9/10/02, Speaking Out - Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 3

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Mayhaps a Museum of Art Mailing

I was disappointed to see a passage in Jerry Briggs' letter (Privacy on Auction Block) which asserts that the Friends of the Library exchanged its mailing list with a non-Penn organization. The Friends does not exchange lists with other non-profits, no matter how worthy. I believe Mr. Briggs is referring to a mailing that he received from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, inviting him to a program being jointly sponsored by the Friends and the PMA. For that invitation--and that invitation only--we provided PMA with a set of labels so that they could include the Friends in their mailing. I explained this to Mr. Briggs when he raised the question, many months ago. A list "exchange" involves trading names with other groups, and no such exchange was made or intended.

--Adam Corson-Finnerty, Director of Development and External Affairs

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Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 3, September 10, 2002

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
September 10, 2002
Volume 49 Number 3
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

A Major General in the U.S. Marines has been named as Penn's EVP.

Civic House--the community service hub--has a new Faculty Advisor.

At the Convocation last Wednesday, the President and Provost welcomed the new students to campus with words of wisdom.

PennERA--Electronic Research Administration--is intended to streamline processes related to sponsored research.

PennKey, a new authentication system is coming to campus to improve network security and protect privacy online.

Remember last academic year? The Models of Excellence program seeks nominees whose notable achievements went above and beyond the job expectations.