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From: peter@usenix.UUCP (Peter Salus)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Is USENIX selling attendee lists?
Message-ID: <126@usenix.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 88 17:06:32 GMT
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Summary: USENIX does *NOT* sell lists


Despite the remarks in articles 334 and 335, USENIX does not 
sell either attendee list nor membership lists.  There is no 
way, however, for the Association to prevent someone who has 
attended (perhaps as a representative of a company) a conference 
or a workshop from keying in or scanning in the information.

This last, in fact, occurred after the Atlanta (summer 1986) 
meeting.  A Canadian company took a copy of the attendee 
list, keyed it in, and sold the list to vendors.  It was as 
an attempt at preventing this that the Association now mails 
the list to attendees subsequently, rather than leaving piles 
on tables on-site the last day of a conference.

This aside, I think it important for the membership to 
know that the Association is not circulating lists, 
selling lists, or giving away lists.

Peter H. Salus
Executive Director