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Re: "No commercial advertising"
By:Paul Johnson
Date: 3/23/2001, 3:43 pm

: "No commercial advertising"

: I believe that requires that I do NOT post my affiliation.

Come on George! You have read ALL of the guidleines, haven't you?

Nick discusses quit explicitly what is allowed and not allowed by posters with commercial connections. The paragraph I quoted about including notice of your commercial liason seems to quite clearly require that you DO post your affiliation.

Some quotes:

"The designers and commercial suppliers of kayak designs, kits and finished kayaks are welcome to post to this bulletin board. Please limit your
postings to areas that are of general interest to the readers of the BBS. This includes recommended techniques for building boats, recommended
materials, recommended tools and recommended sources for any of the above. It does not include recommending your own products or criticizing
other's products. ... [excise here] ...

Commercial postings are not allowed. Unsolicited postings extolling the virtues of a boat you or products your company designed or sells are
not permitted. If you want to say something good about your boat, wait for someone to ask on this bulletin board. Do not criticize products designed
or sold by others.

If you are connected to or represent a commercial source of kayaks or kayak designs, you must include some notice of that in your
posting. Include a notice with your name or include a URL to your businesses web site. The best way is to append the name of your business after
your name (i.e. Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

Classifieds advertising finished boats made by home builders are allowed, however the BBS is probably the wrong place. People reading the BBS
build their own boats, they don't want to buy someone else's perked. Classifieds from noncommercial sources offering excess materials, used
tools, etc. are permitted. ..."

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Re: "No commercial advertising"
Paul Johnson -- 3/23/2001, 3:43 pm