Commercial Offerings

2001-02-23 Thread Angelo Brazzi
I side with Fer, Bill and John. To me the solution suggested by Fer seems to be acceptable as it informs without being invasive. Ciao Angelo Brazzi --- 44 32' 10''N11 32' 15''E ---

Re: Commercial Offerings

2001-02-23 Thread Steve Irick
I would like to suggest an opening agreement before the vote and that is; "no cookies or anything of that intent, not even a hint". Thanks Steve I At 11:53 AM 2/22/01 -0500, Robert Terwilliger wrote: Dear Friends, Over the years, I have noted that members of this group have followed the usua

Commercials

2001-02-23 Thread J.Tallman
Hello All,   While I really treasure the intellectual discourse that predominates the discussion (most of the time) on the Sundial List, I do appreciate the occasional announcement of a new dial for sale.  Since we are presumably engaged in developing "real" dials, as opposed to the more com

Re: Commercial Offerings

2001-02-23 Thread Daniel Roth
> However I am interested in announcements of books about sundials and related > subjects and a description or brief note about specific sundials. > > Commercial announcements better could be placed in Web sites and addresses > of such sites could be incorporated in the list of links. That's

Re: Commercial Offerings

2001-02-23 Thread Sarah Edmondson-Jones
Hello Robert et al, I like the idea of the information/products/services being available, it's a useful resource; but I think I would prefer it to be held elsewhere, and perhaps so people could choose whether they wished to receive it; ideally a separate list or site. However, I wouldn't object t

Re: Commercial Offerings

2001-02-23 Thread A. Brown
Title: Glacier I believe the appeal of the group is its wide range of intellect and depth of knowledge, not its ability to be a billboard for goods and services. One mans "purchase opportunity" is surely another's junk mail. I think Patrick's idea of a page probably on the British, American o

Re: Commercial Offerings

2001-02-23 Thread Thibaud Taudin-Chabot
A simple reply: Never accept commercials on a mailinglist. If you do you cannot control the list anymore. One of the reasons of success of all mailinglists as this one is that it is not cluttered with lots of commercial stuff. You should see my (snail)mailbox! Thibaud At 11:53 22-2-2001 -0500,