On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Jon Lewis <jle...@lewis.org> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jun 2017, Dave Temkin wrote: > > This is highly inaccurate. The PC and Board have done everything in our >> power to keep sponsorship out of the program. Yes, Beer & Gear looks like >> a >> NASCAR race, but that helps fund not only the program, but the numerous >> other outreach programs that NANOG has undertaken. >> >> Sponsors who have stepped on the rules have had their sponsorship rights >> revoked - temporarily, and in egregious cases, permanently. We (the NANOG >> organization) take this incredibly seriously. >> >> While it's hard to solve for the exact case above (scraping registrant >> lists and then comparing to CRM to glean contact info) we absolutely do >> aggressively pursue any abuse of NANOG's attendee information, trademarks, >> and mailing list. >> > > Is it too simple a solution to post a warning on the page above the > Attendee List saying something along the lines of "scraping the Attendee > List for marketing purposes is forbidden, will result in public shaming, > and may cause some attendees to completely boycott your company." ? >
This suggestion was made on the NANOG Facebook group and we will implement it with the new website coming before NANOG 71. -Dave
