I'm on the side that in this day and age with identity theft more and
more common this information shouldn't be so freely available. Yes
there is the argument that this information is available on the FCC ULS,
but you have to work for it, not just scrap a single page and grab a
couple hundred names, addresses, phone numbers and emails. Th ULS also
does not list phone numbers or email addresses
The comment that only members can see the information is incorrect.
Anyone including every bot trolling the Internet scraping names and
emails can download the information listed at
http://www.bvarc.org/index1.php?page=roster
The visible fields are
*NAME
<http://www.bvarc.org/index1.php?page=roster&ifget=R&searchtype=&searchterm=&sort=ASC&searchsort=last>*
*CALLSIGN
<http://www.bvarc.org/index1.php?page=roster&ifget=R&searchtype=&searchterm=&sort=ASC&searchsort=callsign>*
*ADDRESS
<http://www.bvarc.org/index1.php?page=roster&ifget=R&searchtype=&searchterm=&sort=ASC&searchsort=zip>*
*PHONE
<http://www.bvarc.org/index1.php?page=roster&ifget=R&searchtype=&searchterm=&sort=ASC&searchsort=phone1>*
*EMAIL
<http://www.bvarc.org/index1.php?page=roster&ifget=R&searchtype=&searchterm=&sort=ASC&searchsort=email>*
*EXPIRE
<http://www.bvarc.org/index1.php?page=roster&ifget=R&searchtype=&searchterm=&sort=ASC&searchsort=dateexpire>*
*CLASS
<http://www.bvarc.org/index1.php?page=roster&ifget=R&searchtype=&searchterm=&sort=ASC&searchsort=licenseclass>*
For the email is uses 'at' instead of '@' and there is no longer a
clickable link for the email (pretty sure it used to be clickable)
Maybe use a 'captcha' or post some other image on the main page that
would clue members in to what the password is when we forget?
--jv
W5ZTX
On 3/10/2019 5:31 AM, D. Howard Bingham via BVARC wrote:
I have no problems as they are now, only members can see what is now
available, no street address or phone numbers visible to "non-members".
Should board members have email addresses visible to "Members Only" ?
D. Howard Bingham
ke5apj BVARC member since 2003
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On 3/9/2019 2:14 PM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote:
BVARC Roster - Discussion:
Bvarc provides a roster of current and recently expired members on the
bvarc.org website.
1.) ease of contacting other members.
2.) ease to see when or if you are about to expire.
BVARC also provides a list of members that are Board members as well as
lists
of members that have won awards in the past. As well as a list of silent
keys (SK).
(on the who is page)
A public roster is pretty standard in Ham radio (callbooks, QRZ website,
FCC lookup)
and in the past, BVARC even used to post roster info
in some of the early newsletters ( before there was a website )
Recently with the digital age some concerns about privacy have come up.
Our membership roster can currently display records
PUBLICLY
NO PHONE
or
NO LIST AT ALL (this lists name and call only with no address or phone)
But another idea has been to make the Roster Password protected so only
members with the correct password can see the roster.
Currently only the ADMINS can see the entire unrestricted member list
(password protected) but the general public can see the slightly restricted
current roster.
My personal opinion is not many people even know the roster is there,
(it isnt used much) and if we had a member password no one would remember
it.
I would love to hear what the general membership thinks about this.
Eddie (NU5K)
BVARC web guy
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