SUMMARY Re: Alpha OSF SysAdmin Job Vacancy, Newcastle, UK

From: Tony Gill <tony_at_adam.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:16:52 +0000

Short summary: I have received 2 flames and 1 resume

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I have received a couple of flames from the (I suspect self-appointed) list
police regarding the job advert I posted on this list, along the lines of:
> If you're not a subscriber to an international mailing list and don't know
> what the list policies are, it would behoove you to find out BEFORE you post
> to the list.  Doing otherwise is unethical and inconsiderate.
I absolutely agree, which is why I read the summary of the Alpha-OSF-managers
charter and rules, and also asked our outgoing SysAdmin (who was a long-term
subscriber) whether it would be appropriate, before I sent the job
announcement.
Although obviously not the primary purpose of the list, the job advertisement
is, in effect, a "Digital UNIX on Alpha systems management question", and our
outgoing SysAdmin assured me that he had seen job adverts on the list before.
However, I now realise that this was too liberal an interpretation of the
summary, for which I apologise: Rest assured, this will be my last message to
this list -- like most of you, I'm too busy to deal with spam and flame mail.
You may be interested to know, however, that I received an e-mail resume
within an hour of posting the announcement, so for at least one member of the
list, the message was very much on-topic.
Cheers,
T.
-- Tony Gill ---------------------------------  ADAM Project Leader --
  Surrey Institute of Art & Design * Farnham * Surrey * GU9 7DS * UK
          Tel: +44 (0)1252 892721 * Fax: +44 (0)1252 892725          
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Received on Wed Nov 11 1998 - 18:17:33 NZDT