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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If this email contained statement along the lines of “Hey Oregon list users, you might be interested in the conference described in the following link because of XYZ” with an accompanying hyperlink, I might allow
some leeway. As sent, it is by all appearances an unsolicited advertisement for a conference with no Oregon, Washington, NW or other local content taking place in Washington DC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I don’t think advertisements for local (or not) events (training, conferences, meet-ups, pub-crawls, etc) should be banned but I think there should be some “value-added” content which makes it clear why it’s
being posted to this targeted list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> gis_info-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:gis_info-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Reid, Ian - NRCS, Portland, OR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> gis_info@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gis_info] Inappropriate email<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">I’m continually receiving emails from “<a href="mailto:gis_info-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us%20on%20behalf%20of%20Andrew%20Clark%20[aclark@com-geo.org]">gis_info-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
on behalf of Andrew Clark [aclark@com-geo.org]</a>” . This is advertising as far as I am concerned and seems like an inappropriate use of the list.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">What do you think?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Ian</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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