[wplug-board] Non-WPLUG event announcements

[Vance Kochenderfer]

Hey folks-

I'm interested to get your opinion on the types of non-WPLUG
events we should promote on the general discussion list.  I
posted the recent Pittsburgh SPIN announcement since it
specifically involved a major piece of open source infrastructure
(Ruby on Rails).  Generally, however, their events do not
especially focus on free and open source software, so I don't post
those announcements.

I received the following announcement and a request to pass it
along to the group.  While I'm sure there are members who may be
interested in the event, I'm wary of spamming listmembers with
announcements for events which have no clear link to WPLUG's
organizational purpose.  It would be one thing if Ms. Simon posted
the announcement to the list herself, but coming from a board
member implies a certain level of endorsement.

What do you think?  Is this announcement on-topic?  Where should
we draw the line?  Thanks.

Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
vkochend at nyx.net          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger

Forwarded message:
> Subject: Why Green is Good - event your members are invited to
> To: top at wplug.org
> Message-ID: <OF7F72FCC0.A51225A5-ON872574B0.0071B61F-852574B0.00747C39 at us.ibm.com>
> From: Janet Simon <jsimon at us.ibm.com>
> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:10:51 -0600
> 
> Hi there,
> This green event may be of value to your Linux User Group members and if
> you can post this type of event information we would really welcome your
> members.  The Pittsburgh Technology Council, IBM Business Partners and IBM
> are hosting a half day session in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, September 17th.
> We are taking a holistic approach to Why Green is Good...both for your
> business and technology.  We have a Harvard Business Review author, Charles
> Lockwood as our Keynote.  We have a panel of Pittsburgh experts from the
> Green Building Alliance, PA Environmental Management Assistance Program,
> Carnegie Mellon CyLab and PTC.   We also have 4 deeper dive sessions on
> technology specific topics on Virtualization of data center, servers,
> laptops/desktops and storage.  And one session on GHG emissions.   A very
> fun and exciting event and something your members will see value in
> investing the time.
> Here is the event page with complete information on agenda, speakers,
> panelists and break out sessions.   Please let me know if you have any
> questions or if I can be of any help.
> http://www.ibm.com/expressadvantage/pittsburghgreen
> Here is the PDF
> (See attached file: Why Green is Good invite_8.06b.pdf)