Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5CFC9F9918 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:56:03 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 83078-05 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:55:40 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from smtp158.iad.emailsrvr.com (smtp158.iad.emailsrvr.com [207.97.245.158]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A4B9F958D for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:55:59 -0400 (AST) Received: from relay5.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay5.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 0CAF0650053; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:55:58 -0500 (EST) Received: by relay5.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: chander-AT-otg-nc.com) with ESMTP id C489064744B; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:55:57 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <472DEB0B.2060207@otg-nc.com> Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:53:47 -0500 From: Chander Ganesan User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Page CC: "Marc G. Fournier" , Kevin Hunter , "Joshua D. Drake" , Postgres WWW List , Peter Eisentraut Subject: Re: Training events policy ... first test case References: <200711031703310000@114527600> <20071103142105.2d29bc1b@scratch> <472D02A3.1070404@postgresql.org> <20071103205146.63a6997c@scratch> <472D505C.8010009@earlham.edu> <30F7311191EA4127FE35229B@ganymede.hub.org> <472D5E5F.8070703@otg-nc.com> <9599AD77F626EA5EFDBE4859@ganymede.hub.org> <472DD12F.5060805@otg-nc.com> <472DE3C2.9030703@postgresql.org> In-Reply-To: <472DE3C2.9030703@postgresql.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200711/99 X-Sequence-Number: 12877 Dave Page wrote: > Chander Ganesan wrote: >> I *still* think (and am apparently still ignored...) there should be >> limits placed on the number of events a vendor can list...either by >> type, or by vendor. A vendor is less likely to post "training spam", >> and more likely to post events they really plan to run when they have >> a limit as to their total listings... > > The problem is that we don't want to prevent legitimate courses being > listed. As PostgreSQL grows, and the companies around it grow there > will inevitably be more and more courses scheduled, especially by the > bigger multi-national players. > > Regards, Dave I understand, however the issue now isn't one of growth...IMHO it's one of growth being stymied because we have a list of training events that doesn't represent classes *actually* being offered. Seems like at the very least a short term "band aid" solution could be applied while we try to figure out a way to adequately and fairly address the issue... I'm sure as time goes on we'll come to better understand the needs of companies that legitimately offer training courses. -- Chander Ganesan Open Technology Group, Inc. One Copley Parkway, Suite 210 Morrisville, NC 27560 Phone: 877-258-8987/919-463-0999 http://www.otg-nc.com