Project Telecom: Issues
(This page was last modified January 2, 1997. Watch for updates!)
Even with assumptions of abundent technology, we need to develop
intelligent solutions to nagging problems before the AAPA can go "on-line."
This page will record those problems, along with ideas on how they
can be addressed.
Privacy
People whose e-mail addresses have appeared on the AAPA Web page have
received unsolicited and unwanted advertising (also know as "spam"
e-mail messages) from a variety of mailing lists. Keeping an
up-to-date list of AAPA members' addresses on-line would be a handy
reference for members...but it would also invite abuse from businesses
who sell mailing lists to advertisers.
What information should be considered "sensitive"? Certainly e-mail
addresses. How about "normal" postal addresses?
Either such sensitive information should not be kept on-line or should
only be available to members who have a password to enter a restricted
area. Would this mean that on-line editions of the American Amateur
Journalist would need to have such information removed?
One association or two?
Can the AAPA make a smooth transition into electronic distribution of
amateur journals? At what point will a significant number of members
decide they want to be in a "paper and ink only" association and drop out?
How do we keep from having two different classes of members: those who
are on-line and those who aren't?
Go to the
AAPA Project Telecom home page.
Dave Tribby /
tribby@cup.hp.com