Also, I should note, that the alleged pandering has not helped them
much, if at all, so far.
-Ross.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Richard, Joel M <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I feel this whole situation has tainted things somewhat. :(
>>
>
> Let's not blow things out of proportion. The aforementioned
> wrong-doing actually seems pretty innocent (there is backstory in the
> IRC channel, I'm not going to bring it up here). There is a valid
> case for advertising interest in your talks (or location, or t-shirt
> design, etc.), especially in an extremely crowded field, and we've
> never explicitly set a policy around what is appropriate and what
> isn't. I think a simple edit on the part of the "accused" would clear
> up any ambiguity of intention.
>
> Our one "known" incident was handled privately, but didn't really
> cause us to address the potential for impropriety.
>
> We seem to have quite a bit of support for the splash page. If people
> will help me draft up the wording -- ideally something we can point to
> when we want to guide people in the right direction in other forums --
> I think we can put this issue to bed.
>
> -Ross.
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