[plug] New Years' Resolutions

[Gary Allpike]

I'm with Christian on this one


Why the hell would I want to put any effort into an event to promote the
services of one of my competitors ???

As far as I am concerned, PLUG should remain as independant as possible,
or, if any provider is to be promoted, how about you promote the place
thats hosting the web pages, and providing the list services.


regards

Gary Allpike


On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Christian wrote:

> Leon Brooks wrote:
> > So, what do we actually do?
> > 
> > I think an install-fest is good. Perhaps iinet would like to host it, if
> > we push them as an ISP in return (ie, use iinet as the default ISP when
> > setting up machines to dial). Should we charge? $20? Or does that make
> > us more liable if someone whinges? When should we do this? How should we
> > advertise? Should we take business cards to chase followup business, or
> > tell them to post on the list? Should we add other 'phone numbers to the
> > Web page? If so, who wants theirs added?
> 
> I feel guilty doing this but... I don't think PLUG (or any PLUG events)
> should promote one ISP instead of another.  A lot of us (including
> myself - I admit complete bias and nearly zero objectivity) work for
> competing ISPs so the idea of PLUG promoting one ISP doesn't really feel
> quite right.  The best place to host an install-fest (which is
> definitely a good idea) would be either somewhere provider-neutral (eg,
> Global Warriors possibly?) or at an ISP but without any explicit
> promotion by PLUG (eg, if we have it there then we obviously have to
> advertise their name and also they, owning the premesis, can put up as
> many ads and signs as they like and just happen to leave their
> propaganda^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hadvertising material lying around).
> 
> I hope everyone can see where I'm coming from...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christian.
> 
> -- 
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> freedom, which they can then accept or reject. If people don't want
> freedom, they may be out of luck with me, but I won't allow them to 
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>                                                     - Richard Stallman
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