From chemistry-request@ccl.net Thu Jun 20 04:44:36 1991 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 91 03:54:17 EDT From: Michael A. Lee To: chemistry@ccl.net Subject: Commercial discussion again Status: RO Hello Chemistry enthusiasts. I apologize in advance for sending you mail on a suject on which you have already heard too much - commercial postings. If I recall correctly, Jan Labanowski forwarded the posting from LabVision which resulted in the objection by Joe Leonard (jle@stardent.com). Jan Labanowski executed his personal judgement on this matter and I think that should be good enough for us. He asked for a discussion on the subject of commercial postings earlier and he got it and digested it and arrived at his own guidlines. These were announced. Jan is a scientist who has taken part of his energies to create this list with the genuine intention of advancing science. SO ... CUT SOME SLACK, OK! This is one of the best lists that I have encountered and I am sure that Joe Leonard will agree with that. I also expect that Joe will agree that when a scientist takes his/her time to do administrative (explative) work, we should be supportive. I respect his and similar personal perspectives but retain my opinion that we should leave Jan with a wide margin of judgement in such matters. Mike Lee Physics Kent State