[at-l] Junk Mail from ALDHA Directory?

[Charles Copeland" <charles@uswnet.com (Charles Copeland)]

My wife got the mail and came in the door saying "You got a letter from a
lawyer in Virginia!".  It didn't worry me much because I don't know any
lawyers in Virginia - and I haven't hiked there yet - but I do know Felix -
so I figured I ought to open it.  I was very surprised that it was a fund
raising thing.  It looks like somebody spent a lot of time keying in
names...

Charles


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Bullard" <bullard@northnet.org>
To: <Slyatpct@aol.com>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Junk Mail from ALDHA Directory?


At 08:20 PM 12/3/2002 -0500, Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
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>In a message dated 12/3/2002 3:18:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>bullard@northnet.org writes:
>
> > I got it too.  This strikes me as an abuse of the directory.
> >
> >
>
>I didn't want to get into that part.
>
>#5, Who does ALDHA sell or give this list to anyway?  How much money could
>they possibly make?  Aren't there better ways to raise money?  I can think
of
>a few.
>
>Don't make me run for board.....  : )

He said he was a "recent" thru-hiker (Mar. to  Oct. 2001& finished in Mar.
2002?) so I suspect he may be a member of ALDHA (but I couldn't find him in
the 2002 directory).  He's trying to raise money for a Lions and Rotary
Foundation by climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro.  It's a good cause but I didn't
expect to receive solicitations for donations to various unrelated
organizations based on my inclusion in the directory.


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