[Mpls] Re: People for Independent Parks endorsements

[Tim Bonham]

>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).

----------------------------------------------
         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.
---------------------------------------------------

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).