Hi Mary, My sense is that it's relatively small, although I don't have precise metrics on that. Many of our volunteers aren't even on the list, because they're not interesteed in having their inbox filled with 75 messasges about scanning a day <smile>. We also do outreach through a newsletter that every member who's willing to accept email from us recieves every few months or so. Best, marissa -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Mary Otten Sent: Fri 2/11/2005 7:49 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question for Marissa or whomever from staff I'm curious if you know approximately what percentage of the over all user base of BookShare participates on the volunteer list. Its not just an academic curiosity. We're talking about things like getting rid of the stripper, perhaps acting as though we could just take a vote and make it happen. that got me to thinking about all the people that aren't here and wondering just what percentage of the customer base this list represents. I'm guessing its fairly small, but I of course have no way of knowing. Mary