A question came up about using Jasper Jottings to contact folks mentioned in Jasper Jottings. Seem appropriate to review the “rules of engagement”.
(1) When I report stories, they have to have “community value”. That’s very loosely defined. However, “medical advice” is reviewed by our “medical staff”; “legal advice” by our “legal staff”; and “suitability” by our “taste” committee. All ties are decided by my wife. (Hasn’t been any yet! She thinks I’m nuts any way. This just proves it.)
(2) When I report, if I have an email address for some one I use parenthesis around their Class Year. If not, I use brackets.
(3) When someone contacts me seeking to connect with another alum, I reply to their requesting email while putting the sought after person as a “blind carbon copy”. I usually include a message like: “I have received your request. By BCC, I am giving ‘old so and so’, your contact information. If he/she chooses to respond, you’ll hear from them.” That’s the end of my involvement.
(4) In offering folks ‘Jasper Jottings’, I promise not to share email or phone numbers. I don’t spam them, or sell stuff to them.
I’ve helped link ex-wives, lost kids, old girl friends, old drinking buddies. Never had any complaints because I just pass along the info and let folks act on it.
Soooo, if you share your email address with me or that of a fellow alum, then be assured I don’t give them out.
On occasions, I’ve even usmailed messages to folks that I thought they’d want. But that’s pretty rare.
P.S., If someone is unhappy with Yahoo’s reliability, then they can donate a Constant Contact subscription. This is a near-zero budget operation.
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