[AusNOG] List charter Vs Reporters on the list

[Graeme Locke]

IMHO

Why not have people posting to the list remove their company information
from their signature blocks....which is a form of advertising in itself.



GRAEME 

-----Original Message-----
From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of David Hughes
Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2010 10:37 AM
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] List charter Vs Reporters on the list


All,

I personally have no issue with our friends in the journalism community
being on this list.  I can only dream about a day when we complain that
the tech journalists in this country are too well educated  :)  The list
charter also has nothing to say on who can join the list or read the
information we distribute over this list.  Graham al at CommsDay have
been associated with AusNOG for years and we value their support.  They
also participate openly on this list and use any information available
here appropriately.  As Graham stated, if 10 people here mention an
Optus outage he may chase the carrier.  To my knowledge he and his team
don't chase the individuals on this list.

The list charter is pretty clearly written.  If people on this list
approach people directly as a result of their participation on this list
then they are in breach of the charter.  Sales people SHOULD NOT hound
list members unless they specifically ask for sales contact off-list.
The same applies to journalists.  If you write an email it's public by
definition but it doesn't give every press hound on the planet a right
to ring your office looking for an exclusive.

Personally I think this list works quite well.  The signal to noise
ratio remains quite high which can always be a problem as the size of a
list increases.  Happy to discuss other opinions but I don't see a
reason to change things.  What list members could do however is post to
the list when they are hassled directly by sales folk, journo's etc etc.
The "public shaming" may reduce the frequency.  It will also let us see
what's going on so that action against individual list members can be
taken if it's appropriate.


Thank

David
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