[bksvol-discuss] Re: Foolproof Method for Manual Download Updates
- From: "Mike and Lori Castner" <mandlcastner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:16:32 -0700
RE: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Foolproof Method for Manual Download UpdatesHi Lisa,
In the long run, it would be better to just make the manual accessable to
anyone who wants to see it. Many books are submitted by someone who has never
scanned and submitted a book before. A message about the manual could be
included in the introductory material one gets when becoming a bookshare member
or volunteer.
Mike----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa Friendly
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 2:49 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Foolproof Method for Manual Download Updates
We're going to ask all scanners and validators to be volunteers (right now
only validators have to register as volunteers. And we're going to ask all new
volunteers to check a box that they have read the manual. So it will be gentle
yet firm, or something like that!
Lisa
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Evan Reese
Sent: Sun 8/5/2007 11:56 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Foolproof Method for Manual Download Updates
Sorry, Linda, but I don't have a good feeling about this idea. Certainly, we
want to encourage people to have the latest information, and some problems
may arise if they don't get it. But forcing them to download it by not
allowing them to volunteer if they don't sounds to me like a really good way
of alienating people.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Adams
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 2:53 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Foolproof Method for Manual Download Updates
If Bookshare staff puts a Bookshare manual book in the collection for us
to download, a code could be placed in the downloading of that book since
Bookshare knows anyway when we download books. This code could be necessary
to show up in our account or profile before we would be allowed to submit or
validate books. That way, no further volunteering could be done unless the
volunteer had downloaded the latest version of the manual. That code could
be an automatic password attached to the download of the manual that would
be our key to continue volunteering. The system would see that manual
download code and permit us to continue volunteering.
Linda Adams
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