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

[Bob Toxen]

I agree with this, especially donating to EFF, so long as the listings
are limited to Linux (maybe also Unix) in Metro Atlanta AND the bandwidth
for browsing the ALE home page isn't increased too much.  Perhaps a
small graphic or textual hypertext link.

Bob Toxen
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On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 02:45:55AM -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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