[gis_info] Inappropriate email

[Eli Adam]

Below is an earlier private reply I had sent to Ian.  I also wanted to
say I think that Dan's idea is a good one, the message needs to make
the case of, "this is relevant to Oregon because..." (obviously if it
is an event in Oregon we can all figure that out ourselves, same for
WA and some of ID and CA).

I agree and was considering saying something as well.  Something like
the number of notices for an event to this list should be proportional
to its Oregon involvement and relevancy and inversely proportional to
distance away from Oregon.  Therefore, a conference on the East Coast
with marginal Oregon involvement and relevancy should at most get 1
email to this list (perhaps 0). A conference in Oregon with lots of
the Oregon gis notables involved with the conference should probably
get 5 (notice of date, call for abstracts, early registration, late
registration,  reminder/last call).


Regards, Eli


On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Stark, Dan <stark at ci.wilsonville.or.us> wrote:
> If this email contained statement along the lines of “Hey Oregon list users,
> you might be interested in the conference described in the following link
> because of XYZ” with an accompanying hyperlink, I might allow some leeway.
> As sent, it is by all appearances an unsolicited advertisement for a
> conference with no Oregon, Washington, NW or other local content taking
> place in Washington DC.
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> I don’t think advertisements for local (or not) events (training,
> conferences, meet-ups, pub-crawls, etc) should be banned but I think there
> should be some “value-added” content which makes it clear why it’s being
> posted to this targeted list.
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> Best,
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> Dan
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> From: gis_info-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> [mailto:gis_info-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Reid, Ian -
> NRCS, Portland, OR
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:24 AM
> To: gis_info at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Subject: [gis_info] Inappropriate email
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> I’m continually receiving emails from
> “gis_info-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us on behalf of Andrew Clark
> [aclark at com-geo.org]” .  This is advertising as far as I am concerned and
> seems like an inappropriate use of the list.
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> What do you think?
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