I think y'all are missing the point here. He's asking for GSAS member input on
his website, and
is willing to pay for good ideas in product - this is certainly more than
worthy of the mailing
lists' attention. He is also offering a 10% discount to GSAS members, which is
what most of our
sponsor stores offer as well. I cannot possibly imagine that anything he's
asking for would in
any way offend any of our club sponsors, nor would I be opposed if any (or
all!) of those same
sponsors wanted to post something to the list as well.
While our newsletter is great, and gets the news out once a month, the mailing
list is immediate
and direct. My feeling is that he's asking for help, and mentioning his
discount; if Blue
Sierra or Denny's or anyone else wanted to do a similar announcement to the
list, I'd say they
should be more than welcome to do so, within reason of course (i.e. not overdo
it, no weekly
spam mails, etc.) I'd go so far as to say we might want to remind our
sponsoring stores that
this option is open to them as well; what better perk for supporting the club
than an occasional
direct message to the membership?