Those specific emails actually just got filtered into my spam mail so I got off easy. I am also pretty quick on the delete key if it's not looking relevant. Maybe someone can just let Andrew Clark know that we got the point and need no additional postings and we can be done with it. If it's not a recurring problem(disclaimer I haven't kept close enough track to know if it's happened before) then it seems it might not be necessary to come up with a revised purpose statement given some of the grey areas of what's useful and not. <br>
my two cents,<br>Erik<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:57 AM, ARABAS Edward P * EISPD ITIP <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.p.arabas@state.or.us" target="_blank">edward.p.arabas@state.or.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">While I share Ian’s concern that the listserve not become an advertising channel for who-knows-what, the “purpose” statement does not specifically preclude that usage. Perhaps we could underscore the “within
the State of Oregon” phrase, but that would effectively cut-off announcements about activities in Washington that I find quite valuable. Here is the entire purpose statement:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">“The purpose of this list is to provide a forum for discussion about GIS and spatial data related activities within the State of Oregon. Potential topics include notices of current GIS activities, requests about
the availability of datasets, questions about technical problems with GIS systems or software, requests for advice from those who have gone before you, and so forth.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">If we want to eliminate announcements about activities that are extra-regional, perhaps some explicit guidance about that should be included in the purpose description for the list. I have explicitly cc’d the
list administrators on this email.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Please feel free to discuss. I think this is an important change that should not be undertaken based on one comment. I have made liberal use of the “delete” key in the past related to this issue…
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Ed Arabas, GISP</span></b><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<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> <a href="mailto:gis_info@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">gis_info@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gis_info] Inappropriate email<u></u><u></u></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]" target="_blank">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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">What do you think?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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