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Hi<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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donald<br>
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Jethro Carr wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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_ ?
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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.
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<pre wrap="">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.
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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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