Again, to everyone on AllStat we apologise for the mass post but as this concerns all members we have decided to address everyone.



1. May we remind all subscribers that a post made to the list should be on a relevant topic. An offer to buy the AllStat list is irrelevant to any Statistical Education topic, option 3 in the list notwithstanding, this 'offer' should have been sent to the administration address. Use in this order of priority:



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2. Regarding posts to the list, may we once again remind everyone of the general rules, JiscMail: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ and our own list rules: http://www.mathstore.ac.uk/allstat



3. In relation to the original request, No, No and No. The mailing list is set up (provided, supported & hosted by JiscMail) and provided free to people in UK education and research communities, check the link below, meanwhile for more information on setting up your own list please contact JiscMail I am sure they will assist if they can but it sounds like the service you seek to provide may have a commercial bias and be hosted outside the UK.  https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/about/whatisjiscmail.html



I will be contacting the subscriber in question directly, please do not 'reply to all' in response to this message or the original post it just annoys the vast majority of members.



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From: A UK-based worldwide e-mail broadcast system mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vincent Granville

Sent: 13 June 2014 02:10

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Subject: Offer to purchase Allstats



I would like to discuss an option to purchase Allstats - not the mailing list by itself, but rather, the platform. I have three scenarii in mind:



1) Purchase with standard agreement spanning over three years. Nothing would change (same people managing Allstats), except that (1) I would be entitled to post up to 8 relevant announcements per week, with no more than 0 or 1 commercial announcement. I would significantly grow the mailing list by bringing in tons of data scientists, mostly from US, and might pay a monthly fee to people who manage spam (I expect their workload would increase).



2) Licensing agreement. I pay a monthly fee for posting up to 8 announcements per week, with no more than 0 or 1 highly relevant commercial announcement (statistical training, Hadoop etc.) Unlike in the "purchase" agreement, I don't grow the list.



3) I create a separate data science mailing list similar to Allstats, but focusing on data science and mostly US traffic. I pay someone to manage this project - contact me if interested.



Let me know your thoughts. Currently, I publish most of my great statistical articles elsewhere, for instance the most recent ones on continued fractions over linear regression for predictive modeling (http://bit.ly/1llLKNx) or the creation of the Data Science Reseach Center (http://bit.ly/1hOlNGM) which could be of interest to many statistical students, researchers, authors and academics. I think this is a sad fact for the European statistical community, and if you are fine not having access to this type of content, then maybe it means that Allstats is not the right platform to acquire. If instead you like the idea, just say it!



For your information, I discovered Allstats when I was on a post-doc at Cambridge UK (stats lab), in 1995. I have been a member since 1995, subscribed through one of the oldest email addresses still in existence and used for its original purpose - [log in to unmask]



Best regards,



Vincent Granville, PhD

Data Science Central

Co-Founder, Business Hacker

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