DO READ re: unauthorized mass mailings to politicians...

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Susie Gorden <sgorden () capwiz com>
Date: December 16, 2005 4:40:21 PM EST
To: "dave () farber net" <'dave () farber net'>
Subject: RE: [IP] unauthorized mass mailings to politicians...

Hi Dave,

A post that appeared on your listserv December 8 regarding  
unauthorized messages being sent to Congress was brought to our  
attention by a list member.  Capitol Advantage has been in business  
for 20 years and in the online advocacy field for 10 years.  Our  
reputation is extremely important to us, and we also stand behind the  
campaigns that we help to deliver.

I hope that you will post the following that was sent to us by our  
customer who is with the Protect Your Healthcare campaign.  Please do  
not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions.  My  
contact information follows.  Thank you, --susie.

Message from Protect Your Healthcare:
The messages to Congress referred to in Tim’s post were sent on  
behalf of the Protect Your Healthcare campaign  
(www.protectyourhealthcare.org ), and they were generated based on a  
form he probably completed on the site of one of the advertisers  
acting on our behalf. There are several sites where he could have  
taken this action, and we have asked the advertiser involved to  
research the exact trail.

Protect Your Healthcare is a reputable group that does not send  
communications to Congress unless the activist has authorized this  
and completed a form with name, full mailing address and email  
address, which I do see on the data I received so far.  In a few  
other instances we've been contacted when someone did not recall  
signing up for this campaign, and in every instance we were able to  
find the record of their signup on a particular petition or  
advertiser site or in response to a particular email newsletter, and  
with this reminder they or their spouse recalled doing it. In some  
cases there was a delay in data transfer from the advertiser as a new  
program gets under way, and this can be the cause of someone not  
immediately recalling their activity.

At the Protect Your Healthcare campaign we work with a broad  
advertising network to ensure that the public learns about the  
potential impact of certain proposed legislation on their health care  
coverage.  We do take every complaint seriously, and if we ever found  
a rogue advertiser we would cancel our contract with them  
immediately.  As noted above, we are investigating Tim’s complaint to  
make sure that's not what happened in this case and will let him know  
of the results.

Thank you on behalf of Protect Your Healthcare,

Susan Berger


Susie Gorden
Director, Government Outreach and Citizen Communications

Capitol Advantage
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Fairfax, VA 22031
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