Mr. Caccavale, I received the below email from your organization and I am concern your company has violated the unwritten rules on the MQSeries List Server which is a community of technical experts from vendors and corporations alike. This is not a forum for vendors to obtain contact names for the use of marketing, but to identify problems or solutions in order to better the individual, team, business unit, division, and ultimately the corporation. If a vendor benefits by a plug-in based on a solution to a list server member's situation we find that acceptable and cautiously encourage it. I personally, along with a reasonable number of my MQ associates, find this method of "cherry picking" contact names on the list server unprofessional, lacking in creativity, and a sign of desperation.
At this time I could not recommend your organization to my associates or upper management based on the lack of professionalism you have shown here. Although I do understand the sales/marketing philosophy one may assume by mass mailings, in reality most technicians who influence decision makers are more than likely to be turned off by this method of advertisement. So, while I am recognizing the fact I received your email I am also trying to help you out with any future turmoil you may bring upon yourself for the mistake one of your employees may have initiated. Please note the only way for your organization to obtain my email address is from the MQSeries List Server. With best regards, Christopher "Themis Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com> To "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" 11/18/2004 09:55 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AM cc Subject Themis - 2005 Local & National Schedules Christopher, The purpose of this email is to alert you to the first 3 public training classes that are scheduled in Omaha in 2005. In addition, we have updated our Local & National Public Schedule through April 2005. We are actively seeking input for offerings to be included in the 2nd & 3rd Quarters of 2005. Please visit our website for a list of all courses and descriptions: http://www.themisinc.com/courses/ If you are interested in a class/technology that is not currently scheduled, please send me an email or use the "Course Request" function on our web site: http://www.themisinc.com/surveys/courserequest.asp February 22 - February 23, 2005 DB1029 DB2 UDB SQL Stored Procedures for Unix/Windows Omaha, NE http://www.themisinc.com/courses/index.asp?courseid=448 February 24 - February 25, 2005 DB1025 DB2 UDB for z/OS & OS/390 Stored Procedures Omaha, NE http://www.themisinc.com/courses/index.asp?courseid=163 March 14 - March 18, 2005 Introduction to Java using WSAD V5.1 Omaha, NE http://www.themisinc.com/courses/index.asp?courseid=369 Our national public schedule for the early part of 2005 can be found here: http://www.themisinc.com/schedule/ Complete Regional Schedules: Nebraska - http://www.themisinc.com/locations/index.asp?regionid=94 Illinois - http://www.themisinc.com/locations/index.asp?regionid=97 Iowa - http://www.themisinc.com/locations/index.asp?regionid=101 Kansas - http://www.themisinc.com/locations/index.asp?regionid=91 Please feel free to call or email me if you have any questions or need additional information. I will forward your request or question to the appropriate Training Advisor for follow up. Thank you, John Caccavale Themis Training - Specialists in IT Learning Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-756-3000 Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users Guide available at http://www.lsoft.com Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive