Re: CertFirst training event listings

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Have we ever talked to CertFirst before or warned them? If so, ban
> them; if not, the list below is fine.
>
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> Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I need to compose a formal letter to CertFirst. Should I offer them the
>> chance to post again if they adhere to strict posting guildlines, or
>> have they crossed the line one to many times and are simply banned? The
>> requirements I was thinking of are:
>>
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>>
>> a) all CertFirst training events are posted from *one* community account
>>
>> b) content of event announcements is purely informational ("Training on
>> PostgreSQL administration July 28-30")
>>
>> c) any references to "certification" make it clear that it's your own
>> certification
>>
>> d) no more than two training event listings per month.
>>
>> These standards are stricter than what we apply to other vendors because
>> of the complaints received from multiple community members about
>> CertFirst's advertisements. If even a single CertFirst announcement in
>> the future violates these requirements, you will be banned from posting
>> on www.postgresql.org permanently.
>>
So they have 4 listings posted in the month of October, all of which
offer free items unrelated to training (which seem to be against
policy), and in this case they've posted them under a separate corporate
now - SaiFirst (to avoid detection?), but using the same domain for
contact information.

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