IMHO--

1. I hate to see any of us duplicate the efforts of local media,

2. I'm concerned that non-'Cat people who want to send such announcements won't stop to see where to hang 'em and still throw 'em in the threads, or just not respect the procedure we set out

3. If it'll make more work for Joe and the AllNight Clones (when they could be on the road gigging), throwing thread-placed announcements into the calendar, that'll make it take longer to Help us and newbies have more 'Catfun.

Just my selfish response, not opposition.