[wlug_org] [wellylug] [Fwd: Drupal] Job Opportunity in Wellington (fwd)

[Jethro Carr]

On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 11:15 +1200, Mark Foster wrote:
> Forwarded. I recall a similar discussion some time ago[1] around 
> advertising.
> 
> The end position was that basically, we're at the whim of our host (Ewen) 
> and that our host does not wish advertising of any sort to appear on the 
> LUG.
> 
> I for one find this position a little bit inflexible... perhaps i've been 
> spoilt by the other LUG's ive participated in for the past 10 years or 
> so... (NZLUG, AuckLUG)... but shouldnt the Linux Users Group support the 
> _users_ ?

hi Mark,

I do agree with your thoughts on this, I can see many good situations
where I'd like to permit some advertising, eg:

* Linux Jobs

* Linux Training Courses

However, Ewen has made it clear many times that he won't tolerate any
kind of advertising, and whilst I don't agree with his reasoning for
doing so, as he is the hosting provider we can either respect this
decision or move elsewhere.

So far the annoyance of the policy has been less than the annoyance of
having to migrate the list, so I haven't made any plans to move.


> I'd be dissapointed if the only way to move forward would be 
> to change hosts, as this is a not-insubstantial effort and the LUG has 
> been extremely lucky to have your support over the years, and on a 
> continuing basis.

If desired I can provide hosting on my own infrastructure which will
allow Wellylug to change it's policies.

Ewen has done a fantastic job of hosting the mailing list for several
years, but it does seem to me that a number of people on the list would
like to be able to post advertising related emails.


regards,
jethro


-- 
Jethro Carr
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog
www.amberdms.com
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