Thanks Valerie Scott Rains Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department ________________________________________ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples [vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:22 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Puzzled about all our new vounteer requests We FB and write on CaringBridge about Bookshare. Also, I have been helping teachers get their books and recommending it to others, always mentioning the need for sighted volunteers and even people who can only do a book a month, but seriously would be surprised if that generated 5 new volunteers. However, the lists I am on reach an average of 1800 - 3500 people. I also use Bookshare signatures on them at times when Nichole is not needing prayers. ;-) Enjoy the increase! Valerie Please pray for and follow Nichole's recovery: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples On Nov 15, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Scott Rains wrote: Hi team, Rick and I have been trying to understand why there has been a sudden influx of volunteers wanting to do scanning and proofreading for Bookshare. I can't account for it due to any campaigns we have going from this end. Are any of you aware of any possible contributing factors? Here is some of the trend data: Recent monthly totals of signups: July 38 Aug 28 Sep 35 Oct 42 Signups for Nov, just thru Nov 15: 53! It began around Tue Nov. 9th. Features of the current campaign that are atypical of signups over recent months: 1) over the past week we have averaged >5 signups per day (39 total): This is 3-4x the usual rate. 2) almost all new signups are <not> members Scott Rains Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department ________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto: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.