8/7     http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/Minutes/F2006/20060801.politburo.irc.txt
        Per Politburo's approval, the Berkeley Motd (formerly known as
        KAIS MOTD) will have advertisements on the right side, with proceeds
        going back to CSUA. Hopefully, people searching for UNIX help or
        looking for Intel chip info or any interesting and helpful topics
        on motd, will lead to more people clicking on the ads. In general
        the more technically helpful the topic is, the more click-thru-rates
        we'll get, so go ahead and contribute good contents [minus mindless
        political discussions] on motd for the sake of CSUA!        -kchang
        \_ What are the rates, and are there CSUA discounts?
        \_ PS I haven't added the ads yet. It should be there some time
           towards the end of this week. I just applied for an account
           (5:20PM today) and it returned "Your application has now been
           submitted for review and we will follow up with you by email in
           1-2 days." We'll have to wait. BTW I've never done this before,
           has anyone used the ad services from major ad companies before,
           and what kind of advice do you have? Thanks.
        \_ Alright, CSUA charity click fraud!
           \_ I kindly ask people to not click on the ads for the pure sake
              of generating revenue for CSUA. It is dishonest and does
              everyone a big disfavor, including ad consumers and ad
              producers. Ads that get excessive CTRs will in fact get tagged
              and future Berkeley sites may be subject to bans, and we may
              stop getting any revenue. Please click on the ads only if
              you're genuinely interested in buying the products.
                Lastly may I add that this is only an experiment, and may
              end should it fail. For example, it may fail to generate enough
              CTRs, too much CTRs (which gets us banned), or any other
              unforseable problems.
        \_ Don't be so sure. Political topics should generate lots of
           ads now that Nov 2006 is coming near!
           \_ Uh, like Vote For Pedro t-shirts and hats?
              \_ Vote for Pedro.  -pedro
              \_ What is up with the "Pedro" meme anyway?  Where is that
                 from?
                \_ From the movie Napoleon Dynamite, you illiterate,
                   non-movie going ignoramus.  -pedro
        \_ Has the politburo checked with the campus policy people as to
           whether this is legal?  It's a risky area.  -tom
           \_ Excellent point tom. As someone who is intimately familiar
              with the University, do you think this would this be very
              different than say, ethnic groups in front of Sproul Hall
              selling ethnic food for club fund raising?
              \_ Yes, it's quite a bit different, because it involves
                 corporate businesses.  If La Raza let Taco Bell sell
                 burritos at their table on Sproul and took a share of
                 the profits, there would be some serious questions
                 about the appropriateness of the activity.
                 The Electronic Communications Policy says:

                 "University electronic communications resources may
                  not be used for: ...
                  * commercial purposes not under the auspices of the
                    University;"

                 If KAIS MOTD were hosted somewhere else, as it used to
                 be, it might not be an issue, but I think it's very likely
                 a problem while it's hosted on a Berkeley machine.  -tom
                 \_ Interesting. Oh well too bad.