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

[Donald Gordon]

Hi

I'm quite happy with the status quo, myself.  If you want job ads, you 
can always search on trademe/seek/etc.  If such ads are allowed, where 
do you draw the line?  The ad that set this all off is something about 
Drupal, a CMS that will run on many non-Linux OSes -- really more of an 
ad for a web developer with experience with a particular CMS.  There are 
lots of web developer jobs out there, carrying all of those ads would 
ruin the list pretty quickly.

If people were really keen on advertising, maybe another wellylug-ads 
list could be set up, which could carry such traffic.  I could then 
choose to not subscribe to that list, and it could be hosted by someone 
who was keen on such ads.  Although arguably a website with an rss feed 
would be just as useful.

donald

Jethro Carr wrote:
> 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
>
>
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