Setting aside recent discussions about this group,
I've been wondering how this group got my email
address. I certainly hope they aren't mining emails
off this listserve (that would be unethical).
I doubt they are doing that, but I don't see why it would be
unethical. This is a public forum, after all. Explicitly so; we are
strictly required to sign all posts with our real name. And item 10
of the Forum Rules specifically says that the forums are: "Public
Content and Use".
Even worse, I hope the City DFL wouldn't sell lists to
non-candidate, political committees (that would be
unethical and probably illegal).
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The City DFL policies are specific on this (and available
online at www.mpls.dfl.org).
Prior to endorsement:
- the party will make a paper copy available to anyone
seeking endorsement or any party member for free (except for copying costs).
- the party will sell an electronic copy to anyone seeking
endorsement or any party member, for a price intended to recover the
costs of collecting & maintaining this info.
After a party endorsement:
- the party will provide the list (any format) for free to
the endorsed candidate, and will not provide it to anyone else.
After a convention in which there was no endorsement:
- the party will continue to sell the list to any candidate
who sought endorsement and was still in contention on the last ballot.
All lists sold carry these restrictions:
Conditions of use:
- This information will never be used for any commercial
purposes, nor sold or given to any commercial business.
- This information will not be sold or given to any other
candidate or organization.
- We agree to honor any Do-not-Phone or Do-not-Email requests
marked on this information.
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Regarding the specific complaint, Councilmember Barb Johnson did not
ever get this list from the City DFL Party. Mary Merrill Anderson
did, she bought the city-wide list, about 8 months ago.
Finally, these lists are our property, assembled & maintained thru a
lot of work and expense by the party & our party workers. And as our
property, it is quite legal for us to give or sell them to anyone we
choose. Our policies on this are clear & open.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson (and the maintainer of the
City DFL lists).
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