<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dmfriedman:
I would, however, go so far as to suggest that perhaps we could include in the Coupon Connection FAQ the note that William has been posting, along with (to be fair) one from any other official representative of a loyalty program, indicating what their formal stance would be. I don't believe that the rule or how we're applying it is incorrect, but in the spirit of community I'd like to find a compromise.</font>
I think that is an excellent suggestion. By getting this done, Starwood Lurker has fulfilled his duty out of loyalty to his employer and has officially reminded people that they might be doing something that is against the rules, so they will be proceeding at their own risk (that's life, anyway).
On the other hand, by leaving it at that, Starwood Lurker's workload will be reduced, since he will not have to monitor the Coupon Connection anymore and will not have to "police" individual threads, if you want to look at it that way - since he does not want to take action against the members anyway, but just wants to remind them that they might be proceeding at their own risk, this goal will be achieved as well.
Instead of this discussion here flaming up again and again, people have exchanged their viewpoints and the official statement from William/Starwood is out there, and it can be left at that.