[ RadSafe ] radsafe rules

[John R Laferriere]

Hello, Marcel- Welcome and thank you for taking over the list!  Sandy 
just asked whether there were any rules changes for radsafe.  There is 
one thing that Sandy posts that I feel is inappropriate.  When he posts 
news articles, he sometimes includes PR Newswire releases about his own 
company*.  PR Newswire is a for-pay service that companies use to help 
publicize their businesses.  The releases are normally written by the 
company, which then pays PR Newswire to publish the "news" release.  In 
my opinion, this is advertising, not news.  As far as I can remember, 
there is a prohibition on advertising on radsafe.  It would be one thing 
if he published PR Newswire releases of other dosimetry vendors (like 
Landauer), but I have never seen one.  Given the change in listserve 
leadership, now would be a good time to bring this subject up with 
Sandy, if you are in agreement with my views.

*(Global Dosimetry Solutions.  There are two instances of this in 
Sandy's rasdsafe news posts within the last 3-4 weeks.)

Thanks again for your service to the radiation safety community.

Sincerely,

John Laferriere