Re: Commercial Use of LM_NET

[Beth Bugnaski <bugnaski@UMD5.UMD.EDU>]

Hello Group-
     IMHO, Joe's idea is a good one (for authors to use LM_NET to
communicate with us) as long as they're not just trying to make a sale.
Willingness to communicate is a great thing, shameless self promotion
isn't what we (I) need.  So I find offers from authors (one particular
one in MD) who want to make free appearances at our schools a thinly
veiled commercial ploy.
     But I would _love_ to have a children's author make themselves
available for dialog.

Beth Bugnaski
Library Media Specialist
Seven Oaks Elementary
Baltimore County, MD
bugnaski@umd5.umd.edu

On Fri, 4 Nov 1994, Joe Light wrote:

> >
> >   Recently LM_NET has had a spate of unauthorized commercial intrusions
> > into the community.
>
> >   Please let us know if this has happened to you, or share your thoughts
> > with the group, and we will work within our Hospitality Committee to
> > develop a strategy of dealing with such intrusions which reflects your
> > feelings about such use of LM_NET.
> > Peter Milbury and Mike Eisenberg, LM_NET Co-owners
>
> Peter, Mike, & Group,
> I share your concern about commercial intrusions, however I would make an
> exception for authors who wish to promote their works on LM_Net provided
> they make themselves available for online communication with their audience.
> After all, how often do we have the opportunity to give instant feedback to
> authors and receive prompt responses to our critiques? I think this would be
> an acceptable and potentially exciting use of the LM_Net.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Joe Light
> Library Media Specialist
> South Kingstown, Rhode Island
> sksrt001@LLwsbe.wsbe.org
>