Hi Jamie, It says on Snob's website that to become the club's member you have to be invited by Snob: http://www.snob.ru/promo/about_club/
2009/5/21 jamie khan <[email protected]> > don;t mean to take the wind out of your sails nic, but as far as i'm aware > all you have to do to become a member of the'snob' community is subscribe to > their magazine- must be the crisis or something. > > what has it come to when al-jazeera starts poking fun at nouveau riche > behaviour triggered by the advent of the hydrocarbonic dollar? really i > don't think your editors would have to look so far afield- surely the antics > of Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan and his nailed plank offer much more > value for money... > > god only knows what nonsense 'russia today' are pouring forth from their > arabic-language outlet to deserve this lame poke in the eye, but surely you > can come up with something better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 12:00:50 +0400 (MSD) > Subject: Expat Digest, Vol 55, Issue 23 > > > Send Expat mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Expat digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Listening Post (Nic Muirhead) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 20:38:39 +0100 > > From: Nic Muirhead <[email protected]> > > Subject: Expat List Listening Post > > To: <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > <c638c94f.136a%[email protected]<c638c94f.136a%[email protected]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Dear Sir / Madam, > > > > My name is Nicholas Muirhead and I am a researcher on a weekly media > review > > show called ЁListening Post that airs on Al-Jazeera English. Our show > takes > > a critical and sometimes irreverent look at world coverage and media > trends. > > This week we are preparing a light hearted report on the new social > > networking site in Russia called ЁSNOB . > > > > One of our producers - Simon Ostrovsky - has just got back from Russia. > His > > report looks at the new super rich online community there. To qualify for > > this privileged online society - you would need to be approved by other > > members of the group that include Russia s rich and famous like the > richest > > man in Russia - oligarch Mikhail Prochorov. As part of the report Simon > > tried to join this club but unsurprisingly to no avail. We are doing a > fun > > piece on it and are looking for people to Ёapply to the group. > > > > I thought that there might be a nnumber of members within your > organisation > > who would love to poke fun at ЁSNOB . In roughly 30 40 seconds we want > > members from your organisation to tell us why they think that they should > be > > a members of this group. Obviously this is a Ёtongue and cheek > application. > > We would like to know what it takes to qualify as Russia's elite and what > > they would bring to the table if they were a Russian billionaire. > > > > The fastest way for us to receive these contributions would be via the > net. > > To do this you would need to own or have access to webcam or camcorder. > > Simply record your response (please frame your head and shoulders in the > > shot and talk directly to the camera) and save it to a .mov or .wmv file. > > Then upload the file to www.yousendit.com and make the recipient address > > [email protected]. > > > > This report will air this week so I would need these contributions with > me > > as soon as possible. I know that this is extremely late notice however we > > are a weekly show so we get very little notice ourselves. Please forward > > this email onto whoever you feel would like to participate in the show > and > > urge them to get their video to us ASAP> > > > > I hope to hear from you soon. > > > > Best, > > Nick > > > > -- > > Nicholas Muirhead > > Researcher > > "The Listening Post" > > Al-Jazeera English / London > > +44 (0)207 299 1643 > > [email protected] > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20090519/aee4e7bd/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Expat mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > > > > > End of Expat Digest, Vol 55, Issue 23 > > ************************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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