The links section is built around the concept of "groups." I think it would work well to have a UNIX/Linux Consultants group, and each consultant or business can list their specialties. IOW, I like John B.'s idea.
Regards, Dustin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of john beamon > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 11:05 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Commercial work and BRLUG - how do we handle > this ? was RE: [brlug list] Linux setup > > > The idea was to mention what you do, but without us getting into some sort > of diploma-measuring contest. I, for one, don't program in C, though the > vast majority of the Unix jobs I find in local ads refer to "unix admin" > as "C programmer". If there's a benefit in mentioning three of your > skills from a prefab checklist, it would be easy enough to set up. > > -- > -j > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, John Hebert wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:53:59 -0600 > > From: John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Commercial work and BRLUG - how do we handle > > this ? was RE: [brlug list] Linux setup > > > > I'd rather we wouldn't list any specialities. Instead, we have > a category > > heading of "Linux/Unix/*BSD Consultants" and then list URLs to their > > websites. Allowing any more info than that gets sticky. But even so, if > > there are more than a few dozen listed, then I want dibs on "AAA Linux > > Consultants". :) > > > > John Hebert > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: john beamon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 10:09 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: Re: [brluglist] Commercial work and BRLUG - how do we handle > > this? was RE: [brlug list] Linux setup > > > > > > I'd be willing to add an alphabetical list of consultants, > including areas > > of specialty and contact information, to the links page. I'd rather not > > see areas of specialty become an ever-increasing field as each > of us adds > > a new skill to one-up the next guy. Perhaps we can arrange a list of > > terms and allow each specialist to choose three or four? "Web > > development, web hosting, mail hosting", for example. Let's > get a generic > > list of skills, maybe 10-20 distinct areas. Once that's presented, our > > consultants can pick three and send in their contact info to be posted. > > > > This is a suggestion to a more-or-less democracy. I'd like to hear a > > couple "yea's" and give this a day or two to circulate before jumping on > > it, but it won't take long to finish if it's approved. > > > > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
