My recollection on privacy issues is more in line with Elizabeth's. And, of course, anyone's reaction to the calls (and emails, or snail mails) is in part a function of their sensitivity to privacy issues. I value my privacy and protect it whenever I can. When I was on the board, and especially when I was Secretary, I fought very hard to ensure that the information on the participant rolls was not open to subjective use. I know a fair number of libertarians who also care about privacy, a large enough group to not ignore. There were a series of checkboxes in recent times so that an SOI signer could indicate whether they wanted to be contacted by local groups, or receive news via email, etc. Those were designed to protect people's privacy and let the individuals choose how, if at all, they wanted to be contacted. However, it is possible that the current policy is to assume a positive for those people who were on the rolls before the checkboxes were implemented.ÂÂ
I have to admit that I am also not a fan of robot calls. It *is* spam. I never listen to them when I do get them. I don't know if I have received one FSP related because I would have hung up, or deleted the message, before getting any meaningful content.ÂÂ
In other news, the First 1000 is scary close to succeeding right now. I hope the numbers are mostly solid, true signups.
Jean