[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bye Bye Bookshare
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:30:21 -0600
Peter, I just wanted to add my good wishes to Cindy's. You were so good
with new people.. You answered all of our questions about our accounts and
were in charge of the newspaper Beta testing. Good luck to you.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:03 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bye Bye Bookshare
> Peter,
>
> I can't believe it. Bookshare is already 3 employees
> short and the lack is causing problems with books
> getting approved and into the collection, and there
> are so many technical things that need to be worked on
> and improved.
>
> We here certainly will miss your sense of humor. I
> hope you will find a way to come to CSUN, and I also
> wish you good luck in finding another position
> quickly.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Peter Scialli <shrink99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
> > I thought I'd stick in my two cents before the
> > spin machine takes over. After a 15 year
> > association with Benetech and Arkenstone before it,
> > I have resigned my position as Technical Projects
> > Associate with the Benetech Initiative. The lack of
> > sponsorship to go to CSUN was just one symptom in an
> > increasingly hostile and counter-productive
> > relationship I've had with the current senior
> > management of Bookshare. While the immediate
> > reaction from management was to turn off all access
> > to my account, even my access to read books, I still
> > believe it to be a fundamentally terrific service
> > and one worth supporting. I believe it is current
> > management's misunderstanding of me as a person
> > which, undoubtedly, led to the inference that I
> > would use my knowledge of the web site's underlying
> > code to do damage to its content or its user
> > records. As I've indicated, I have total support
> > for Bookshare and the rest of Jim Fruchterman's
> > visions. I hope that he will one day be able to
> > find senior management worthy of them.
> > This does not mean you won't be seeing me at
> > conferences such as CSUN, NFB, etc. My associations
> > in the world of Accessible Technology are
> > long-standing and still of great interest to me.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Peter Scialli
>
>
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