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It is for this reason that I do not have my last name in my sig file....... It
makes me too uneasy to have too much personal information about me out there
on the net , you never know where it will end up. I agree 100 % with Kathy K.
Merry Christmas

Cindy



Paul & Kathy Koch wrote:

> Dear Lacnetters,
>
> I am quite concerned that my Time/Canon post to Lactnet yesterday was
> apparently forwarded to Lactivist, to an AOL message board and to an
> attachment parenting list.  From AOL it was forwarded to TLC and I read
> it there.  The TLC post did not have any identifying information on it
> and I don't know about the AOL post.
>
> The post to Lactivist had my complete sig file, email address, home town
> and the fact that I am an LLL Leader.  Did this information go to AOL as
> well?
>
> I am proud of the fact that I am an LLL Leader, but as most Leaders
> know, this is not something we broadcast to the general internet public,
> for a variety of reasons.  Unfortunately, our credibility is sometimes
> weakened by the LLL Leader title, and had I known this post was going to
> go all over creation, I would have asked that that part be removed.
> Actually, I would have prefered that my sig.file been removed completely
> as I don't want all of AOL to know that much about me.  I also don't
> want to be flooded with breastfeeding help requests.  I get enough of
> that already, thank you.
>
> In the future, I would appreciate the opportunity to grant permission to
> have my post forwarded. * I would have granted permission immediately*,
> as I have in the past, with the request that my sig file and other
> identifying information be removed.  According to one of my "sources",
> my post was forwarded with the disclaimer that the reposter did not have
> my permission.  Was that supposed to make it okay?
>
> My husband said "that's what you get for posting to the 'net.  You
> should have been more careful."  Isn't that a shame.  Do I need to think
> twice before posting to Lactnet?
>
> Kathy, who going to forget about this nonsense now and enjoy Christmas
> with my children, spun up though they may be...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Kathy Koch, BSEd, IBCLC
> Mom to Andrew, Abigail and Molly
> LLL Leader, AAPL/OL for VA and MD/DE/DC
> [log in to unmask]          Great Mills, MD, USA
>
> "Within the child lies the fate of the future."   Maria Montessori
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



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Cindy , RN, IBCLC  ***** Virginia , USA
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