That's it on the nose -- "If this book were not written by Diana, would we be doing it?" David ----- Original Message ----- From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 1:44 AM Subject: Re: Fw: SC & MC > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, David Lass wrote: > > > Hi Folks -- > > It seems to me that we should neither penalize nor es[ecially help someone > > who is in the upper echelons of AGA when they have a book they wish to sell. > > If it meets the standards of whoever sets those standards in terms of what > > we offer for sale, we should sell the book. From what I have heard, Diana's > > book meets our standards, and therefore I can see no reason why we should > > not sell it. > > As long as we can keep the "upper echelons conflict of interest" aspect > out of the decision, I'm OK with it. If this book were not written by > Diana, would we be doing it? > > I am currently middle-of-the-road on this one. It's not actually that > hard to get the book if one is online; just go to the website. For > non-online folks, the increased publicity could be good. > > - Erik > > -- > Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > >