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Re: [LUG] no ads please

 

On Tuesday 18 March 2008 14:03:29 Aaron Trevena wrote:
> On 17/03/2008, Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 17:09 +0000, martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >  > [LUG] [OT] Job Opportunity
> >
> >  For the record, this is not something that sits well with the concept of
> >  a free and open mailing list with a permanent WWW archive. Discussions
> >  about specific jobs at specific employers quickly get into contractual
> >  and possibly legal issues - especially if the respondent is not deemed
> >  suitable. By all means discuss local companies and describe what each
> >  company is doing within GNU/Linux but stay clear of ads, please.
>
> It might be worth following the policy we have at london.pm - an
> announce only jobs list, and a seperate jobs-discuss list (private,
> unarchived, members only) which jobs are forwarded to.
>
> Also I'd be interested in a devon/cornwall jobs/freelance list anyway
> - although I'm contracted until october, it's always nice to see
> what's about and I get more than enough job/freelance posts to the
> lists I'm on that could be relevent.

The problem with job lists is that they quickly get swamped by agencies. I 
can't see a problem with individuals posting occasional mentions of jobs on 
this list though. "Reply off list" seems to handle most of the issues.

I disagree with the moderator on this one. I think that the legal issues 
mentioned above are more to do with discussing what happens at a particular 
company, rather than the details of a particular post. That is a hazard with 
any discussion, and has nothing to do with job ads specifically.

How do other people feel about this?

D

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