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Can I Use HRNET to Advertise My Product or Service?
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HRNET exists to promote the exchange of ideas and information between
professional HR practitioners, HR academics and HR service providers.
It does NOT exist to provide a channel for advertising products and
services to its subscribers. HRNET@ONElist and its list of
subscribers should not be used for commercial purposes or to perform
proprietary work. Sending unsolicited advertisements to HRNET or its
list of subscribers is considered 'spamming' and can be grounds for
losing your HRNET membership. We consider 'spam' to include any
message posted to HRNET purely for the personal gain of the author
and offering nothing of value to the group other than the service or
product being offered.

Job postings, conference announcements, and the posting of articles
and essays are acceptable as long as they are kept short and are
clearly identified in the subject line of the message. Such postings
may contain a link to a web page or email address where additional
information or the full text of an article may be found. (Articles
should not be posted to HRNET without the permission of the copyright
holder.) Vendors are welcome to tell subscribers about the services
or products that they offer when doing so in the context of a
relevant professional discussion on the list. In order to be
acceptable, a message posted to the list must offer some information
of value to subscribers beyond the product or service being
advertised.

New subscribers to HRNET are encouraged to spend some time "lurking"
on the list in order to get a sense of the kind of traffic other
subscribers are comfortable with. Subscribers who are unsure whether
a message they wish to post to the list is appropriate may ask the
coordinators for advice. Subscribers who believe they have received
spam through HRNET or as a result of their HRNET membership should
send an email to the list coordinators. The coordinators may be
reached at: HRNET-owner@ONElist.com.

Subscribers of HRNET are reminded that, under United States law, it
is unlawful "to use any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or
other device to send an unsolicited advertisement" to any "equipment
which has the capacity (A) to transcribe text or images (or both)
from an electronic signal received over a regular telephone line onto
paper." The law allows individuals to sue the sender of such illegal
"junk mail' for $500 per copy. Most states will permit such actions
to be filed in Small Claims Court.