Disclosure

• Gestalt IT Tech Field Day – I have attended several Gestalt IT Tech Field Day events. The events are sponsored by vendors, and TFD paid for my travel and accommodation to and from the event. This includes some free drinks and meals. Vendors give various pieces of promo material such pens, mugs or t-shirts. Most of which I don’t accept because of weight restrictions and the fact that most vendor clothing and spivs are ugly.
• Gestalt IT Network Field Day – I am part organiser for the Network Field Day that runs twice a year. I may receive a small stipend for this subject to financial agreements.
• HP Network Tech Day – I have attended HP Networking Tech Day in Sacramento on Aug 2010 to receive a briefing in HP Networking products. HP paid for travel and accommodation.
• VMworld 2010 – HP Networking provided travel, accommodation and entry to the VMworld 2010 in Copenhagen. The purpose was to meet and be briefed on their cloud networking initiatives.
• Train Signal – provided a sample CCNA training DVD for review
• Authoring – I provide professional writing and authoring on a contract basis. Some of this work is published publicly and some articles  is for internal use. Such work is commercial-in-confidence.
• NetworkComputing.com – I’m a regular contributor to Network Computing – here is my profile and there links to writing there. I’ve also written long form Analytics reports for UBM that are  available on the site.
•  TechTarget.com/SearchNetworking – I’m an occasional contributor to SearchNetworking.com.

Blogging and Blessay Ethics

To summarise my ethical view into a quick grab “Be Honest, Be Balanced, Be Nice”.

Responsibility – I take responsibility for I say. What I say are my thoughts, views, opinions or understanding of a topic or issue. I can be wrong even though I try hard not to be. I will admit to mistakes, correct them promptly and apologise where it is appropriate.

Disclaimer
I disclaim any and all responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, interoperability, or availability of information or material or photographs displayed on this blog. If you use this information, you should conduct your own testing and evaluation to ensure that it is fit for your purpose.

Information on this site may contain errors or inaccuracies, the blog siteís writer(s) do not make warranty as to the correctness or reliability of this blog siteís content.

Honesty and Fairness – I try to be fair, balanced and honest in gathering and interpreting information. I will reference sources and link where I can and tell the truth as I know it.

Integrity and Disclosure – I will disclose conflicts of interest, affiliations, and personal agendas. I will not enter into favored treatment to advertisers and resist their pressure to influence content. If I choose to make exceptions, I will disclose that.

Representation – I do not represent any company, real or imagined. I am myself. These are my opinions, thoughts and experiences. I try not to misrepresent other people or their actions.

Manners – I don’t say anything online that I wouldn’t say in person.

Privacy – I recognise private people have a greater right to control information about themselves than do public officials and others who seek power, influence or attention.

Ownership and Deletion I assert my own copyright and you may reproduce my writing without permission. I may delete articles for any reason, but usually because they are boring or not relevant.

You
By reading these ethics you agree to uphold them yourself and in your dealings. That will help to make the world a better place . Pay it forward.

Charity

I will donate a portion of money received from my blog, at my discretion, to a good cause of my choice and advise when this happens. My Kiva profile can be found here.

PR Firms / Marketing / Endorsement or Evaluation Requests.

If you are a Marketing or Public Relations business or person and you would like to me to mention / endorse / evaluate a product or service then consider the following:

• Social Media does not mean free marketing for you at my expense. If you are interested in promotion, then contact me for advertising and sponsorship opportunities. I’ve got lots of ideas to help you promote your products and services.
• You must also accept that I will disclose any such arrangements and apply the ethics outlined above. I reserve the right to express my view as I see fit at all times.