Hello readers.. it's been such a busy month, that Ken had to remind us to look up from our electronic scrolls to give you another snapshot into our progress.
Our big milestone this month was our third Cross-Team Transcription Orientation. We held a Skype conference with over twelve people, introducing five new volunteers to our ever-growing team that works year round to bring transcripts of your favorite podcasts to the web. The event was a culmination of weeks of work by the whole team, which prepared by reviewing existing documents, updating them with lessons learned, and preparing very detailed instructions for each step of the way from audio through editing the text for the web.
The majority of the new team members responded to our petition last fall for new Proofreading and Editing team members. These new members brought our total count of transcription volunteers to 10! Now that our Transcribing and Auditing Team has completed all 37 classes of the Then and Now podcasts, our new Proofreading & Editing Team members will start soon on getting these proofread and edited. We're still on-track to get all 37 of these out on the web before the end of 2010.
So what is our Transcriber and Auditor team going to work on next? We asked Ken to help prioritize the many requests received for various transcripts, and he's given us the following list: Releasing Emotional Reactions, one of the most popular podcast series; Guru, Deity, Protector, a wonderful resource for anyone interested in Vajrayana Buddhism and others including Death: Friend or Foe, The Four Immeasurables and Monsters Under the Bed. No doubt some of these will be ready before the end of the year as well.
If this project calls you to action and you would like to contribute your time and skills, feel free to contact myself or Ann Braun at any time and we'd be happy to get you started!
Have a Wonderful April!
Jesse & Ann
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