Re: Let's continue a global directory on-line...

[Permacltur@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/27/99 10:53:59 AM, hanzibra@svn.com.br writes:

<<A directory, once printed, is  already out of date , so  an online 
directory makes more
sense..  I can  understand that maybe they don't want the extra work without 
some sort
of remuneration-- maybe the directory will have to be made somewhere else by 
someone
else...  That seems pretty much a job  in itself...
Marsha
Bahia, Brazil>>

Marsha:
    In my opinion, it is unethical for anyone to start another global 
permaculture directory without the approval of IPJ.  There is a really strong 
ethic in permaculture that we do not undercut one another and do not compete 
with one another or duplicate one another's work.   
    Furthermore, we have already been told that any online listing undercuts 
the printed product.  Therefore, people without online access, which is the 
vast majority of world population, may not get  access to ANY directory.   It 
is an obvious fact of publishing that you need a certain base level of demand 
to bother with the work and cost of producing a printed document.   
    I once heard Bill extoll the wisdom of letting the person who has taken 
on the job make the critical decisions.   I felt that it was a good policy 
then; and I feel it is a good policy in this case.

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