on the validating side of things. As it is, I do validation both for the credit and because we have a pretty hefty step 1 page right now. Lora was talking about not validating for credits, and that is what I was responding to. (smile)
Monica Willyard
On Monday 9/25/2006 11:34 PM, you wrote: >Monica, > >One gets so much more monetary credit for scanning, and all you'd >really have to do after a scan is to check the copyright page and put >the right info in the submission form; go through the book and be sure >no pages have been omitted (we've all done that, and double-scanned a >page, too); and delete junk characters; and run a spell-check. So you >validate because you don't have a scanner? I think some can be had >relatively inexpensively and it might pay you n the long run. > >I don't blame you at all for validating for the credits. I probably >would work for the credits, too. I admit that in my lifetime I have >volunteered my time and efforts rather than donated money, not only >because I feel I'm being useful but because I don't have that much >money to donate. smile > >Cindy
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