I don't mind them being out there if they contribute to the community at large. I just don't want to get emailed sales pitches unless I ask for them.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Williams, Scott Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:49 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Vendors on this list For sure there are lurkers on the list. Just a few months ago we were talking about refurb companies and I had mentioned I had never heard of a particular vendor. Two days later I get a call from them ..."out of the blue". I also remember some lurker putting his "off on vacation" flag on and we were able to trace him back to a law firm in Florida. You have to remember how important we are :P SCott ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of McKay, Curtis [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:09 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Vendors on this list For the record that particular person unsubscribed themself. Techgeeks kicking this person off of the list has kind of become a techgeek urban legend that sounds cool so people like to talk about it. Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School [email protected] ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 7:50 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Vendors on this list I have not had a problem with the vendors on this list. I know they exist. I know who some of them are. And some of them participate in a very positive way. If they want to call and propose a solution for a problem that I have posted here, I don't have a problem with that. If a particular vendor becomes a major problem then we can always "Adam K" them.......... Quoting "Steele, Thomas C" <[email protected]>: > I would bet money on that. I believe there are others who join just > to harvest addresses for their contact list but never make a post. > Then there are the "watchdog" lurkers that monitor the list and report > back any dissenting opinion to ISBE, the politicians, etc. > (sounds kind of like the Cold War all over again). Oh the > consequences of "free speech"! > > -TS > > Thomas C. Steele > Technology Director > Manteno CUSD #5 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dana Fellows > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 5:35 PM > To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' > Subject: [tech-geeks] Vendors on this list > > > You know, thinking back for the past few years I am now suspicious of > some of the vendors on this list and what their motives are. Some > probably never post anything on here but just sit back and read about > our troubles. I think there has been one or two who has called my > school offering solutions to problems. Sometimes it is a coincidence > that I had recently posted the issue here or was talking about it on > here and next thing I know someone has called the school here with a > solution or offering consulting service. I need to think about this a > for a little while before commenting anymore and naming names. > > Dana Fellows > Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator Whiteside Area > Career Center > 1608 Fifth Avenue > Sterling, IL 61081 > Email, [email protected] > Website, www.wacc.cc > Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 > Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time > > MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW > AAS - Network Administration > BA - Information Systems > MS - Instructional Technology > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | Subscription info > | at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | Subscription info at | http://www.tech-geeks.org | Subscription info at | http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
