On (14 Jan 03) John Donohue wrote to Steven Horn...

Hello John,

In making every attempt to stray farther from the topic of this echo.
:-)

 SH> I referred Felipe to the free access to the Internet
 SH> one has here through one of many public libraries and
 SH> he has not yet responded.

 JD> From my own travels, talking to other librarians, and other users, it
 JD> seems that while some kind of internet availability it nearly
 JD> universal, quality, quantity do vary greatly. Texas has had a dual

Since you are a Librarian... or at least an employee. Can you tell me
why Libraries in some areas will not allow a simple "flier" for a
Fidonet BBS to be posted on their bulletin board (the ones with thumb
tacks, not computer :)?

I made up a flier for my BBS and with the thought of promotion, went
to the local library in my town and a couple of towns close by. The
idea was to simply put the flier on the bulletin board there and let
people see it.

I asked the Librarian about posting the flier. In each case, I was
turned down due to the fact that the flier stated a "for sale" echo in
the message are list. I understand the "non-commercial" ads policy, but
these same libraries offer Internet access and have fliers on their
cork boards for "non-profit" organizations. I mean, damn, The people
that work in those "non-profits" get paid. I don't get jack squat. In
fact, I pay the bills to offer my BBS to the public and taxes to
support the stinking library.

In thinking that the "for sale" area was the problem, I took that out
of the flier. I went back and the librarian refused to see me. The
clerk, or whatever the helpers are called, took the filer back to the
librarian and it was refused again.


Frank

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/flv
http://biseonline.com/r19

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