[Gocamino] backpack45.com/camino2 link banned from AmericanPilgrims.com links

[Sil]

All the books they list are commercial enterprises.
All the CD's (EMI) and DVD's are sold by commerical enterprises.
And a link to the Telegraph online is not commercial?
Mundicamino sells everything from pins to guides.
Caminosantiago.com - not commercial??
It doesn't make sense to me.


On 26/11/2007, Ralph Alcorn <rbalcorn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When reviewing the greatly improved americanpilgrims.com website, I
> noticed
> they had dropped the link to our camino pages at
> http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html . Thinking this was an oversight, I
> contacted the webmaster, who told me it was policy.
>
> >From the new american pilgrims internet resources page:
>
> "Please be aware however that our Board of Directors has established a
> policy against listing purely commercial sites, this while fully
> recognizing
> that there some such are sites and services that our visitors will find to
> be of great use."
>
> The webmaster agreed that our link did not appear to be commercial, and
> passed the link up to the board for review.
>
> Their reply, which I received yesterday:
>
> "Though your site has a great deal of information of interest to the
> long-distance hiker/backpacker, including the Camino de Santiago, it's
> commercial orientation as the home page of a publishing venture is not
> consistent with our policies.  Therefore, we will not re-establish the
> link
> with backpack45. "
>
> It is hard for me to believe that the membership would agree that this
> link
> and its two additional Camino pages do not provide useful Camino
> information
> and  should be banned. We have been providing what we thought was a
> service
> since 2003. I believe that for several years it was the only U.S. based
> side
> with current Camino information.
>
> I think the board is out of touch with the membership, but don't have any
> easy way to poll the membership, so am putting this out on gocamino. If
> you
> know someone on the board, and think that they did the right thing, let
> them
> know, so they can be a little more comfortable with their decision. If you
> disagree, also let them know.
>
> If you think it is inappropriate for me to bring this up on the forum,
> please let me know, off list preferably.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Ralph Alcorn
> http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html
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Sil