[ale] [ADMIN] Partner opportunity for an Employment Listing Service

[Wolf Halton]

We are all getting so public-spirited!
I suppose I will have to suggest using the proceeds to buy ice cream for the
penguins.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com>wrote:

> Concur with all the others.
>
> +1 on everything, especially the EFF donation aspect.
>
>
> On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 02:45 -0400, Aaron Ruscetta wrote:
> > I've marked this thread with an [ADMIN] heading because we
> > are seeking general approval for a proposal that that could
> > improve our (linux) employment listing service for both ALE
> > members and site visitors, as well as improve our visibilit
> > in broader Linux communities.
> >
> > I spent about an hour on the phone with last week with Nate
> > from JobThread (cc) getting the details of an offer for ALE to
> > become a JobThread "publisher" partner for their internet
> > job listing service.
> >
> > JobThread is a commercial internet company with a business
> > model built on a network of publishing partners.  Employers
> > ("advertisers") pay a fee (for each application received) to
> > advertise employment opportunities through JobThread's
> > network of partner ("publisher") web sites. The publishers
> > [can choose to] share in the revenue generated by job
> > applications posted through their site links. The partners
> > can filter what jobs get listed through their site links and
> > also choose whether "advertisements" posted through
> > their links are free or not.
> >
> > The arrangement is explained officially in more detail here:
> > <http://www.jobthread.com/how-it-work>
> >
> > Linux.com is a JobThread partner and a good example of
> > the filtering control since they only present job listings that
> > have the "Linux" keyword in the job title. See the Linux Jobs
> > panel near the bottom of the right column here:
> > <https://www.linux.com/>
> > which will redirect you to the associated JobsThread page
> > here:  <http://jobs.linux.com/>
> >
> > After walking through the process of signing on with
> > JobThread I'm convinced that this is a service that
> > would be of benefit to ALE members.  I'm comfortable
> > that this can be integrated easily and seamlessly into
> > both our web site and our existing ale-jobs mailing list
> > because we will be able to allow local postings for
> > free and filter the postings that appear on jobs.ale.org
> > to those with relevance to Linux and FLOSS.  I also
> > think having this service on our site will improve
> > our visibility in the wider FLOSS community.
> >
> > The only sticking point is handling the revenue,
> > since ALE does not have a formal infrastructure
> > for accepting donations.  We could simply decline
> > any revenue sharing money we might be entitled
> > to, but then it occurred to me that we should just
> > have the money donated directly to worthy 501c3
> > organization supporting the global FLOSS
> > community, and the Electronic Frontiers Foundation
> > came immediately to mind.
> >
> > If there are serious objections to ALE becoming
> > a publisher partner with JobThread, please speak
> > up and we can discuss the proposal further.
> > If we don't see any majority objections here by
> > mid week, Jim Kinney and I will proceed with
> > setting this up on behalf of ALE.
> >
> > peace
> > aaron
> > ALE Events Coordinator (etc)
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