Nicely said and explained, Pratik. Cindy --- Pratik patel <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > E, > > The reason why Gerald asked you to compile a list > with reasons is because he > wants to make sure that when the suggestions are > brought forward by the > technical advisors, your explanations and your > reasons would allow the > technical advisors to place your items in a > particular context and present > them to Bookshare staff. Unfortunately, as you > might know, your issues > aren't the only ones on the table and priorities > must be made. Besides, we > want to give everyone proper credit for suggestions. > And, our explanations > may not always be the best. So, your words, your > explanations, your > priorities, help a lot--whether you believe it or > not! > > Regards, > > Pratik > Pratik Patel > Director, CUNY Assistive technology Services (CATS) > The City University of New York > pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of E. > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 5:43 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] criticism > > I got a private message from Gerald. In it, he asks > that I make a list of > priorities in order and explain why each item on it > is important since > otherwise the bookshare staff will not understand > the importance of the > item. This way, the people who are official > "technical volunteers" can > best present my suggestions/complaints to staff if > nothing has been done > about them after a certain amount of time. I will > therefore make > suggestions directly to staff from now on and > explain in detail what makes > each necessary so the staff understands. I did not > realize that the staff > needed to have these suggestions explained in terms > of necessity. I > thought they would understand without explanations > why having a running > commentary about a book on step1 would be useful to > the volunteers or why > having updated wish lists, step 1 and admin cue > lists would be useful to > submitters and validators. He also suggests that I > stop writing to this > list with concerns so that I do not sound like a > broken record. > > I will do all these things. > > I will confine my communications to this list to > requests for missing pages > and info about books I have rejected or put back on > step 1. > > E. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 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. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 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. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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.