[SATLUG] need help...everything is popping up Linux!

[Al Castanoli]

Yeah... only a putz would get ticked off for getting solicited for a
windows position whilst reading a Linux mailing list.

Granted, I was recruited for a Unix/Linux gig by another founding member
of SATLUG, but he didn't do it through an email and I had mentioned at a
meeting that I was considering retiring from the military soon.

The gig was great, but the company sold out and is now part of General
Dynamics, and since I was fully vested, I've found somewhere else to
work.  Regardless, I wouldn't have answered an email recruitment letter,
especially if it had mentioned windows.

That being said, we decided nearly 10 years ago to allow on-topic
recruitment letters on the mailing list.  Several SATLUG members have
gained decent employment through finding these gigs, and until the rules
are changed to exclude them, I think on-topic recruitment emails should
continue to be allowed.

Al Castanoli

On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 10:57 -0500, Hector Bojorquez wrote:
> yup...makes us look like a bunch of putzes
> 
> On 8/29/07, Shawn Bender <sbender at humana.com> wrote:
> >
> > There is no reason to be rude to someone.
> > If you don't like what she has done take if off list and reply to her
> > email directly.
> >
> > If you want to alienate a recruiter do it on your own email.. some may be
> > interested in what she has to say/offer.
> >
> >
> > Thank you for your time,
> >
> > Shawn Bender
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org>
> > Sent by: satlug-bounces at satlug.org
> > 08/29/2007 10:41 AM
> > Please respond to
> > The San Antonio Linux User's Group Mailing List <satlug at satlug.org>
> >
> >
> > To
> > Vanessa Burnette <burnette_v at hotmail.com>
> > cc
> > The San Antonio Linux User's Group Mailing List <satlug at satlug.org>
> > Subject
> > Re: [SATLUG] need help...everything is popping up Linux!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If it had been a short one-liner introduction and mentioning that you
> > have further information on job availabilities, but otherwise
> > respecting the general technical nature of the groups, that would have
> > been fine.
> >
> > But I'm on the main ALG, CTLUG, and SATLUG lists, and I believe that
> > each of these groups have -jobs specific sub-lists for those kinds of
> > thing.
> >
> >
> > If you were forced at gunpoint to post to the main list for each
> > group, then you could have posted longer messages to the respective -
> > jobs sublists and then a one-liner pointer to the respective main lists.
> >
> >
> > As it is, I am actually currently looking for a job, and I think I
> > have a pretty good CV, but I won't be using your company in my search
> > and I have to wonder how many other people would be willing to use a
> > known spammer who can be proven to have offended multiple times in a
> > very short period of time.
> >
> > --
> > Brad Knowles <brad at shub-Internet.org>
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Aug 29, 2007, at 10:08 AM, Vanessa Burnette
> > <burnette_v at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Wow...certainly was not my intent to piss anyone off or break some
> > > rule of etiqutte that is not listed in your by laws or terms of
> > > use.  I was hoping to connect good people to good jobs specific to
> > > Linux.  It was my understanding that was appreciated?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:44:26 -0500
> > > > To: satlug at satlug.org
> > > > From: brad at shub-internet.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [SATLUG] need help...everything is popping up Linux!
> > > > CC: mkr777 at gmail.com; burnette_v at hotmail.com
> > > >
> > > > On 8/29/07, M K Ramadoss wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Are you a head hunter?
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, she spammed the ALG mailing list, too. Notice how the message
> > > > says "... available in Austin ..."? She didn't even bother to change
> > > > that part.
> > > >
> > > > I don't generally mind head hunters or recruiters on the lists, but
> > > > most groups tend to have a separate -jobs list where postings of job
> > > > opportunities or jobs wanted are appropriate.
> > > >
> > > > I do mind people doing cut-n-paste spamming of every group in a
> > > > radius of a hundred miles or more, regardless of the topic.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org>
> > > > LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu>
> > >
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