I would second Doug's thoughts.
Patty
Patty Jansma
ARLDN
University of AZ
Tucson, AZ 85721
At 02:05 PM 12/8/2008, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Jerry (and the List),
>
>I don't have a problem with commercial announcements. If vendors would
>like to announce something, the announcement should be relevant to the
>list (e.g., confocal or LM in nature), brief, and include a link to a
>website for more detail. No bad mouthing of competitors would be
>allowed. If a vendor seems to have an excessive number of announcements,
>that might be a time for the list owner to quietly tell the vendor to
>"tone it down".
>
>Doug
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Jerry Sedgewick
>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 12:01 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: advertising a booth at a meeting
>
>To All,
>
>I think I'd like to get some feedback on "what is appropriate for
>posting" on this listserv and "what is not appropriate." To my way of
>thinking, it is appropriate to list seminars and workshops when these
>are free of charge from both commercial entities and non-profit (e.g.,
>web seminars). It is also appropriate to list seminars and workshops
>from commercial and non-profit agencies when these are for a fee, but I
>would think that many(?) of those on this listserv may disagree with the
>inclusion of commercial agencies. As far as vendors who are showing at
>a conference, this is a far stickier subject. To my way of thinking,
>whether the enterprise is for profit or not for profit, neither should
>be able to advertise on this listserv (as much as I, too, am a votary of
>the micro-manager software).
>
>I think there is a clear separation between "products" and "education."
>
>It would be useful to all to clarify what can be posted and what is
>inappropriate.
>
>If interested, please send email to me at [log in to unmask] in regard to
>this subject if you want to weigh in on it. I know there will not be
>universal agreement, but maybe this can be a means to get to
>clarification. Or maybe it will just be a way to get myself into trouble.
>
>Jerry Sedgewick
>listserv manager
>
>
>
>[log in to unmask] wrote:
> >
> > Seems like commericial ad to me- my compamy, BD, is too ethical to
> > allowthis,
> > Sally D. Dowling, PhD
> > BD Biosciences, Bioimaging Technical Sales
> > Ph: 301-351-0524
> > http://www.bdbiosciences.com/bioimaging
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > * From: *Nico Stuurman [[log in to unmask]]
> > * Sent: *12/07/2008 04:10 PM PST
> > * To: *[log in to unmask]
> > * Subject: *Micro-Manager at the ASCB meeting
> >
> >
> > If you are attending the upcoming ASCB meeting in San Francisco,
> > December 13-17 (http://www.ascb.org/meetings/), please come see us in
> > booth 2009 in the Exhibition space.
> >
> > Micro-Manager (http://micro-manager.org <http://micro-manager.org/>)
> > is Open Source software for microscope image acquisition. It controls
> > a large number of scientific grade cameras, microscopes and
> > peripherals and lets you take snapshots, do time-lapses, z-stacks, and
> > multi-channel images. It runs as an ImageJ plugin and works under the
> > Windows, Mac and Linux OSs. Micro-Manager is being developed at the
> > Vale lab at UCSF supported by a grant from the NIH.
> >
> > We are planning on having a microscope setup consisting of a Yokogawa
> > spinning disk confocal, Hamamatsu EM camera, Solamere laser launch,
> > Zeiss AxioObserver and ASI XY and piezo Z-stage all run from a Mac Pro
> > using Micro-Manager! We will be demonstrating a way to do very fast
> > multi-channel imaging and acquiring Z-stacks using a hardware solution
> > based on the Arduino micro-controller (http://www.arduino.cc/).
> >
> > This is also your chance to meet the new members of the Micro-Manager
> > team: Oleksiy Danikhno (who joined us last week) and Arthur Edelstein
> > (who will start in January).
> >
> > Of course, our main goal is to meet you, hear about your experiences
> > with Micro-Manager, your wishes for future development and everything
> > else you would like to tell us. It is also a great opportunity to get
> > personal hands-on training in the use of Micro-Manager. If you are
> > running a microscope with Micro-Manager, tell us at the meeting and we
> > might have a Micro-Manager T-shirt left for you!
> >
> > Hope to see you there!
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Nico
> >
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