Re: More American School Directory Info...

[Ortiz <maortiz@SUFFOLK.LIB.NY.US>]

Dear Chris and fellow lmnetters,
        Your action is a prime example of what strength in numbers can do.
Your direct questions flushed out ASD's true motivation (at our expense).
Alone we have no impact, but together we have exposed an unethical way of
doing business.  Way to go!  Congrats to Chris.
        Margaret Ortiz, School Media Specialist
        Norwood School Media Center
        Port Jeff Station, NY
        maortiz@suffolk.lib.ny.us


On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Chris Hart wrote:

> Well I've got more information about ASD.  I just got off of the telephone
> with Lynn Jackson who is a customer support representative at ASD.  If you
> have been trying to find out about your schools information you may want to
> give ASD a call at:  1-800-634-7747.
>
> I spoke to Lynn and followed up on an email message which I sent ASD a
> couple days before.  I again asked her to remove my school from their
> listing.  If you have read Nancy Keane's message, well Lynn tried to tell
> me that she could update my information for my school also.  I again stated
> that I didn't want my school data updated, but wanted it removed from their
> site.  She asked me why I wanted it removed and I mentioned to her about
> the advertising which was linked to my schools site.  She asked for an
> example, so I clicked on the "School Store" link and mentioned all of the
> advertisers listed on the page.  I told her that I didn't appreciate my
> school being linked with these advertisers without my knowledge.  She
> mentioned that ASD was in the process of notifying all of the institutions
> about the advertising.  I mentioned that I thought that was a little late
> on ASD's part.
>
> I then asked her to tell me how she was paid as a customer service rep.  I
> asked her if she was paid through the money generated from the advertisers
> on the ASD site.  She said she could not really comment on that.  I then
> asked if she would have a job if there were no advertisers.  She mentioned
> that she would not.
>
> It seems to me that ASD is making money off of all of our school data.  I
> mentioned the fact that I didn't mind having my site listed on WEB66,
> because they were not making money off of my school's information, nor were
> they posing as my schools website.
>
> Please email them, and then give them a call.  I think we can make a
> difference.  Lynn didn't seem to know that there was a group like LM_NET on
> the Internet, much less a group of 8,000+ people who cared about accurate
> information and ethics.  Let ASD know that LM_NET exists:-)
>
> Chris Hart
> Library Information Specialist
> Poinciana High School
> Kissimmee, FL
> hartc@osceola.k12.fl.us
>
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