[bksvol-discuss] Re: List purpose
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 22:29:47 -0400
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On Jun 7, 2012, at 9:09 PM, misha <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, in the description of the list purpose posted previously it does say
> something about volunteers getting to know each other--but that was the last
> item in the list of purposes. Keeping that in mind, there really should be
> more posts about volunteering and bookshare use than just friendly chit-chat.
> But it would be a really dull list if there was absolutely nothing but
> serious questions and answers.
>
> Misha
>
> On 6/7/2012 5:03 PM, Ali Al-hajamy wrote:
>> I've been on this list for about two years, and though I've not read all the
>> messages that have come in, I'm fairly sure no member of Bookshare staff has
>> ever specifically said we can't post off-topic messages. The only thing that
>> comes close is the subject line thing. Which is fine with me. I don't care
>> if people want to talk about things that aren't related to volunteering, but
>> changing the subject to reflect that the discussion no longer concerns
>> Bookshare matters makes things far more tolerable for those of us who don't
>> feel like reading through those discussions.
>>
>> On 07-Jun-12 19:58, Larry Lumpkin wrote:
>>> I have always thought this list should be for the discussion of issues or
>>> problems processing bookshare books and everything else was off topic and
>>> shouldn't be here but I know I'm out voted on this.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Deborah Murray
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 6:50 PM
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: no place on the list {was: Re: Off-topic
>>> discussions was RE: Re: Some proofing questions}
>>>
>>> Well, perhaps BookShare needs to revisit the purpose of and uses for it's
>>> lists. They are, after all, the list owners.
>>> I believe that the *main* purpose of the volunteer list is, and always has
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