From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Subhan Michael Tindall Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: manual activism (was: Re: no C-h i m emacs ??) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:12:03 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87egt14r51.fsf@reader.local.lan> <87vbmdkytr.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <20141117202904653270936@bob.proulx.com> <87h9xwgqg6.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416417161 18659 80.91.229.3 (19 Nov 2014 17:12:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:12:41 +0000 (UTC) To: Emanuel Berg , "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 18:12:32 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr8nt-0007wl-DC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:12:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59773 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr8ns-0000Sz-RL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:12:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53928) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr8nc-0000Sp-Vx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:12:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr8nY-0001qT-H4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:12:12 -0500 Original-Received: from outbound.familycareinc.org ([207.170.205.147]:47864) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr8nY-0001qH-94 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:12:08 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.07,418,1413270000"; d="scan'208";a="2424196" Original-Received: from fcmailsvr3.familycareinc.org ([10.0.1.3]) by fcspamapp1.familycareinc.org with ESMTP; 19 Nov 2014 09:12:06 -0800 Original-Received: from FBMAILSVR1.familycareinc.org (10.1.104.3) by fcmailsvr3.familycareinc.org (10.0.1.3) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.995.29; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:12:05 -0800 Original-Received: from FBMAILSVR1.familycareinc.org (10.1.104.3) by fbmailsvr1.familycareinc.org (10.1.104.3) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.995.29; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:12:04 -0800 Original-Received: from FBMAILSVR1.familycareinc.org ([fe80::d1f7:bbf4:49e6:2474]) by fbmailsvr1.familycareinc.org ([fe80::d1f7:bbf4:49e6:2474%17]) with mapi id 15.00.0995.028; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:12:04 -0800 Thread-Topic: manual activism (was: Re: no C-h i m emacs ??) 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A > > donated book is as likely to end up in the 'friends of the library' > > sale as it is in circulation, and you have virtually no control over > > that. A much better route is to contact your library, find out who > > curates the computer manual collection, and talk with them first. > = > ...and just what do you think my proposal is? I believe it was: "make a book of it, and then take it to the libraries of my city and insist = they put it somewhere so people can borrow it" Which, frankly, sounded pretty rude to my ear. > = > > A short document explaining what you want to donate and why it would > > be of use in the collection might be of use also. I had a war tax > > protester friend who used to donate books for circulation every year > > with her tax money. It often took several months to get approval for > > specific books to be approved for the circulating collection. Most of > > the time she ended up just asking the library for a short list of > > desired books and would work from there. I don't know about your local > > library, but here in Multnomah County, OR, our library also has an > > extensive ebook collection that can be checked out, that might be an > > easier route to pursue to get such manuals added to the collection. > = > The manuals are already available on the web and in the repos. So I don't > need to put them there, and even if I did I wouldn't involve my library t= o do > it. > = > > This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity > > to which it is addressed and may contain information that is > > privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable > > law. 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