WAZZUP CORFU?

Wa-a-zzup!

Nice polite informative e-mail slithered onto the mat the other day.

I'm such a nasty anti-social dog-in-the-manger type that I thought I'd stun everyone by giving it a megawatt blast of publicity ... for free.

Loipon. Le Voici Verbatim.

"Dear friend, Corfu resident, or regular visitor,

Any initiative taken on the isle of Corfu encounters a major challenge in communication.

People may have something really interesting to offer, but how do they let everybody know?

How often do we hear about a very interesting event ~ only after it has ended?

Which services and products can make life on Corfu easier, if only we knew of their existence?

There are websites with useful information but often in Greek only, which makes it less accessible to many of us.

Besides, we would need to search frequently to stay properly informed.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could get such useful information delivered via email?

The above summarises a discussion we (Dick Mulder & Daniel Blom) had when looking for ways to help promote an art exhibition that includes work from our respective spouses, and five other artists.

So we decided to set up a new information service, which will be sending emails from WhatsUp-Corfu@live.com

Our first challenge, of course, is communication! How do we make people aware of the new service? We face the very same communication problem we're trying to address.

In view of this, we would like to ask your permission for WhatsUp-Corfu to send information on events, services, and products, to your email address.

No action is required if you agree.

If you do not want to receive such information, kindly forward this email to WhatsUp-Corfu@live.com with subject UNSUBSCRIBE.

Privacy Statement: WhatsUp-Corfu will not provide email addresses or other personal information to any other party.

Emails from WhatsUp-Corfu@live.com are always sent as blank carbon copy (invisible BCC addressing).

WhatsUp-Corfu only provides information that is particularly interesting to people that either live on, or regularly visit Corfu.

There are no costs or obligations for the receiver.

Commercial advertising is not facilitated, but objective information on services and products from commercial organisations may be included, providing it is directly or indirectly related to living on or visiting Corfu.

Please contact us if you wish to republish the information we provide.

Organisations and individuals that want to use WhatsUp-Corfu@live.com to share information, can send this via email to the same address.

We reserve the right to edit or refuse information provided, and will confirm motives for such decision to the originator.

Please make other people aware. They can request to receive information from WhatsUp-Corfu@live.com by sending an empty email with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject box.

Kind regards,

The WhatsUp-Corfu Team

Dick Mulder, Daniel Blom"

There you go. Can't get politer than that. And they know about the bcc trick. For that alone they deserve your custom. Blimey, the reams of addresses I've managed to sell to Nigerian widows just by clicking on the 'detail' bouton of local spammers and other animal lovers.

Give 'em a chance, I say.