Re: prill water - moderator, is selling stuff OK here?

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In message 15492 someone is offering stuff for sale. Is this

acceptable on this list?

While I am curious about prill water, I'm uncomfortable with people

using list groups to sell their wares.

Laurie

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Laurie,

> In message 15492 someone is offering stuff for sale. Is this

> acceptable on this list?

>

> While I am curious about prill water, I'm uncomfortable with

people

> using list groups to sell their wares.

>

> Laurie

In general, no, I don't support people advertising on this list. In

Kat's case, she's been a very positive force on this list and she

shares a tremendous amount of her personal experience to help

others. So, I basically look the other way when she tells us that

she's selling prill beads. I have no opinion whatsoever on the value

of the beads - although I will in a few days when the ones I ordered

from her arrive. As long as the prill bead selling stays low key and

not pushy I won't make an issue of it. In particular, I'd expect Kat

not to post about the beads unless someone specifically asks about

them in which case I'd ask her to invite people to contact her

offline about them, unless the question/discussion is well related

to the purpose of our list.

Cogswell and Radiant Life is the other example I know of about

products he sells being mentioned on the list. Again, is a

positive force, he's low key about it, and some of his profits are

donated to the Weston A Price Foundation.

Here are my guidelines for advertising on the list - just so I

haven't opened the floodgates.

1. Don't even think of advertising a product if you haven't spent a

good long time on this list being a positive force.

2. If you want to advertise a product run your request past me off-

list first.

3. If I ok it then you get to advertise it to the list exactly once.

4. If you get questions on the list about your wares use your best

judgment in taking the conversation offline or responding to the

list - respond to the list if your response benefits us directly in

our understanding of .

The idea here is that we're a community, part of being a community

is that some of us make our living in work related to the goals of

the community. I think it's ok, within reason, to let people know

that you have things to sell related to our goals BUT you have to

spend a good amount of time being a good citizen of the community,

to build credibility and to become a valued member before you earn

the right to invite us to spend money with you.

Sol