CAPTAIN'S LOG (14 May 96): Sue Matthews Opened a Channel to Jeffurs Johnson
 >  > "Direct Marketing"/MLM business.
 >  MO> Please note #6 & 9 below...
 >  MO> 
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 > MO> 9. The HOME_OFFICE ECHO prohibits the dissemination, advertisement,
 > MO> solicitation, endorsement, discussion or debate of "chain-letter"
 > MO> business, MLM, or other income opportunities. Please take such topics
 > MO> to more appropriate echos.
 >         Yes I am new here. And I would like to point out the
 > fact that I made sure to state that I was in "Direct Marketing" as
 > well as MLM.
 SM> I'm not sure how that would make an off topic post any more
 SM> acceptable...
 >    Does your post mean that since I am in MLM I am not allowed
 > to participate in this forum? If so I will gladly leave.
 SM> You're welcome to participate as long as you keep your MLM business
 SM> and any advertising or soliciting out of the echo.
 >    Just for additional comment, I am also in the MLM echo as
 > well. So if I merchandise my Pagers to direct customers with or without 
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 > recruiting where do you suggest I go?
 SM> What you do in the MLM echo is between you and the moderator there...
 SM> is it still Chris Gunn? Here you're welcome to discuss home office
 SM> related topics... jsut read the rules.. they're pretty self
 SM> explanatory.
 SM> Regards,
 SM> Sue
Jeez Sue, how do you keep your sanity?  These kind of post seem to crawl
out of the woodwork!  I applaude you for keeping your cool with them!!
Isn't there some way to put pressure on the sysops that subscribe to
this echo to keep people like this out?  How about a "three strikes
& your out" sort of thing!  If the sysop has has abusers that exceed a
certain number of warnings, they they lose the echo.  Maybe that would
encourage them to police THEIR users a bit more so you wouldn't have
too!
It's too bad that we should even have to contemplate this sort of thing.
The users of these systems and the sysops should be responsible enough
to follow the rules.  Maybe you should automatically post the rules
everyday! ;-}
Anyway, keep up the good work and Thanks!
Gary Hardin
... ... I have a watch cat!  Just break in and he'll watch.
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