Re: Event Spam..??? - Mailing list pgsql-www

Dave Page wrote: <blockquote cite="mid4644C90F.2010609@postgresql.org" type="cite"><pre wrap="">Joshua D. Drake wrote:
</pre><blockquotetype="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">limiting listed courses to
stateswhere companies are registered as
 
corporations...   Such information is freely available, and it could be
required that companies provide a link to their articles of
incorporation in the states where they provide training - easy to check
without undue work on those that filter events...        </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">Limiting the number of
listingsis not in our interests - we want to     </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">It is, if the listings are not
legitimate.  </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">
 
Well, yes - I think that's a given.
 </pre><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">show how much PostgreSQL is being used. Perhaps
moreimportantly, how
 
*widely*. We'd want to list courses running in every state, even if they
were all the same company.

Charging would almost certainly cause us problems given our financial
status. I suspect we could 'solicit donations', but that would obviously
not have the desired effect.     </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">No it wouldn't because the larger the donation the
higherup the page
 
the person would expect to be.   </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">
Listings move up the page in chronological order so that the closest
events are at the top. Ordering the page based on the donation given
would make it horrendous to use for the people that actually might want
training. </pre></blockquote> There is a good medium - charge (donate) for front page spaces (and just divide the
donationamount by the time until the course and give the highest ratio the best spots) and leave the "training event"
pagein chronological order (or do a google and put the "sponsored" ones at the top in a different color, etc).<br
/><blockquotecite="mid4644C90F.2010609@postgresql.org" type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><pre
wrap="">Limitingto the states in which companies are registered is a nonsense
 
as well - what about a company in Japan? How do we check them? Or what
about EnterpriseDB UK Ltd for example who cover the whole EMEA region -
would they (== we in case you didn't realise I work for them) be
restricted to listing courses in England because that's where we're
registered?
     </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">Perhaps a requirement that a link to the actual registration page for
the class? Listing the details of where the class is etc...   </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">
I thought those were a given as well, but it doesn't hurt to be reminded. </pre></blockquote><br /><pre
class="moz-signature"cols="72">Chander Ganesan
 
Open Technology Group, Inc.
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