The suggested new list ([log in to unmask]) is
hardly likely to satisfy the
criteria for new JISC mailing lists:-
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/mailinglists/criteria.htm
While we are on the subject of what is valid subject matter for the
current list, am I the only
member who feels that the stated criteria are probably not currently
being met & that perhaps
the list is now dominated by issues that have little to do with HE? It
is hard to see how the recent
war against BT conducted on this list could be seen to "benefit UK
education, learning and research
related organisations".
Steve McCain
University of Bradford
Duncan Smith wrote:
> The danger is writ large is it not.
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>Some quotes from the thread ....
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>"I have no objection to seeing the occasional advert for a course. If and
>when the incidence of such postings becomes inordinate, I'll unsubscribe."
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>"Surely if the volume isn't great, the relative harm of such communications
>is limited?"
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>Are we all assuming/hoping that commercial cross posting will remain
>'occasional' or are we prepared to manage the situation so that it does not
>become inordinate in quantity.
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>Contributing to the list takes time and effort, and for those of us who are
>overtly commercial in nature i.e. consultancy based businesses, that effort
>can be rewarded when new clients are won through their visibility of our
>knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject.
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>I hope list members would agree that the list would be a poorer place if all
>we did was post 'course advertisements'
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>Do I have a solution?
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>Perhaps the simplest solution is to take a leaf from the Usenet community
>and start another list called [log in to unmask]
>thereby separating out the discussion from the sales pitch.
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>
>Duncan Smith
>
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>iCompli Limited Northampton UK
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