[38295] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Fraternity Membership Directory
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Rock)
Wed Jan 27 14:01:23 2010
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:52 -0700
Reply-To: Chris Rock <rock@CMER.ORG>
From: Chris Rock <rock@CMER.ORG>
To: APO-L@listserv.iupui.edu
In-Reply-To: <8CC6D90102684CB-6480-70AC@webmail-d078.sysops.aol.com>
I have not yet called for the APO directory because of a similar experience
I had with Harris regarding my college alumni directory. I agree with Sally
that in the end it is a quality product. Obtaining the product is simply
annoying. The other reason I hesitate over ordering is that in this day and
age I really do not want a hard copy alumni directory; I would prefer a CD
or access to a searchable on-line database. Again based on my experience
with the college directory the organization does get some percentage of the
sales and does benefit from the information. However, there are a lot less
painful ways to give to APO.
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alpha Phi Omega Discussion List [mailto:APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Charlie Zimmerman
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:48 AM
> To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
> Subject: Re: [APO-L] Fraternity Membership Directory
>
> From the privacy standpoint and the issue of personal information, I
> believe that this would fall under the case of a 3rd party (Harris)
> acting as an agent of the Fraternity, and I would expect (!) that there
> is a confidentiality provision in the contract between APO and Harris
> that prohibits them from marketing or otherwise making use of our
> personal data as a provided by the Fraternity, and even a provision
> with regard to safeguarding the information from theft, etc.
>
> However, it is - after all - a directory we're talking about here, so
> the finished product would essentially be fair game, especially as the
> information is provided/confirmed by the individual for inclusion in
> said directory. You can't really be surprised or upset if a directory
> you contributed to winds up being used for marketing purposes.
> (Especially if/when an electronic version is published, not that I'm
> aware of that in this case.)
>
> The main benefit to the Fraternity is the cleansed and verified address
> list (for our own fundraising efforts, among other things), but I would
> also hope that we get a small percentage of the directory sales as
> well.
>
> Charlie
