Sure! I've got four bottles of Excedrin, and I'd be happy to give you one...100 pills per bottle. That *might* be enough for a while. *smile* Welcome, and I do hope we're not that bad! *smile* Take care. Julie Morales Email and Windows/MSN Messenger: inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx When God puts a tear in your eye, it is because He wants to put a rainbow in your heart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 2:34 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Your new list monitor and a rallying call for validations Do I get a free supply of Excedrin to go along with the headaches? What about spice tea? Marissa -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:11 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Your new list monitor and a rallying call for validations Hello Marissa, Welcome to our world. In a way of greeting, I will only say that we hope we don't drive you away like we did poor Jesse. Oh, and we promise to give you many headaches. Take care. Pratik Pratik Patel Managing Director CUNYAssistive Technology Services The City University of New York ppatel@xxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marissa Mika Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 2:01 PM To: BksVol-Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Your new list monitor and a rallying call for validations Greetings Bookshare.org Volunteers! My name is Marissa Mika, and I'm your new volunteer list monitor and general volunteer point person at Bookshare.org. Jesse is off to England and I am taking over most of his duties in the volunteer coordination department. To give you a little bit of background about myself, I've been working for Bookshare.org in the main office for the past two months, working mostly on in-house scanning and book production as well as some collections development work with universities in the area. Before that, I was a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa and did my undergraduate work in international development studies. Suffice to say, assistive technology and print disability is an entirely new world for me, but I'm gaining my bearings. I am extremely impressed with all of the work and energy you put into scanning and validating books for Bookshare.org. I am amazed at how well Bookshare.org works, and clearly the number one driving force is you--a team of incredibly dedicated volunteers. I'm looking forward to working with you and answering any and all questions you may have about Bookshare.org and various procedures. You can contact me at either marissa.m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or the volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx address. For your emails, expect a 24 hour turnaround time. I try to answer emails on the same day I read them. As my first rallying call, we currently have about 500 books waiting to be downloaded and validated. I know that over the past two months, you have successfully worked through over 300 books and brought our numbers down from 550 to 200 in the approval cue. I would love to see this happen again and would like to remind you to balance you efforts to create a quality product. Other than that, happy scanning, validating, and reading! Take care, Marissa Mika Bookshare.org Operations Intern marissa.m@xxxxxxxxxxxx