[Rhodes22-list] New Beginnings - Da List

[John Lock]

At 12:15 PM 1/3/2008 -0500, michael meltzer wrote:
>The problem has not been so much update as has been view, the idea was only
>owners/list members should be able to get/view the list, than a few
>"requests"/requester's got people nervous so added "you had to be around for
>30 days and in good standing", Ed was pushing "flapper" for a while but it
>had low usage(suspect the privacy issues vs. the personal touch of Rummy and
>Mary Lou)

Yup, that's my biggest concern as well.  However, I think the biggest 
usage of that data is more of the "which Rhodes owners are near me?" 
type of query.  We've done a number of these for other membership 
organizations and the privacy issues are easily managed.  And members 
should always have the option of opting out of such listings, even if 
they chose to create a profile record.

FYI - owner registries like this have become very valuable to 
manufacturers.  Not so much for their marketing value, but as a way 
of contacting owners in case of problems or significant news 
regarding their model or equipment.  So there is some incentive and 
legitimate value to entering your info, even if you do not wish to be 
participate in the social aspects.

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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