Good point Mayrie. And Mickey, for goodness sake do not consider not volunteering!!! We need you and would miss you terribly. Cindy --- Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > My guess is that when any particular person > renews a book > many times, they actually have some intention of > working on it. If > one really wanted just to be able to read books > without paying for, > or earning a subscription to BookShare, they would > only need > download the book once to validate. The opportunity > to validate a > book expires after a week, not the file that > remains on the > volunteer's hard drive. Just my thoughts. > > Peace, > Mayrie > > At 12:56 PM 7/20/2007, you wrote: > >Now that I think about it more I am not always sure > if the book is > >taken by the same person. Several repeats of "a > bookshare > >volunteer" may be different people. I do know of > times when the > >book is taken over and over by the same person only > to be released > >back to step 1 though. Perhaps your explanation of > fear of > >rejecting a book explains all this. > > > >E. > >At 03:38 PM 7/20/2007, you wrote: > >>Is the book taken over and over by the same person > or by different > >>people. I think a lot of this problem may be due > to the fact that > >>validators are reluctant to reject. > >>----- Original Message ----- From: "E." > <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 9:28 AM > >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about > membership rules and > >>volunteer credits > >> > >> > >>>Please understand my appreciating volunteering. > I too do not > >>>particularly think a person needs to become a > member to be able to > >>>volunteer as long as he or she actually does > submit or validate > >>>rather than using the step 1 list in the way I > previously described. > >>>It is the possible miss-use of step 1 I want to > track. I want > >>>some way to make volunteers who are new feel > welcome and trusted > >>>and want some way to slow down the thing where a > book gets taken > >>>over and over but never validated. If I have > hurt or upset anyone > >>>I truly apologize. > >>>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. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>>Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus > Database: 269.10.10/908 - > >>>Release Date: 7/19/2007 6:10 PM > >> > >>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. > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / > Virus Database: > >>269.10.10/908 - Release Date: 7/19/2007 6:10 PM > > > >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. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 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.