louie@sayshell.umd.edu ("Louis A. Mamakos") (03/06/91)
Is this really appropriate material for the Proteon mailing list? louie > /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > * * > * T h e M e r i t N e t w o r k i n g S e m i n a r s * > * * > * * > * M A K I N G Y O U R N S F N E T C O N N E C T I O N C O U N T * > * * > * * > /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
Susan_Calcari@um.cc.umich.edu (03/06/91)
Last August (1990) we sent a similar announcement about our November seminar to this list without complaint. However, we are trying to be sensitive to the feelings of people who read lists, especailly many lists (!) and will agree not to send any further announcements to this list if that's what you request. Please let me point out, however, that in our attempts to reach our prospective audience, we feel that lists such as proteon, cicso, novell, etc at least reach those people interested in networking, and even if they themselves don't feel the need to attend a seminar such as ours, they would know who in their organizaitions would like to (or should!) attend to become more familiar with NSFNET and the Internet and what's available. In that case, we hope the announcement is being forwarded on to the appropriate people. In the case of lists less networking oriented, we attempt to send the announcement to the coordinator of the list who can then post it to the group if appropriate. We will do that with the proteon list in the future if you send us the name and address of the coordinator. I am aware that most lists, like the NSFNET as a whole, have rules concerning commercal usage. Although we do charge for the seminar to recover the expense of facilities and flying in speakers from around the country, Merit/NSFNET is a non-profit organization and using the network to advertise the seminar has been approved by the National Science Foundation since it is in direct support of the NSFNET. In fact, Merit/NSFNET has a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation to manage and operate NSFNET, and in the case of my group, Information Services, to provide service to the networking community. Part of our problem of course, is that the people we are trying to reach - those newly-attached to the Internet, or not yet attached, are the hardest ones to reach. If any of you have suggestions as to appropriate lists to send our announcement, or other ways of reaching the newly-attached or not-yet-attached, please send them our way. Thanks for your attention to my lengthy explanation, and let us know if you would like us to refrain from using your list in the future. Susan Calcari Site Liaison Merit/NSFNET ************************************************************************** Message: 8022173, sent: Tue 05 Mar91 12:18pm, imported: Tue 05 Mar91 12:24pm From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu To: Deb Kocsis Cc: info-proteon@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu Subject: Re: Seminar Announcement ----------------------------------- Is this really appropriate material for the Proteon mailing list? louie > /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > * * > * T h e M e r i t N e t w o r k i n g S e m i n a r s * > * * > * * > * M A K I N G Y O U R N S F N E T C O N N E C T I O N C O U N T * > * * > * * > /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*