Point taken. I guess I should apologize for my blonde roots and submit
myself for public flogging-- oops, wait, I think that WAS the public
flogging. The offending message was not intended as an advertisement for
anything, but on re-reading it, I see that it does actually sound like it.
When I submitted it, I was innocently thinking of it as a "party
invitation". Raven is an excellent vehicle for mass communication, and
there were no hidden agendas involved. Do I sometimes do things before
fully thinking them through? Well, yes, of that I fully admit that I am
guilty-- sometimes a little too often! But it was certainly not the
"clearly over the line promotion" that I have been accused of. That was a
little bit harsh, in my humble opinion.
Please forgive my zeal and oversight.
<---Sherri--->
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Sherri L. Hobart, CPS
Administrative Assistant
Southeast Center for Education in the Arts
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue - Dept 6706
Chattanooga, TN 37403
offices at: 723 McCallie Avenue
Phone: (423) 425-5204
Fax: (423) 425-4632
http://www.utc.edu/SCEA
-----Original Message-----
From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon
Ritterbush
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 2:15 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Pampered Chef
Regarding the earlier posting on Pampered Chef...
> UT Fiscal Policy and Acceptable Use Policy state: University IT
resources are
> provided for use in conducting authorized university business.
> Using these resources for personal gain or illegal or obscene
activities
> is prohibited. (see http://oit.tennessee.edu/aup/compliance.html)
Earlier this week, I held back on posting an announcement to UTCSTAFF
regarding a holiday bazaar my wife is organizing for this weekend,
featuring a number of vendors including Pampered Chef. I respect the
policies regarding the use of RAVEN (i.e. non-profit=good;
for-profit=not good), but it's difficult to do this when other staff
aren't playing by the same rules.
"For sale" postings of personal items may be one thing, but the previous
post was clearly over the line in promoting one sales rep's website. My
wife also has a Pampered Chef website, and I know other UTC staff with
similar business ventures. Why should we refrain from promoting these
businesses or websites on UTCSTAFF after postings like the earlier one?
Please, please respect Raven's rules of use, and keep this forum fair
and equitable, lest it be shutdown.
Thank you!
Jon
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Jon Ritterbush
UC Foundation Assistant Professor and Systems Administrator
Lupton Library, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Voice: 423-425-4469
Fax: 423-425-4775
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