Message-Id: <199401280032.AA12372@world.std.com>
To: bcard@world.std.com (Bill Card)
Cc: carolingia@world.std.com
Subject: Re: SCA Membership List 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Jan 1994 23:42:13 GMT."
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 19:32:49 -0500
From: Michael Bergman <augment@world.std.com>


> Summary: Help to avoid junk mail
> Keywords: mailing list, junk mail
> 
> I recommend that you copy the following text, edit it to suit, and send 
> it in US Mail to the Executive Director.  It contains no flames, only a 
> simple request, based largely on a recent _Consumer Reports_ article.  You
> may wish to write to your other membership organizations as well.
> 
> (letter requesting not to have my name distributed to junk mail
   lists deleted to save space)

Personally, I am offended at the notion of the SCA, Inc., selling our
membership roster to *anyone* for direct mail advertising.  We already
have a method for those with products of interest to the membership to
reach them, i.e. advertising in TI, and I feel it is alien to the
intent of the SCA to be selling the mailing list.  I see this as
another example of the innapropriateness of our corporate structure
leading the BOD to take actions that are not in our best interests as
a group.

I think Bill's suggested letter is a fine one for keeping one's name
off the list, but urge those who feel as I do to take additional
action to prevent the sale of the membership list at all.

--Harald Longfellow, who is already late for the meeting...