Traditionally, HAMS have used the public information to exchange QSL CARDS and
othercorrespondence worldwide...
On the HAM bands it is very common to hear one ham tell another that he is good
on QRZ....
that means his address is up to date with the FCC if someonewants to contact
him..
On our local repeaters, it is common to hear one of our memberstell someone he
is good on the roster.. meaning his contact info is up to date..
this is what hams do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have in the last few years made a provision in our BVARC record keepingthat
can keep the info on file but only show on our online roster name and call
sign..
We have the ability (IF ASKED) to make the phone private..And we also have the
ability (IF ASKED) to make you not show up at all in the public roster...
(to become private please email: whoops, that guy doesn't want to share his
email... Just kidding, email: [email protected].. or me directly
[email protected] as I maintain the website )
HOWEVER.. You will show up on QRZ.com and many other websites including the
FCCs website.So making yourself private on BVARC is very tiny compared to your
ham information covering the globewith many many other websites that WILL NOT
remove you..
In the first post from Kori Rahman, he found his name in a search of the BVARC
REFLECTORs pastmessages.. ([email protected] reflector is shared to other users
(club members and some non club menbers)and also shared on the web publicly
from our website..
Its the webmasters job to get this information into the search engines so folks
can find out aboutham radio and find out about the Brazos Valley Amateur Radio
Club!!! (patting myself on the back for a job well done... )
Eddie Runner [email protected] NU5K
On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 07:16:14 AM CST, William Elliott via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
I'm a month into the club and my info popped up too. I'd rather that not be
publicly posted.
-K15MKV
On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:28 AM Kori Rahman via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all!
So I just did a Google search of my call sign (which I will not be stating
again) and the VERY FIRST thing that came up was my personal email to the club
list. I was... kinda shocked and surprised. I was under the impression these
emails were for club members ONLY. Apparently this email list is posted to the
public and I'm concerned about that. I have personal information in my
signature (name, phone number etc. which may be used to send me spam calls)
that could easily be parsed by an algorithm... This seems like a major security
issue to me and should be fixed. I have to wonder who is sending these emails
to this website??? If the club is doing this they should inform us that
anything we say on this list is not a private email but a public statement to
all of the internet and everyone on the planet.
I would appreciate some feedback on this and how this email I sent to the club
was posted publicly on the internet for all the world to see.... Maybe this is
the intent of the club, but I will certainly think twice about sending anything
out now and censoring my email signature. This must be laid out clearly to all
new members.
One of many offending post:
https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg09908.html
The use of the word "Private" is extensive in this page I was sent with my
welcome to the list:
http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
Look.... I'm not SUPER diligent about reading absolutely everything I get, but
this seems like an extremely important thing to tell folks... I've been a
member for about 2 months so maybe this has been brought up before. I just feel
there needs to be more transparency if this is how it is.
- My call is in the offending link
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