Paul,
I never saw or heard of anything of the type you mention. Nor did Sandy
mention anything of the sort when I spoke with her. I simply feel that a
central location for all of us south of brandon is better than two splinter
groups, but if that is what happens then let it happen. I am not trying to
call any shots, just help.
Michael C. Rock
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of Paul M
> Foster
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:27 PM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Sarasota meetings
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 07:17:20PM -0400, MRock wrote:
>
> > In defense of Certification Inc. They are not untrustworthy.
>
> I don't want to suggest this as an issue unless it is one. However, I
> would like to comment. We had experience a while back with another
> testing/training company who wanted us to use their facility instead of
> PricewaterhouseCoopers. They pressured us (me) rather heavily to move
> meeting places, and intimated a quid pro quo for doing so. They were
> talking about giving us discounts for moving, etc.
>
> We don't do quid pro quos. In the interest of keeping SLUG "free of
> commercial influence", the most we'll do is put up a link to a company
> on our "Sponsors" page. And only then if they contribute significantly
> to the group (as with Owl River, NKS, or the various Linux distro
> companies).
>
> Likewise, if commercial companies give presentations at meetings, I
> don't mind them mentioning they're from X company and this is what they
> can do for Linux. Great. But I don't want them hanging around meetings
> and badgering people about their company and services.
>
> Again, let me emphasize that I'm not accusing Cert Inc. of doing any of
> this. I'm only pointing out that it's something we need to avoid in
> general, should it arise.
>
> Paul
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