Monica, Just to clarify, Bookshare staff certainly understand technology and do know how to use it well. However Bookshare must live in the technical world created for it at the beginning and changes will certainly make the organization more efficient. Somethings that we think are straightforward aren't necessarily straightforward because of the legal landscape under which bookshare must reside. Pratik -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica Willyard Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:52 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: admin queue idea Elizabeth, I'm afraid I didn't explain myself well. It wasn't age that I was thinking about so much as the training received during his formative years when being taught how to manage well. I respect older people in many ways and spend a lot of time learning from them. (smile) Some of the most visionary and inventive people did their best work after they turned sixty or even seventy. The thing is that a lot of older people, not all, have trouble integrating the internet and a decentralized work force into their concept of an effective business. They seem to believe that if a team is going to succeed, they must all work in the same location and fill out paper forms for each action they take. That is the mind-set that I was trying to describe and ask about. I don't know the staff members outside of Bookshare, except for John who I have met socially at an ACB convention or two. I feel like I'm trying to untangle spaghetti, trying to find a strand that I can follow to the source and remove that from the tangle, thereby reducing some of the snarl. Maybe I'm a fool for trying, and maybe I'm looking in the wrong direction. To me, the act of looking increases the chances that I'll find something worth finding because it will make Bookshare better. I want this system to be around in some form for our grandchildren. Monica Willyard On Monday 10/23/2006 04:36 PM, Elizabeth wrote: >Some of us old folks run effective projects so just you be careful now (smile) > >all the best and remember that when you get older and work for other >people less you will have more time to validate for bookshare. And >do all let's remember that the word here is share. I as a volunteer >do not feel shared with in building what I thought of as a >co-operatively created library we can all enjoy. 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. 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.