[IMC-Tech] Re: "crow" email list.

[ouroboros rex]

Randall Cotton wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Zachary C. Miller" <zach at chambana.net>
>To: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
>Cc: <imc-tech at ucimc.org>; <c-bee1 at itg.uiuc.edu>; <carl at newsfromneptune.com>;
>"Jeff Nicholson-Owens" <jbn at forestfield.org>; "Linda Evans"
><veganlinda at yahoo.com>; "Dawn Owens-Nicholson" <bluemoon at ad.uiuc.edu>; "May Kao
>Xiong" <maykaoxiong at illinoisalumni.org>; "Yanni Tziligakis" <tziligak at uiuc.edu>
>Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 3:46 PM
>Subject: Re: "crow" email list.
>
>
>: I disabled the list because it was the opinion of the station manager
>: and the chair of the board that the list was not an official weft list
>: and that the lists use of the weft.org domain constituted an abuse of
>: that domain.
>
>OK, that's clear enough (and not entirely unexpected 8-)
>
>: Until/unless WEFT appoints an official liason to chambana.net (a role
>: formerly served by Euan on behalf of the PR committee on behalf of the
>: associates, a role eventually passed on to Jason P but from which he
>: resigned), the word of the station manager and/or the chair of the
>: board is the word that dictates what is official. If you don't think
>: that's appropriate then perhaps that is a reform of WEFT that you can
>: work for.
>
>Well said 8-)
>
>: There's no problem with you having your crow email list on
>: chambana.net. But you have to sign a contract to pay $30/year for it
>: just like any other independent organization (or make other
>: arrangements with the tech group)
>
>Is that what WEFT pays? I actually wasn't aware that WEFT paid anything. I never
>saw any mention of it when I was on the WEFT Board, for instance, but that
>actually isn't saying  much. What are the terms of WEFT's arrangement?
>
  It's not Zach's business to discuss that with you, and it's ridiculous 
for you to put him in that position, Mr. IT professional.  Feel free to 
ask at WEFT.

  BTW, how many companies did you deal with that let employees crreate 
mail lists on their domain name?