Since the NASG allows members to specifically include or exclude whatever information they desire from both the web site and the directory, I can't see what the problem is. Australia has very strict privacy laws. Standard operating proceedure for them is to give the searchers name to the people he is trying to contact and leave it up to them to respond. Pretty much as you outline. If I want to contact an author, I send my information to the publisher, who forwards my details to the writer. I've yet to be disappointed. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine
From: scale S only <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 2:15 PM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Privacy Concerns.... > > > >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. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
