I'm with Ben. Sounds like a great way for managers to take a day off, watching advertisement-laden Powerpoint slides.
I'm terribly against allowing advertising on mailing lists. I don't see anything on their website which tells whether they are for-profit or not, and assume they are. I'm glad to help other non-profits and we can certainly partner with corporations who are truly part of the FOSS community. But I think we can't become a tool for corporations who want to capitalize on our reputation and good-will. My view is: if the source of the email generates money, we're sorry. If a member is sharing something they are actually interested in, it's certainly appropriate. Exceptions for promotions which we believe are LUG-related, of interest to members and will actually contain substance. For example, a distro rep demoing (not just a slideshow) an upgrade to a major version, when we are actually in need of presenters. Michael On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does that go to -discuss or -announce? > > IMO: Send to -discuss, or maybe not at all. It's not Linux or FOSS > or GNHLUG or particularly NH. We're not obligated to forward > everything that comes to our inbox. > > Full Disclosure: My reaction to reading the message is something > along the lines of "It sounds a bunch of pointy-haired suits listening > to Yet Another speaker promising to solve all their problems by > following a checklist, when the real problem is that you can't fix > stupid." > > -- Ben > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-org mailing list > gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/ > _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
