Hi shachar, First of all I do not want to spam anyone, it's one of the required steps I need to do to setup the group in linkedin. Let me display the next scenarios 1. Consultant hunt. A software companies VP R&D which has a linked-in acount wants to outsource a linux project and to get an overview of the different resources around that can fulffil it's job he searches for linux and israel and with the other results finds that there is a linux oriented group in Israel. What I'd do (if I was him) in this point is to use that to narrow my results and start searching within ghoup members because I assume they know something about linux. In that way he finds that a freelance consultent hosting a company named GNULIN has the skillset he's looking for . In this point that person can't even connect the consultant he needs to see how he's related to him (through a contact that knows a contact that knows a contact - up to 4 levels of connections) he'll then ask one of his friends to introduce possibly even giving a royalty to the reffering friend if a successfull job is performed . The VP then contacts the consultant and they live happily forever in a bidi heaven :).
2. Member job hunt. OK so we post job offers in the list but I know that I have disliked list members posting stuff as. "hmm hey I'm looking forwork and I can debug kernel oops with perl using python while witholding scsi cable abuse..." In this form You can simply play with the settings of you're profile and label you're self with a "looking for a job offer". I have head hunted in linux-il many times using it as a tool to get a filtered ,linux oriented crowd which typically is much better then the typical job companies (hasama). I know I'd first look here because I can get instant refferels on that person I can ask Ira about Gabor and I can query Gilad on Omer in that way. This creates an additional network of trust not totally unlike PGP - just business oriented. Those are the IGLU tailored ones - beyond that there is the the normal marketing mish mash that linkedin presents that can be viewed here... www.linkedingroups.com/groupspdf/Linkedin_for_groups.pdf I believe that everybody holding a linux oriented job could possibly benefit be it project job or business aquiantence they look ok protecting privacy. More that that the only spam you'll get is theinitial one what I intend to do - if I manage it which could change - is simply pre-approve the existing members - all that means is not making them join but simply storing a "yes" answer if Ira, Marc, Evgeny, Gabor or anyone else which is allready inside . I'm happy and proud to be a part of IGLU all I want to do is to communicate to the world which will need my services one day - "This is IGLU it's an excellent place to find great developers, creative innovators and non existing cabals" if you know somebody that knows me and I'm _willing_ (profile attribute) to listen feel free to contact me through one of my contacts. Hope this explains my motivation. Lior. On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:28:42 +0200, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lior Kesos wrote: > > >This section describes the activities we expect your group to perform > >in exchange for the free service offered. > > > Why do we need this free service, again? > > I think that if there is something you (Lior) want to do regarding a > community, go ahead and do it (just don't spam me, I hate spammers and I > don't see how this is any different). If, on the other hand, you want > something for LINUX-IL to do about it, it had better damn well be worth > the trouble. > > So far, I have failed to see what's in it for anyone. If there is money > involved for managing this group, this has got to be either pyramid or > personal info selling, neither of which strike me as something I want to > take part in. > > So, explain to me again how will having this group enrich the linux-il > experience? > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. > http://www.lingnu.com/ > > -- Peace Love and Penguins - Lior Kesos ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
