Wrench-Referrals list? [RE-wrenches]

jberdner at sma-america.com jberdner at sma-america.com
Tue Feb 20 11:07:37 PST 2001


Dear Michael:

I for one, would like to see a separate list for leads,
All of the reasons you mention are valid but I think the security issue is
most critical.
As the list grows it seems more appropriate to keep the referrals less
public and targeted at a smaller, more appropriate group.

Best Regards
John Berdner

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Welch, Home Power [mailto:michael.welch at homepower.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 10:27 AM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Wrench-Referrals list? [RE-wrenches]


Friends, I want to discuss one more time the possibility of creating a new
list strictly for passing on leads.

The last time I brought it up there were some of you that were for it, but
most of you that I heard from wanted to leave the referrals on the Wrenches
list.

The reasons:

1. Cut down traffic on the RE-Wrenches list.

2. Security. RE-Wrenches is readable by anyone in the archives. That means
that not only can RE-Wrench members respond to the leads, but so can anyone
else. In addition, I am not comfortable with giving public access to these
folks' private info. Put yourselves in their places and think about how you
might feel if you were to find that your name and address had been made
public as a result of an inquiry to a specific company.

3. Many of us have no interest in the leads, but are very much interested in
everything else coming through the list.

Here is how it would work.

1. I set up the list to be for members only, which means nobody else gets to
post, read, or join without permission.

2. The list would not be advertised anywhere, so we will not have to deal
with outside requests to join or read. (Over 50% of my requests to join the
RE-Wrenches list are unqualified.)

3. I would invite only installing dealers that are also on RE-Wrenches to
subscribe. In other words, there is no need to add folks that are on the
Wrench list that are with manufacturers or that do not need to find new
customers.

Finally, for those of you that post prospects to the list, I have a couple
of questions. Do you tell the person that you can't help them and that you
are passing the contact info on to others that might? Do you ask permission
to pass the info on?

Michael Welch

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