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Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 12:14:47 AM   
airega1



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Status: offline 		I got a card from AMA in the mail asking me to call so they can update some info on me. I call and he goes through some prying and then it happens, they want me to send them a pic so it can be placed in this membership directory nationwide and then he tells me it will cost only 90.00 over my renewal. I then said I don't need to be in this directory, thanks but no thanks, and hung up the phone.

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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 12:21:20 AM   
Scar



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Status: offline 		Mine sez it's from :

Harris Connect Directory Office
For Academy of Model Aeronautics

I'll pass.
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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 12:27:47 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Scar

Mine sez it's from :

Harris Connect Directory Office
For Academy of Model Aeronautics

I'll pass.
Dave Olson


Mine says the same....I was thinking this was strange and thought if one called they would try and sell something....

I'll pass too!

-Bill

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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 12:37:55 AM   
Bass1



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they want me to send them a pic so it can be placed in this membership directory nationwide and then he tells me it will cost only 90.00 over my renewal
Yeah but think of how much better the directory would look with your hunky picture in it!!

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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 12:43:55 AM   
decay


 

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Status: offline 		So thats what its all about! I wonder how the'll make out with
their directory?

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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 12:50:41 AM   
airega1



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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 1:02:48 AM   
Bass1



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Status: offline 		Yeah Frank, It's me. I received the card and and an email today requesting a call from me to update my "biographical information." I would send them a photo but the only recent ones I have are the photos of my spread in last month's Playgirl magazine and I don't think they would be appropriate.

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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 2:26:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		I got one too. Didn't know about the price tag.


If you want to find me, show up at the Carolina Crew reedie race or come in here to RCU. No mystery.


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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 3:33:12 AM   
Gizmo-RCU


 

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Status: offline 		What is AMA doing? Are they selling members information to a private company?
Sounds like another AMA idea gone bad..........My 2 cents worth.

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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 6:19:18 AM   
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I'll find out when mine arrives in May '08



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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 7:28:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi fellows: I read somewhere that the AMA got a deal to give an outfit the list of members for $40K, even if no members purchase a directory. I am not sure of the accuracy of what I read, BUT are you sure you want your personal info published nation wide even if the $40K is inaccurate? The $90.- price tag had not been mention before. What a zap job this is.

Rich S.

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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 10:50:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Let's be sure the AMA is actually involved in this before we get all huffy towards them and if involved, to what depth is the AMA's involvement. This sounds like a scam to me and if not a scam at least someone doing some data farming!! Data farming is a fact of life today and not alway because someone (possibly the AMA) has made this information available; but, because we ourselves may have inadvertantly made this information available.


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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 7:04:18 PM   
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Let's be sure the AMA is actually involved in this before we get all huffy towards them and if involved, to what depth is the AMA's involvement.



They got their information from the AMA, thats enough involvement for me. I don't want to have anything about me published in Harriss listing period. AMA should not have provided my information to them in the first place PERIOD.

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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 7:26:16 PM   
STLPilot


 

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Status: offline 		OMG. What's the big deal. I think the AMA is trying to figure out a way to bring back the AMA as a membership based org by bringing their members TOGETHER. At least they are trying. Every single time the AMA tries something ... here we go again. It's always the worst possible scenario.

Harris is the publishing company, they are not going to sell your names to anyone, they've been in business a long time now and wouldn't be where they are if they were in constant breech of contract and that's exactly what they will be if they sell your name. They have a contract with the AMA. Also who said the AMA invested anything, typically they don't charge a dime, just make money on the books.

The AMA has partnered up with them in hopes that members might want to purchase the directory, just like a school yearbook. Just because YOU don't want the directory of your membership based org, doesn't mean someone else won't.

I found this link for the chicken littles: http://www.harrisconnect.com/privacy.html There is also a link to the right "Directory Program" which will EXPLAIN why many organizations like the AMA utilize their service.

Here is another link from a college that uses the service and they posted this for their super-paranoid students. I figured the AMA, since it's average is 50+ year old "men" they could prolly figure out on their own it's intended purpose, guess not.

http://www.deltadeltadelta.org/news/News_Archive/alumnae_directory/Harris_directory_FAQs.asp

I hope this ends the confusion.


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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 9:23:09 PM   
vicman



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Status: offline 		Strangely I am in agreement with STL here. It's just like an alumni directory, no big.
All this hubub was covered in another thread about a month ago.


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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 10:28:21 PM   
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ORIGINAL: P-51B

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mode One

Let's be sure the AMA is actually involved in this before we get all huffy towards them and if involved, to what depth is the AMA's involvement.


They got their information from the AMA, thats enough involvement for me.


Can I ask you to prove to me the statement you make above, is the truth?



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RE: Membership Directory? - 11/14/2007 10:44:21 PM   
vicman



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Status: offline 		I gave em everything they asked for except for an order. If it were half that I might consider it. Especially since I don't have any long lost RC buddies out there. I know right where all of you are.

Shoot I even gave them my RCU handle.

The guy, Javier, was very pleasent on the phone.


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