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In response to Steve's request for comments:

a) Should CIPS-L allow job-ad's?

No.

If this is a service that CIPS wishes to offer I suggest an alternative mailing list (CIPS-JOBS-L?), web page, or other medium so that members can control their particpation.  One of the most graphic examples of an out of control news group is ALT.CAN.JOBS; I don't think we want the same thing to happen to CIPS-L.

The whole point of electronic communications is to be able to use the tools to turn raw data into the information I want. Broading the mandidate of CIPS-L reduces its usefullness to all.

b) If yes, are there any specific types to be included/excluded?

see above

c) What should we do when our 'acceptable-use' is violated?

Each member of CIPS-L should send a reply of the note directly to the orignator, not copied to CIPS-L, asking them politely not to do it again.  Making the perpetrator sort through hundreds of junk in-box messages is the best way to discourage repeated abuse of a mailing list.

Mark Olson, I.S.P.