W. Chris Shank on Sat, 23 Mar 2002 17:30:10 +0100 |
i agree with JP. i'm out of work and it sucks. it's nice to just see job opportunities, period. -chris On Saturday 23 March 2002 08:44 am, you wrote: > Im gonna have to disagree with alot of this so far. > While I DO agree that tossing around job postings on > the PLUG list is probably inappropriate - perhaps we > could add a job section to the PLUG web site that > regulars could post to? I know there are a few links > there already... The point is that there are still > alot of unemployed folks out there who would like to > have any job... regardless of whether it's > administering NT or Unix or Linux or whatever. For you > to balk at non-linux job postings in this day and age > is bad form. Certainly I think the list should stay on > topic but to complain when a well-intentioned member > is trying to help out his fellow linux users with the > prospect of employment is just wrong. > > That said... Im happy to write or help write or > upgrade the PLUG job section to allow for posts. We > could setup some kind of time limit so they'de > disapear after awhile. > > Sure administering NT isn't as nice or as fun as linux > but there are some people out there who need jobs and > who wouldn't mind splitting a referral bonus. Don't > speak for them just because your job requirments allow > for linux ONLY. > > - JP > > --- Chuck Peters <cp@ccil.org> wrote: > > On 22 Mar 2002, Tobias DiPasquale wrote: > > > On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 21:13, Chuck Peters wrote: > > > > Agreed? > > > > > > No. How is it that you want to enforce this > > > > cost-per-message model? Are > > > > > we to give our credit card numbers upon signup for > > > > this list? > > > > I doubt PLUG even has a bank account. I think that > > the mechanics of > > enforcement will be weak, but that doesn't mean that > > it would be > > impossible to collect. Having thought about this > > issue some, what I plan > > to do with another Linux list is notify the user > > subscribing of the policy > > prior to them signing up. The policy will be > > similiar to what Debian does > > with its advertising policy > > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#ads. The > > bill is to be paid to and sent from a couple of > > non-profit groups: CCIL > > and EPCC (pending the approval of the non-profit > > boards of both > > organizations). Perhaps PLUG can make arrangements > > with some local > > non-profits or Nothinbut.net who is hosting the > > lists. > > > > > And what > > > about people who access this list from a news > > > > gateway (as I do)? > > > > PLUG is obviously doing something to filter spam or > > this list would be > > filled with it. I think adding some filtering for > > job postings shouldn't > > be too much trouble. > > > > > While > > > your idea may be nice in theory, it would be > > > > nearly impossible to manage > > > > > in practice. If you __REALLY__ don't want to see > > > > M$ postings that bad, > > > > > then we just block those members from the list > > > > after they perpetrate the > > > > > crime one time. That's a much simpler, easier task > > > > and will get the > > > > > point across with much more immediacy. > > > > That would be better than what we have now. But I > > do prefer the idea of > > charging fees because it might generate some revenue > > and it sends a > > message to subscribers and companies that this list > > has REAL value. > > > > Thanks, > > Chuck > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > > > General Discussion - > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug > > ===== > JP Toto > ViceClown@yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug
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