Re: Training events policy ... first test case

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> Chander Ganesan <chander(at)otg-nc(dot)com> wrote:
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>> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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>>> I seriously doubt that postgresql training growth is being stymied
>>> by one obscure link among dozens on a website front page.
>>>
>>>
>> I think it's stymied by 30+ events in 5+ cities listed on the
>> training page by one or more companies that has plans to run maybe 1
>> of those courses, if any. Check out the training event list...
>>
>
> Of the first 14 training events, 3 are from unknowns (including
> certfirst).
>
> Are we making more out of this than we should be?
>
> However I do see a flood of entries later from Certfirst. Not to be an
> ass, but this problem goes away for the forseeable future if we just
> ban Certfirst from posting training events. There is no way they are
> running all those classes.
>
> /me puts FG hat on.
>
> Perhaps as 50.00 donation should be required for each training listing.
>
Me, puts of community supporter hat....we donate either way ;-)
However, I think that $50 isn't much of a deterrent. I think if you
want it to be a deterrent to event spam, put that number a bit higher.
That was my idea with the "first X are free for 1 calendar year, the
rest are $1k apiece" or something like that.

Chander
> Joshua D. Drake
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