Author: Simon Capstick Date: To: daniel.spain, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] JOB: Senior Security Engineer | LOCATION: London,
England, UK
Daniel Spain wrote: >>> Andy Smith wrote:
>>> How many lists are you banned from now? Is it just GLLUG and SCLUG?
>
>> jt wrote:
>> I'm still subscribed to both.
>
>> I had an email from SCLUG to that read something like, if I want use the
>> sclug list for commercial purposes you may may like to contribute to the
>> running costs....I replied saying that I'm open to having a chat to see
>> what solutions or contributions I can make! Camalyn already sponsors a
>> bike racing team so anything is possible!
>
> This argument is now so famous it has spread to the other Lugs,
>
> I just wanted to join to say that, I hope people don't think that the
> average IT recruiter is anything like this guy, he's one of the few that
> gives us all a bad name. Most of us are here because of a genuine interest
> in the Linux community, and not just to spam job ad's.
>
> That said, I'm always happy to help people that are looking for work, I just
> don't think you should force feed people with constant messages on a loosely
> related mailing list.
>
> Kwyjibo.
>
I was rather reluctant to add to this growing thread, but being in the
recruitment sector too I would like to second Daniel's comments above.
Believe it or not you can actually run a successful recruitment agency
without resorting to spam, or annoying LUGs!
