[SJAAboard] SJAA Loaner Telescope Program (poll)

[Gary Mitchell]

Mark Wagner wrote:
> On Tue, June 24, 2008 4:04 am, Gary Mitchell wrote:
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>>>LOL!  Gary, haven't you ever heard the saying that "any advertising is good advertising"?
>>
>>Yes, but I don't buy it.  Do you?
> 
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> Of course I do.  Why wouldn't I?

"The corner market gets their red grapes from a Mexico farmer
who uses a banned dangerous pesticide.  That's why they can
sell them 25 cents/pound cheaper than the competition."

By you that would be good advertising, yes?

Why do you suppose politicians use negative ads about their
opposition during elections?

>    That doesn't mean I welcome negative things said about the club,
> but any time SJAA is mentioned either introduces the club to someone, or reinforces it to the
> reader/hearer.
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>> >  A poll
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>>>about an SJAA loaner program implicitly informs people that the SJAA *has* a loaner program.
>>>Are
>>>you going to deny that?
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>>No, I never did.  What I said was that if that's the goal,
>>there are far better ways to go about it.
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> 
> Well, I'm interested.  Like what?  Where are you going to "draw the line"?

It's not a question of drawing a line.  If the goal is to
advertise the loaner program, then say exactly that:  "The
San Jose Astronomical Assn. has a large variety of telescopes
that they loan for free to its members.  www.sjaa.net."

It seems obvious to me that would do a hell of a lot more than:
"Have you ever borrowed a scope from the SJAA?  What did you
think of it?"

Gary