Marshals names & addresses
I was just interested how many Centres were putting names & addresses of marshals in this years rally books/lists.
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Better send two as cheques will not be available for long now!
Publishing the rally dates and the likely vacant address is something of an invitation to burglars.
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Indeed but that is not necessarily a problem that cannot be resolved. A few days ago I sent about £50 of surplus computer inks to a member of a forum that OH runs with my help. 20 cartridges. They paid postage and £10 donation towards the sites annual server fees. The payment was made by transfer to a designated account that I use for similar purposes. Used the same method when helping a neighbour to sell things. Could have just as easily had the money be paid in at a bank to my account. Also after contact by phone I could have given out my address to one individual rather than the 'world'
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Don’t want to be rude. But most of the comments on here are theoretical. Mine are practical. So yes my name and address is published in our Rally brochure which has a limited distribution and no I don’t loose any sleep over it. If you worry that much security a caravan missing from the drive is going to be a much bigger hint than a name in a Rally book.
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I don't worry in the least Boff. However I thought we were talking about internet usage.
I am happy to post when I will be away and the fact that there is probably a couple of hundred in fivers left in my sock drawer and probably half of that in front room cabinet to pay window cleaner, lawn cutting etc. I am happy to do this on open forum as my location is not revealed beyond my living in wales and near to Chester.
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Bill, for our centre I use the email address to make initial contact and the address is sent to me, then I forward the rally booking form and deposit. A recent contact let me know the rally was nearly full so I knew I had to get cracking! When I read the rally pages on here and look at the different web sites I realise the various centres all have their own ways of doing things.
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As has been alluded too up thread, Data Protection legislation is being updated and data lists, electronic or not, now fall within its remit. We are all going to have to jump through yet more legislative hoops now.
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I agree it is down to the individual centre’s, actual the individual RO. But also you have to realistic about the real risk and the practicality a small centre might run 20 Rally’s a year our centre runs 100 hundred, so I wouldn’t want to be the single point of contact in that case. Although cheques are sent to the Rally organisers they are written to the centre not the individual. Cheques, are going to finish sometime, but their death has been delayed several times. There should be obvious alternatives but when you start researching them, they can quickly become relatively expensive, PayPal is an example of this. So anyone got any good suggestions please suggest away.
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The caravan missing from the driveway is not always an indicator that the house is empty, in fact we have always had ours out front and in 31 years - yes, we have been burgled - once, and even then the house was NOT empty, even the dog was home. Our next door neighbours have also been burgled once (not at the same time) and they don't even have a caravan !
We have run many rallies over the years, prior to this digital age. Our address was always in the rally book which was only available on request by members but many centres would provide one if asked - sometimes without asking if you were a club member
! Addresses were generally NOT included on the website though as that is a whole different audience.Alison
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