"George M. Middius" cmndr [underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net wrote
in message ...


Robert Morein said:

1. Is Mr. Graham using this newsgroup to advertise a product he sells? If
so, does he violate the newsgroup charter? There certainly is a newsgroup
for audio sales -- rec.audio.marketplace.

No, he's not trying to sell anything. Yet, anyway.

Please examine http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/ and
http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/newslett...2/vol0202.html

It appears that "PWB Electronics" is a profit making enterprise, and that
Richard Graham writes a newsletter they publish. They do state, ""What
follows is an introduction to the P.W.B. Newsletters by Dr. Richard Graham
and his personal view of developments at P.W.B. Electronics. We would like
to point out to readers that the P.W.B. Newsletters are compiled, edited and
produced by Dr. Richard Graham - completely independently of P.W.B.
Electronics. P.W.B. Electronics do not have or exercise any editorial
control over the Newsletters."

Whether this is a complete statement of the facts of the matter is up for
question. If the contents of the newsletter are, in the vast preponderance,
favorable to the interests of PWB, then it is irrelevant whether the Belts
exercise control over it.

In his correspondence with me, Mr. Graham has given his credentials as a
Ph.D in applied mathematics from the University of Leeds. However, he states
in http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/intro.html that "My own background in
Medicine, Child Development Research and Psychological Treatments influenced
my decision to start the Newsletter."