I appreciate your frustrations and concerns with respect to access to
information but there is little information in Nova Scotia regarding CSA
and I have a very limited budget to get access to additional
information.
I am not sure what the solution is but can only give my sincere
appreciation for the fact that people have been willing to share their
expertise.
Sylvia-Linda Kaktins
skaktins@is.dal.ca
School for Resource and Environmental Studies
Dalhousie University
Halifax, N.S.
B3H 3J5
1-204-494-3632
1-204-494-3728 (fax)
On Fri, 3 May 1996, Glen Munford wrote:
> It's is funny how some of the subscribers to this group have e-mailed sites
> like ours looking for information that we have and we have given them the
> information without even charging for it. Maybe we should only do this work
> on a pay us first system.
> >X-Sender: dragon@mail.islandnet.com (Unverified)
> >Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 12:56:51 -0800
> >To: sanet-mg <sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu>
> >From: dragon@islandnet.com (lischeron)
> >Subject: Re: Lewis Cattle Oiler
> >
> >
> >And I 'third' this one - as a matter of fact, I had been meaning to bring
> >this up to the group - with so much (valuable) information being exchanged
> >here, I think there needs to be some kind of ethical system in place.
> >
> >Some of you may recall my recent query about info on organic stats - a
> >fellow who works for an agricultural consulting company offered to do the
> >research job for me (at a price) and was very brusque when I said, thanks
> >but we have no money! - while he IN THE SAME BREATH was trying to get info
> >on compost starters (for free) from me! A bit cheeky, I though...
> >
> >So the question is, what do we as a group/community do about this kind of
> >thing? After all, they say that in the information age 'info is money' and
> >while we may be sharing our information in the best spirit of mutual
> >support, there are parasitical people amongst us who are NOT sharing in the
> >same spirit.... and are yet trying to make a buck off what we give them...
> >I for one am not into supporting more exploitation.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >Beth
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Permit me to add my voice to the suggestion that this message is a
> >>"for-profit" advertisement and does not belong on SANET. If I want
> >>this stuff, I'd be happy to read about in the farm press, or be
> >>advised of the existence of a WWW address where I can look it up, but
> >>please, not on SANET! Ann
> >>ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca
> >>Dr. E. Ann Clark
> >>Associate Professor
> >>Crop Science
> >>University of Guelph
> >>Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
> >>Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
> >>FAX: 519 763-8933
> >
> >
> >
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