"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes:
>> From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:jd@commandprompt.com]
>> Also, let me be specific here. My complaint is with paid
>> banners mostly. They seem completely unneeded. If we want
>> to leave banners to those who contribute then I would not
>> raise a fuss.
> I believe most of them are the freebies. I'm not adverse to losing the
> ads altogether, but I do think we should credit the mirrors in a visible
> way (ie. Not one specific page).
My understanding is that the current deal with the mirror site operators
is specifically "you host a mirror, you get a free banner ad". While
not all may be taking advantage of that, those who are might be pretty
annoyed to find the web team unilaterally renegotiating the deal :-(.
I'd suggest treading carefully in this area, and if possible leaving it
till after the new site design is up and running.
regards, tom lane