[Bookstoprisoners] Re: [UCIMC-Tech] Fwd: [Btp-keystaff] a group of volunteers this afternoon

[Mike Lehman]

Brian,
I am a decidedly non-Techie type person, just a power user who's 
concerned because I know there are other people around with the skills, 
but who've not been participating in Tech, leaving the work to a handful 
of overworked volunteers. I'll cc this to the Tech list to put him in 
direct contact with them.
Mike Lehman

Brian Dolinar wrote:
> Hey Mike.
>
> My BTP pen pal, who is now out and going to school in Chicago
> is trying to get a work study program set up with a non-profit.
> His Revolutionary Communist Party org is trying to get sponsorship 
> from UCIMC.
> Until then, he needs to get on work study by Sept 23.
> Is there anything Greg can do for tech from Chicago?
> He is very sharp with the computer skills.
>
> BD
>
> On 9/13/07, * Mike Lehman* <rebelmike at earthlink.net 
> <mailto:rebelmike at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
>     I want to make an appeal for working groups to help contribute aid and
>     members to the Tech group. Having been through the history of the ups
>     and downs of IMC-Tech, all groups at the IMC are dependent on the
>     services of Tech and all ought to consider how they can contribute
>     to it.
>
>     Tech has dwindled to just a handful of members, who have far too much
>     work shoveled onto them. They have put out a call recently for
>     people to
>     start attending their meetings, which are at 6pm on Tuesdays, but
>     have
>     found little response from what I've heard. Yet I constantly see
>     working
>     groups asking for assistance from our overloaded Tech team. In
>     reality,
>     you are asking one of two or three people to do something for you.
>
>     To avoid the frustration of lengthy waits for Tech help, I'd suggest
>     that any working group that regularly relies on Tech support to poll
>     their own members to see who has skills that could be of help and ask
>     then to get involved with Tech. Expectations that there is a large
>     group
>     of Techies just waiting to respond to your requests are far too
>     optimistic, given how thin Tech is stretched.
>
>     In the past, Tech has had active members from most, if not all,
>     working
>     groups. Now it does not and given the structure of the IMC and the
>     voluntary nature of Tech work, working groups may have to start
>     calling
>     the Geek Squad or someone else who expects to be paid, if they
>     expect a
>     quick response. To avoid this increasingly likely scenario, if you
>     aren't able to wait until someone has the time to respond, it may be
>     because Tech just doesn't have the organizational capacity for quick
>     response due to lack of participation by those who might be in a
>     position to contribute.
>     Mike Lehman
>
>     Josh King wrote:
>     > Jay,
>     >
>     > I'm sorry, but I'm feeling really ill right now and can't come
>     over to
>     > take a look. I don't know if anyone else has fixed it yet or not.
>     >
>     > Jay Schubert wrote:
>     >
>     >> Tech,
>     >>
>     >> Any update about the internet service at the IMC?   BTP has a
>     special
>     >> group of volunteers arriving any minute to work.
>     >>
>     >> Thanks,
>     >> Jay
>     >>
>     >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     >> From: *Niloofar Shambayati* < Nilu at insightbb.com
>     <mailto:Nilu at insightbb.com> <mailto:Nilu at insightbb.com
>     <mailto:Nilu at insightbb.com>>>
>     >> Date: Sep 13, 2007 11:33 AM
>     >> Subject: [Btp-keystaff] a group of volunteers this afternoon
>     >> To: btp-keystaff at lists.chambana.net
>     <mailto:btp-keystaff at lists.chambana.net>
>     <mailto:btp-keystaff at lists.chambana.net
>     <mailto:btp-keystaff at lists.chambana.net>>
>     >>
>     >> Hello all,
>     >> Liz, from prairie center will bring a group of 5 individuals to
>     >> volunteer at btp at 2 pm till 3:45. Deb, are you the key staff
>     today?
>     >> Jane won't be at btp today so please let me know who is going
>     to be
>     >> there to supervise the new volunteers.  We need letters to be
>     processed
>     >> for the volunteers to pull out (only 10 letters are ready) but the
>     >> internet is still out as of 11 am.  Jay, do you know what's
>     wrong with
>     >> the system?
>     >>
>     >> Niloofar
>     >>
>     >> _______________________________________________
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>     <mailto:Btp-keystaff at lists.chambana.net>
>     <mailto:Btp-keystaff at lists.chambana.net
>     <mailto:Btp-keystaff at lists.chambana.net>>
>     >> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/btp-keystaff
>     <http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/btp-keystaff>
>     >>
>     >>
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