Hi John 1. The order of Syndicates is random which changes each time you visit the page. The setting up of the new Syndicates has obviously had the desired effect of making sufficient Syndicates available to satisfy the demands of new volunteers. If you feel you are in desperate need of new volunteers please let me know and I'm sure I can come up with something to help you? 2. It was the intention that new volunteers would select the first Syndicate in the list although this isn't a forced requirement on them. Sometimes the description of the Syndicate is the deciding factor as to which Syndicate a volunteer decides to join. 3. Strange, I can't recollect seeing (Please choose where you want to help), I'll put a request in to remove this from the page. 4. When I set up new Syndicates I set their recruitment flag to accepting volunteers but also add a comment *** New Syndicate - Not Yet Accepting Volunteers ***. This is purely an administration facility on my part as it enables me to monitor the correct functioning of new Syndicates during their setting up. Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: John Slann <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 27 June 2004 12:02 Subject: Recruitment >Dear Allan, > >I have been looking at this page: > >http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/list-synd.pl?reader=0 > >Having opened the door to new transcribers a week ago and not yet getting one, I am intrigued by the order of the syndicates listed. We are currently 18th in the pecking order of 19. My memory tells me we were higher than that when I checked the page a week ago. > >There seems to be contradictory advice on the page as in different places it says: > 1.. Please choose the first Syndicate on the list unless there is something in the description that precludes you > 2.. Please choose where you want to help >It also seems strange that a page that is supposed to be dedicated to recruitment includes syndicates with this message: > >" New Syndicate - Not Yet Accepting Volunteers" > >Can you give any guidance on when the syndicate Mentors can anticipate a new transcriber > >Cheers > >John