Re: permission to use TAG articles

["Merrill Cohen" <amc2@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi, y'all,

I agree with Karen.   Karen, what ever happened with his offer to work with
AGA?  He comes on strong!

Merrill
> 
> Robert Hudson wrote:
> 
> >>Its me again, the novice crypt grower! I am putting together my own
> >>informational WEB site on aquatic gardening, including info on
> >>aquariums, ponds, vivariums, dish gardens, hydroponics, and tissue
> >>cultures. It is a non commercial site with a compilation of different
> >>articles aimed to the novice. I would be very interested in posting
some
> >>past TAG articles, in particlar the one on Open Aquariums by the
Tropica
> >>guy, (sorry I forget his name), and anything by Karen Randall. I would
> >>even be interested in Steve Pushaks article on Building a cheap
> >>substrate, although I am planning a link to his site for the same
> >>article. You would be joining company with Albert Thiel, Richard
Sexton,
> >>George Booth, (by link), Dave Huebert, Dan Quackenbush, a woman
> >>professor on tissue culture, and many others! 
> >>
> >>I have 25MB to fill up, and my own registered domain name, Aquabotanic.
> >>It is not up yet, but hopefully within a week. It is registered. As an
> >>AGA member myself, I plan to have some space dedicated to AGA
explaining
> >>its purpose and mission. I also have joined three WEB rings, and the
> >>name will be registered to come up in the top ten search inquiries of
> >>every major search engine for each catagory in my site, aquariums,
> >>ponds, etc.
> >>
> >>My goal is to provide a different "slant" on the hobby than what the
> >>Krib provides, with many points of view that the beginer can
understand,
> >>as well as usefull information for anyones benefit, all in a magazine
> >>like format.
> >>
> >>Can you provide such articles on disk or email? Please respond to this
> >>email at robert@aquabotanic.com Tommorrow, thursday, this email will no
> >>longer be in service.
> 
> Ah, a new attempt at an end-run around Erik.<g>
> 
> I suggest that we tell him that he is welcome to link his site to the AGA
> site.  If, after we see his site, we agree that its contents would be
> valuable to AGA members, we will provide a link from the AGA site to his.
 
> 
> We do not have permission to allow others to use articles in TAG for this
> purpose.  It would be his responsibility to contact each author directly
to
> obtain permission.
> 
> Any comments from other MC members?  Erik?  
> 
> Karen