Re: RFC: Stance on advertising on the list

[John Locke <..hidden..>]

Guidelines for list postings sound fine.

I would suggest we set up a page on ledgersmb.org for available
consultants, and then perhaps link to it in the email footer for the
users list?



On 09/20/2011 11:57 AM, Scott Martin wrote:
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> From: "Chris Travers" ..hidden..
> To: "LedgerSMB Users" ..hidden..
> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:44:40 -0700
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>> Hi all;
>>
>> I wanted to send out an email here with suggested guidelines for
>> mentioning paid services on this list. In general I personally think
>> there is a place for this here, but I don't think any of us want every
>> request for help to be answered only with offers for paid help. So I
>> figured I would offer some thoughts and guidelines for comment and see
>> what people think.
>>
>> One of the important features of an open source community is the
>> ability of people to find service providers that can meet their needs
>> so that they don't have to do everything themselves. One aspect of
>> helping users out may be to suggest paid services from time to time.
>> The main goal of these guidelines is to ensure we keep things
>> reasonable.
>>
>> Here are a few proposed Do's and Dont's.....
>>
>> DO:
>> * Feel free to offer paid services to those who need it, integrated
>> into other helpful tips. Things like "Here are some ways you can get
>> going.... On the other hand, if you'd like paid hosting, we can set
>> it up, and host it for you" is a good thing. It gives a user a few
>> options and the user can then decide what to do.
>>
>> * Participate in the community in a wide variety of ways. Users are
>> generally happier to hire people with track records in the community
>> than those who simply use the community to only advertise their
>> services.
>>
>> * If you want to advertise your paid services in an email signature,
>> by all means go for it.
>>
>> DON'T
>> * Reply to every request for help with an offer to help for a fee.
>>
>> * Limit your participation in the community to offering paid help.
>>
>> * Be uncivil, disrespectful to the rest of the community, etc.
>>
>> One aspect of keeping a lot of this on the list is that it helps users
>> out by ensuring some transparency and providing a wide range of
>> options for going forward.
>>
>> What do people think? Any additional guidelines? Do people like
>> these or do people think these are the wrong direction?
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>> Chris Travers
>>
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> I agree with your suggestions. Another list I subscribe to has a separate
> page for paid help
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