I like to see what people have submitted in case their might be a book I would be interested in reading, or, if I have the time, to validate. It gives me something to look forward to. I find it easier to look at a post then sift through the books in process or step 1 pages.
Also not everyone is a vollunteer. Rita Rita----- Original Message ----- From: "liz halperin" <lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:24 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Request to not post "books submitted" here
Flame me out if ya want, folks. But I do have another pet peeve, this one about list traffic. I am not naming any specific names because I honestly haven't paid attention to it. I know on the volunteer list, recently there had been a lot of angst about the volume of list traffic. The original purpose of the two lists, which Lisa Friendly stepped in herself and reiterated was: Volunteer List for volunteers only, to focus on scanning, submitting, validating, and other related issues. The bookshare-discuss list was for all members, and NOT to focus on submitting issues. It was also to hold the carry-over Off-Topic conversations from the volunteer list. Stuff like the Publisher Quality books, areas of collections of books that members would like to see,general questions about Bookshare, the quality of books coming out, web pagedesign, etc. Nice. Very different content on both. However, there has been a trend for volunteers to announce on the generaldiscussion list books they have submitted, maybe looking for validators, for whatever reason. The reason given is usually, "well, not all volunteers are on the volunteer list." Hello! If so, it's *for a reason.* (I recently quit that list again for traffic flow and superfluous content.) As a volunteer, Ican go to the volunteer page and Books in Processing and see what'shappening. There's no reason for this info to be posted on the general list.If it's to inform members of books to expect, I recommend not making that announcement. Who knows how long for validation, processing, conversion,possible rejection, and so on? And when I was on both lists, then I got thesame post, cross posted, and it doubled my traffic list.I think this is a valid conversation for the bookshare-discuss list. (Yes, I am fully aware of the delete key, but it's still a waste of energy to findthe post and have to check it and to see that I choose to delete!) What do the rest of you think? Liz in Portland, feeling cranky, sorry Liz Halperin Portland, OR lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-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.-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.6/1315 - Release Date: 3/6/2008 9:07 AM
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