Hello
everyone,
I have received
around 30 messages related to the "advert" case, a mixture of mails supporting
Isobel and of others less
supporting, to say
the least.
This posting is my
reply to all and should close the case. So please, no reaction to it on the
list, but to me.
(I probably should
keep this mail as a template because this kind of discussion is happening every
2 years.
Hence, I will repeat
myself again I'm afraid.)
Isobel, without
doubts, does a great job in providing scientific support to the
subscribers, and this since years.
Obviously, I'm very
much thankful for that. On the other hand, her contribution does
not authorize her not to respect
the rules (it
is not the first case it has happened). There are other major contributors to the
list who also have written
books, give training
courses AND respected the rules (so far).
May I remind
everyone that the web site is there for announcements that have a more
commercial aspect?
So please, if you
have any doubts about the content of your posting, contact me first
!
The fact that I did
not "detect" the previous advert (GIS "workshop") in a previous mail does
not mean that rules have
changed or will
change. I have, so far, left the list unmoderated: people need to be subscribed to
send mails, but their
postings go directly
to the subscribers of the list, not through me first. The reason is easy to
understand: having me
filtering all
mails would be too much time consuming and postings would
be delayed
by 24 hours (or weeks if I'm
on holiday). Thanks
to the correct behaviour of the subscribers (around 1100 ...), the
list works
very well since almost
8 years now and I
will certainly not change the rules now.
Messages infringing
rules are sometimes posted and I usually give a first warning to the
author. Should it happen again,
the author is unsubscribed from the list and his/her email
address is put on a black list (it has happened only once so
far).
Taking part to this list means to be tolerant towards "mistakes" and "abuses" as well as some self-control to make
sure that postings are really relevant to the
topics of the list. That's the price to pay to have such a great mailing
list.
I consider the case closed now.
Please, do not react on the list.
Thank you all
for your understanding.
Best
regards,
Gregoire
(responsible of ai-geostats)
PS: rules of
ai-geostats can be found at http://www.ai-geostats.org/help_ai-geostats.htm
