ANST - On-line event announcements...
Sandy M Koenig
ravensmk at juno.com
Tue Jun 2 23:09:26 PDT 1998
What were they talking about? I must've missed that post
Sandy
On Tue, 2 Jun 1998 13:36:11 EDT AuroraeB at aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 98-06-02 09:47:38 EDT, you write:
>
><< This is directly forbidden except by the individual and/or group
>who
> published the event announcement. There are many mundane and legal
> concerns regarding this and the Kingdom decided it was best to avoid
> the circumstances and publish minimal information.
> >>
>
>What a sad example of petty legal paranoia. Not publishing
>information that
>might be of benefit to somebody for fear of a lawsuit or offending
>somebody.
>I belong to other not-for-profit organizations and there has never
>been an
>edict passed down from the national headquarters or regional boards
>banning
>the spreading of information concerning group activities. In fact, it
>is very
>much encouraged to make it easier for all interested to know what all
>is going
>on. Basically the protocol is to get that flyer or other information
>to as
>many possible attendees as possible. But, then again, when we
>generate a
>flyer or other announcement, either online or offline, we consider it
>public
>domain to be used in the best interest of the organization. (We always
>put a
>disclaimer at the bottom stating that this information is to be copied
>in
>correct context and credited to whoever created it when copied and
>distributed) I suppose that the event announcements and information
>contained
>therin are not considered public domain in this case. (But, then I
>know squat
>about legalities).
>
><<<Sending in a membership would be a lot less difficult. That only
>has
>to be done once a year.>>>>
>
>At this point, neither myself nor my husband have made a decision on
>whether
>or not this is a hobby we would like to persue seriously enough to
>warrant
>subscribing as card-carrying members. But, until we make that
>decision, we
>would still like to have information about events so that we may
>choose which
>ones we wish to attend and not to attend. And, when one must put in
>for a
>Saturday off sometimes a month in advance, it is nice to know what to
>prepare
>for to make that day the most enjoyable we can.
>
>Well, I guess I will have to do what is done in the past, and just
>find
>somebody willing to pass the information along in a person-to-person
>context.
>Good Luck with that Virtual Scribes Handbook, sounds interesting.
>
>Tracy R.
>Aurorae
>============================================================================
>Go to http://www.ansteorra.org/lists.html to perform mailing list
>tasks.
>
_____________________________________________________________________
You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com
Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
============================================================================
Go to http://www.ansteorra.org/lists.html to perform mailing list tasks.
More information about the Ansteorra
mailing list