RE: Membership roster

[krombhol@teclink.net (Paul Krombholz)]

>Publishing a membership roster is something that has crossed my mind BUT
>there are potential drawbacks:  privacy (some people are very concerned
>about
>making their contact information easily accessible) and giving away one
>of
>our biggest assets to parties who some think might siphon away our
>members
>(Gomberg?).  Neither of these concern me especially but some members
>might
>feel strongly about them.  Any thoughts?
>
>Some groups mail out membership listings to members only(e.g. AKA).
>Having a list with
>limited information on our website might be a better idea.  From my
>perspective, I would like to see at least the name, city, email, and
>expiration
>date for each member shown.  This will hopefully cut down on the number
>of
>queries that I get regarding membership status, when people don't get
>TAG on schedule.
>
>How about it?  Would putting email addresses on our web site make our
>members
>vulnerable to getting spammed?
>
>- Jack
>  ------------------

Perhaps local groups could exchange membership data, but I don't see any
value in publishing the entire membership.  If a member wants to locate
some particular other member, perhaps he or she could contact you.  Have
you ever had requests like that, Jack?

I know you made the decision, at least for the present, to keep the
membership as an Excel file, rather than to port it over to a database,
such as Filemaker.  This, however, leaves me with the questionnaire
developed by Olga Betts.  If we were to use this questionnaire, it would
seem logical to store the data we get in Filemaker.  So, I am thinking, why
not have all the membership data in Filemaker?  I got the sample you sent
(about 1/10 the total) into Filemaker fairly easily, and, with spring break
coming up next week, I could get all the rest done.

Paul Krombholz, in mild Central Mississippi


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