Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 13:38:41 -0500 (CDT)
From: <samlubell at verizon.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Re" Phone Numbers
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
>It's a service they provide and charge extra for.  To ignore the obvious
>wishes of WSFAns who use this service, and publish the information anyway
>would just be extremely rude and divisive...unless the other legal issues I
>suggested are valid, in which case it would also be along the lines of
>"actions inimical to WSFA" as it would expose WSFA to unnecessary risk of
>harm.
>
>Again I ask: what is the benefit to WSFA of publishing this particular
>information?

There's no benefit (other than faithfulness to the print edition) so if anyone does not want their address or phone number we'll cheerfully remove it.

But going through our entire on-line journal backlog of over 30 years to remove the phone numbers and remainder of addresses (remember part is already blocked out) on the chance that someone might object seems like a tremendous amount of effort for very little gain.

I think the policy we already have, which is similar to that used by Google, is sensible.  If someone wants their address or number removed we will.

Now if Keith says he has a UNIX command that will go through and replace anything that looks like a phone number with (xxx) xxx-xxx that won't erase similarly big numbers in treasurer reports and the like, that would be a different story.