HI Ed and all --
Yes, I read the NMRA editorial and brought it to the attention of the NASG
admin group when it first appeared. We have had some serious conversations
about it, and the likely casualty is the directory issue of the “Dispatch”,
though the current version is already at the printers, so it will be delivered
for this year.
If you read the editorial the way I do, the organization’s cadre will have
access to the member information. I have suggested that we handle inquiries
like the one from our man in Vancouver by having that person contact his
regional VP, who will them contact the members that are affected to ask them
whether or not their information can be passed to the person making the
inquiry. If nothing else, it will give the VPs something to do and make them
more familiar with their regions’ members and vice-versa... Anyhow, that is
the approach I was going to take if I were to get further inquiries by our guy
in Vancouver.
What do you think about that?
Have fun!
Bill Winans
> If you contact me directly, I will pass
> along their emails and or/ addresses.
> Bill Winans
Bill.....
Before you pass out information pertaining to other S scale guys, you might
want to read the President's Message in the current issue of the NMRA Magazine.
It talks in detail about the new privacy laws that are rapidly developing and
their impact on the NMRA and membership listings and so forth. To put things in
a nutshell, privacy laws are rapidly catching up with modern technology and
things are changing. The NMRA has already dealt with one lawsuit regarding
privacy from an unhappy member whose name and contact information was given out
to someone else without his specific authorization.
In short, the new NMRA policy is that no membership information is to be given
out to anyone except organization officials and only for offical use. The NMRA
membership directory is no more as we all know. But other "new stuff" is the
unwillingness of the NMRA to send you information pertaining to layouts in the
area you are planning to visit while on vacation. The restrictions go on and on
from there.
Of course, if a member has given permission for his personal information to be
distributed, it is then not a problem. The NMRA is now figureing out the best
way to ask all 20,000+ members if it has their permission to divulge contact
information. The future is uncertain.
Be cautious. Cheers....Ed L.
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