People who want something commercial like a contractor or programmer can ask as far as I am concerned and ensure that they ask for answers offlist.. I haven't seen anything that offends me of late. In fact I am struggling to recall the posts you are complaining of.
On Sun, March 23, 2008 3:46 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Greetings to CLUGgers, > > I am somewhat concerned that threads are appearing which are overtly > commercial. > > I see the use of this list as a virtual 'Tenderer's Gazette' as > being 'overtly commercial', because in the past we have had virtual > lynchings as a response to commercial posts. > > Whilst such postings are very useful to some folk, and I include > myself, I do appreciate that for others they are doubtless totally > O.T. and an unwanted intrusion. Therefore I think we should to try to > establish a consensus as to what commercial posts are within an > Acceptable Use Policy. > > Also I'd be glad of advice from the list administrator as to what > the University of Canterbury sees as its AUP for this list? > > If folks would like to mail me off-list that's acceptable too. > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell > -- Nick Rout
