<html><body><div dir="auto">And I am also looking forward to their position, as I also have some market research—oops, "academic" research—that I need to do and would really like to submit to the LACNOG folks.<br><br>It's very easy for anyone to come here and say they're doing "academic research." So let's see: what is the institution, who is the advising professor, who do I contact to find out what it is and how it is being conducted, and with what objective?<br><br>I think people should understand that there is a time and a place for everything, and I sincerely wouldn't like to see this kind of freedom being taken by list members, given that until now it has maintained a level of seriousness and a single purpose, clearly seen by the quality of messages it receives.<br><br>It would be a pity if, starting from your "academic research", more "researchers" started sending "surveys" here on the list.<br><br>That is my message. Feel free to disagree!</div></body></html>