[AusNOG] [Press Release] Sanity brings Technology to the City with BlueFibre

[David Hughes]

Matthew,

Thanks for your note and I now appreciate that you did try to do the right thing.  However the person you contacted does not represent AusNOG.  I also appreciate that he was trying to do the right thing too.  So basically a misunderstanding.

In future can you please refrain from posting PR's to this list.  I'll ensure that the list charter is updated to clearly reflect this.  I appreciate the you have requested this be kept off the list but I feel it appropriate to leave my response visible to the members of this list so that they understand the situation.


Thanks

David
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On 23/03/2010, at 7:19 PM, Matthew Byrne wrote:

> David,
> 
> I've emailed you off-list to respect the integrity of the person who approved our request, I'm not in business to "name and shame".
> 
> Please keep further correspondence off-list, as previously requested.
> 
> Regards,
> Matthew
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Hughes [mailto:David at Hughes.com.au] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2010 5:15 PM
> To: Matthew Byrne
> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] [Press Release] Sanity brings Technology to the City with BlueFibre
> 
> 
> Excuse me, may I ask who approved this as content suitable for this list?  Who at AusNOG did you contact?  I have certainly never been contact in regard to this.
> 
> Please refrain from sending any further advertising or "press releases" to this list.  This has absolutely no operational merit.
> 
> 
> David
> Director of AusNOG Pty Ltd
> ...
> 
> On 23/03/2010, at 6:21 PM, Matthew Byrne wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Whilst I appreciate and understand the few comments, remarks and concerns received, I've replied to each response individually, off-list.
>> 
>> Just for some clarification so we're all on the same page:
>> 
>> 
>> -          Whilst I initially hesitated to send this to the list, I emailed the content to AusNOG for approval/rejection which was approved.
>> 
>> -          It was never my intention to "spam" the list and I apologise in advance if the email offended anyone in anyway.
>> 
>> -          It was suggested that we supply a link in the email rather than attaching the PDF or placing the entire PR into a single email - the end result clearly didn't work either.
>> 
>> I'd like to recommend that all further comments, remarks and concerns regarding this please be emailed directly to me, off-list.
>> 
>> Many thanks.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Matthew
>> 
>> From: Michael Richardson [mailto:mail at mikerichardson.com.au]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2010 3:38 PM
>> To: Matthew Byrne
>> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] [Press Release] Sanity brings Technology to the City with BlueFibre
>> 
>> Matthew,
>> 
>> Please take some time to consider the list charter, which includes the statement:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "This is NOT a forum for journalists to pick up leads, sales people to sell things, or end-users to pester their ISP".
>> 
>> AusNOG is a valuable tool for network professionals like myself and others to discuss technical problems and non-technical problems that can impact the various industries that we all work in.
>> 
>> I can certainly appreciate the eagerness to announce your brand and positive news about it. But if an early resistance to this kind of blatant self-promotion isn't found, then we risk having the list we all love so much slowly turn into yet another marketing communications platform. So I ask, respectfully (as a list member, not a moderator), that you refrain from making these sorts of announcements on list.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> P.S. I am fully aware of the irony of broadcasting an unsolicited opinion in objection to an unsolicited opinion. Perhaps I'm just as guilty :)
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Matthew Byrne <m.byrne at bluefibre.com.au<mailto:m.byrne at bluefibre.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> We have just partnered with Sanity Technology to release some awesome news.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Rather than spamming the list with the press release, here is a link for those who are interested:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.bluefibre.com.au/media/bluefibre-partners-with-sanity/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Matt
>> 
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