Re: [GSAS-board] Proposed email

["Paul M. Wallace" <pwallace@u.washington.edu>]

I agree with Eric & Phil.  The stock looked a little thin (food) and the prices 
were normal.  

-Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On 
Behalf Of Erik Olson
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:41 PM
To: GSAS board members and alumni
Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] Proposed email

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009, Phil Lacefield Jr. wrote:

> 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?

Couldn't have said it better myself.  He's a local guy, club member even (I 
think).  He's trying to figure out why his online business (selling a dozen or 
so items... at prices similar to or more expensive than Drs Foster and 
Smith...) isn't getting any traction.  He's looking for critique and input, not 
advertising.

I told him straight up when he was at our house yesterday that we didn't do 
banner ads on the website.  Actually suggested that he could put his website in 
his signature on his posts & he might get some attention that way.

   - Erik

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