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Intent
It is the intent of ERW to build our membership list to maximize our community's political power and at the same time protect the confidentiality of our members.
This policy and process applies to all forms of names collected whether it be online, through 'tell-a-friend' online, donor forms, activist petitions or any other form of collecting donor, member or activist information.
With everything that ERW does to collect contact information of its donors, activists and volunteers, we will include 'opt out' options in regard to sharing of information. Those who opt out of our standard information-sharing practices will not have their information shared ever.
Practice
I. Email addresses: ERW will never allow any individual, organization or other entity access to the email addresses of our members, donors or activists.
II. Postal Mail
Sharing with individuals and political campaigns: ERW may rent our postal address list to a third party for use of issue advocacy only. This list may never be used soley for fundraising purposes. The postal address list may only be rented to a third party mail house, and only if the individual or political campaign has been formally endorsed by the ERW Board of Directors. If an individual or political campaign is found to be using the postal address list for fundraising purposes the list sharing relationship will be terminated in perpetuity.
ERW will never hand over access in part or its entirety, the list of ERW members' postal addresses to another individual, organization or political campaign unless conducting a list sharing agreement. Sharing postal addresses is an important way for progressive organizations to share information across issue areas.
Sharing with allied or other like-minded organizations: The ERW Executive Director may do a list swap for the same amount of names, addresses and phone numbers and other contact-related information, excluding email addresses, at his/her discretion as long as access to the other organization's members furthers the mission of Equal Rights Washington. This is an important way for progressive organizations to share information across issue areas, build coalitions, and bring their messages to potentially sympathetic audiences.
III. Phone Numbers: ERW may sell or swap phone numbers with like-minded organizations in the same process as outlined in the above 'Postal Mail' section.
Equal Rights Washington (ERW) works to ensure and promote dignity, safety, and equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Washingtonians.
