Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Want to create a transcript?

[Diane (dianeclaire]

Actually, Craig, $250 is pretty cheap.   Transcription takes a lot of
time.   I like the idea of divvying it up, but you'll still need a lot of
volunteers.  Without them, I agree with you: it would be nice to offer a
transcription, but we can't afford it.

Diane

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Craig Ragland <craigragland [at] 
gmail.com>wrote:

>
> I've received a couple of requests for transcripts of our recent
> Economic Crisis & Cohousing conference call:
>
> http://www.cohousing.org/workshops
>
> Today I got a bid from an online commercial service that seems cost
> prohibitive (not to exceed $250) - I can't justify that level of
> Coho/US spend without knowing I can get the costs covered. I'm sure I
> shop it around and get a better price. To cover costs, we could offer
> it for sale, but that takes staff time to set up the order process,
> and then deal with the inevitable customer services issues which crop
> up for every service or product we sell - and we still risk a loss if
> sales are insufficient.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone out there might be interested in creating a
> transcript on a volunteer basis? It would give you a chance to REALLY
> hear what was said during the call. If we CAN get this done free, then
> Coho/US can give it away. Otherwise, I'm afraid this is just another
> good idea that some would like that lack the resources to make it so.
>
> We're open to other ideas - perhaps a topic summary, with some time
> codes for good start points? Whatever the approach, I'm afraid we
> cannot significant devote staff time.
>
> So, please let me know if you would like to spend a few hours to
> really understand what was said during the call while doing some
> helpful documentation.
>
> --
> Craig Ragland
>
> Coho/US executive director
> http://www.cohousing.org
> craig [at] cohousing.org
>
> Please try email first, include your phone number (w/time zone) - or
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