FWIW, my email and phone number is plastered all over the website, email blasts, newsletters, etc. for the VE Testing.I've not experienced much unwanted spam or oddball phone calls, other than the typical robocalls that are subsequently blocked. Consider too, registering on the national nocall list to blunt some (but not all) of the telemarketing calls - National Do Not Call Registry
| | | | National Do Not Call Registry | | | I also do not Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn or any of those platforms where I'm their product... 73MarkK5MGJ On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 09:35:56 AM CST, Eddie Runner via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: Traditionally, HAMS have used the public information to exchange QSL CARDS and othercorrespondence worldwide... On the HAM bands it is very common to hear one ham tell another that he is good on QRZ.... that means his address is up to date with the FCC if someonewants to contact him.. On our local repeaters, it is common to hear one of our memberstell someone he is good on the roster.. meaning his contact info is up to date.. this is what hams do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have in the last few years made a provision in our BVARC record keepingthat can keep the info on file but only show on our online roster name and call sign.. We have the ability (IF ASKED) to make the phone private..And we also have the ability (IF ASKED) to make you not show up at all in the public roster... (to become private please email: whoops, that guy doesn't want to share his email... Just kidding, email: w...@bvarc.org.. or me directly eddie.run...@yahoo.com as I maintain the website ) HOWEVER.. You will show up on QRZ.com and many other websites including the FCCs website.So making yourself private on BVARC is very tiny compared to your ham information covering the globewith many many other websites that WILL NOT remove you.. In the first post from Kori Rahman, he found his name in a search of the BVARC REFLECTORs pastmessages.. (bv...@bvarc.com reflector is shared to other users (club members and some non club menbers)and also shared on the web publicly from our website.. Its the webmasters job to get this information into the search engines so folks can find out aboutham radio and find out about the Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club!!! (patting myself on the back for a job well done... ) Eddie Runner eddie.run...@yahoo.com NU5K On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 07:16:14 AM CST, William Elliott via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: I'm a month into the club and my info popped up too. I'd rather that not be publicly posted. -K15MKV On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:28 AM Kori Rahman via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: Hello all! So I just did a Google search of my call sign (which I will not be stating again) and the VERY FIRST thing that came up was my personal email to the club list. I was... kinda shocked and surprised. I was under the impression these emails were for club members ONLY. Apparently this email list is posted to the public and I'm concerned about that. I have personal information in my signature (name, phone number etc. which may be used to send me spam calls) that could easily be parsed by an algorithm... This seems like a major security issue to me and should be fixed. I have to wonder who is sending these emails to this website??? If the club is doing this they should inform us that anything we say on this list is not a private email but a public statement to all of the internet and everyone on the planet. I would appreciate some feedback on this and how this email I sent to the club was posted publicly on the internet for all the world to see.... Maybe this is the intent of the club, but I will certainly think twice about sending anything out now and censoring my email signature. This must be laid out clearly to all new members. One of many offending post: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/msg09908.html The use of the word "Private" is extensive in this page I was sent with my welcome to the list: http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Look.... I'm not SUPER diligent about reading absolutely everything I get, but this seems like an extremely important thing to tell folks... I've been a member for about 2 months so maybe this has been brought up before. I just feel there needs to be more transparency if this is how it is. - My call is in the offending link ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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