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Post by Q3 on Jan 29, 2017 23:01:49 GMT -5
I am sorry for any confusion about what was sent to me by WMHRG. I am also sorry that you were included in our campaign in error. I cannot speak for WMHRG -- except to say they do amazing work and really should be congratulated for what they do. As far as I know, WMHRG did not make anything PUBLIC. So (and this is a sincere questions) are you concerned about something that was made PUBLIC that I am unaware of, or are your concerned that WMHRG shared your email with me? If the concern is that information was shared with me and that concerns you, I have deleted the file and have not made it public. **** The digital card posted in the opening post is all that was made public. Anyone who wanted to remain anonymous just had to PM (here), DM (Twitter) or EMail me to be left off. Several donors wanted to remain anonymous and even their first names were excluded. **** When we started the Birthday campaign, I arranged with WALK ME HOME RESCUE GROUP to track donations and keep me updated with a daily tally. They are staffed by amazing but overworked volunteers, and I was pleased they set up something for us. They did not have sophisticated donation systems and with only a couple weeks to Adam's birthday I could not build something. WMHRG sent me a donation listing so I could let people know the total, track the total donated and prepare something for Adam with the first names of everyone who donated. I also collected the information of other animal rescue donations from emails and messages send to me by fans. The tracking list from WMHRG had email addresses on it -- and yes I have seen them. But they have NEVER been made public, the information was not shared with anyone else, and nothing was sent to those email addresses by me. I don't even know which email address on that list is yours. In addition, I deleted the donation list last night because I did not need to retain it for any reason. **** That said -- I have volunteered to help WMHRG with fundraising. It is a wonderful cause and I plan to do whatever I can do in the coming year to help WMHRG raise more money. Yes, my concern is that my information was sent to you. That made it public. WMHRG made the information public when they shared it with you. This is unethical. I don't care if you deleted it, you should never have been given the info in the first place. In these circumstances, since an opt in or opt out button was not available, we should have been informed our information was going to be shared with you or you should have had us contact you with our info if we wanted it on the birthday card. Again, sharing everyone's info with you made it public. This was unethical. I cannot believe you and WMHRG do not understand the basics of privacy and personal information. If you are concerned that confidential information was shared with me, I understand that concern -- but cannot see any harm done to you or anything that approaches making your private information public. People share email addresses routinely. They are placed on resumes and business cards and forms and sweepstakes entries and used to set up digital memberships. If you want your first name removed from the card, please PM me and make sure to let me know what name to remove -- because I do not have any idea who you are.Finally, the fact that we were putting together a card for Adam from the donors, and that I was working with WMHRG to track the donations, was included in the description of this campaign here and on Twitter the places where I let fans know about this birthday campaign. I asked people to email me if they want to be anonymous and not be on the card. So I do not know what you want. I already apologized. I do not see that any harm came to you or any information was provided to anyone outside of WMHRG other than me. I respectfully ask that you stop posting about this in the Daily News Thread and if you need any additional information or have any concern that I can address, please contact me directly.
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Post by Q3 on Jan 29, 2017 23:06:24 GMT -5
Just a message to all -- please do not comment on this topic of the file sent to me having an email address on it. I can do no more than apologize and I remain puzzled about what harm was done.
THANKS!!
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Post by FanOfTheMan on Jan 29, 2017 23:44:37 GMT -5
Q3 I just wanted to thank you for giving so much of your time and doing so much work to organize this wonderful gift for Adam's BD that will help in the rescue of so many abused, mistreated, abandoned, and defenseless animals and bring a much needed awareness to their plight. Q3.....you are THE BEST. THANK YOU!!
Yes! Thank You - I think Adam will be so pleased!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2017 0:06:45 GMT -5
Q3 I just wanted to thank you for giving so much of your time and doing so much work to organize this wonderful gift for Adam's BD that will help in the rescue of so many abused, mistreated, abandoned, and defenseless animals and bring a much needed awareness to their plight. Q3.....you are THE BEST. THANK YOU!!
Yes! Thank You - I think Adam will be so pleased! ditto
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Post by happy on Jan 30, 2017 2:15:15 GMT -5
Thank you Q3 for all you do! And since it's still January 29th out here on the West Coast, Happy Birthday, Adam, and thank you for all the years of entertainment and many happy returns!
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Post by Craazyforadam on Jan 30, 2017 2:55:35 GMT -5
Given that Adam RT'd Piers Morgan's text, he started that topic, so I presume I am not breaking rules here, if I comment.
I am surprised that Adam chose Piers Morgan to quote or RT, given that Piers has over the last year been one of the massively anti-Hillary and pro-HeWhoCannot amed public figures of the UK. Given that most UK public figures are anti HeWhoCannot amed and/or mocking HeWhoCannot amed, he stood out with his views.
Now, in this article, we see Piers Morgan shift his position a bit. Maybe that he is partially waking up, maybe he wants to dance with one foot on each platform for the time being, I don't know, but he does in this article begin to critique HeWhoCannot amed for this latest executive order (EO). He does not go as far as assuming mal-intent, he seems to assume that HeWhoCannot amed just did not think this thru all the way, and so he tries to reason with HeWhoCannot amed. Tries to argue with him. Piers Morgan will have a lot of further waking up to do.
Why Adam chose him, of all people that are on twitter, I don't know of course, but maybe it is as simple as that the comparison between kids having access to guns and the refugee situation struck a chord with him. Maybe Adam is not aware that Piers was pro-HeWhoCannot amed through-out the election cycle.
The muslimban-EO was a wakeup call for many, not only Piers. People learned that what might be a true statement about travel restrictions at 4pm on a Friday night, may not be true anymore at 6 pm on the same day. And those that happened to travel over the last weekend, got a taste of executive power and the immediacy with which it can strike, something neither of the two other branches of government have going for them. For travelers, the reality is, that while as of now, somebody traveling from Canada is fine, we do not know, how fluid the situation will be over the next few months and what it will be like in June-August. The same holds true for any social media assumptions and how they will play out in practice. If I were from Canada, I would choose concert arenas in Canada. I would not take my chances, and would consider myself lucky to have that choice.
And now I need to ask for forgiveness for having gone political. I myself at times need a peaceful place to come to, and this site is always wonderfully led and it's a delight to come here. I believe that both topics required a response today and so please forgive me for the decision. Many of us are thankful for all you do, Q3, for the fan-base overall, this Atop group here, the various charities you and we have supported over the years, and today's birthday child, of course. I wish there were less crap going on in the outside world and this could have been a happier thread.
But I hope that ticket purchase anticipation and the new interview with Mario Lopez is going to lead the way in Atop news tomorrow, and our playpen can be exactly that again tomorrow.
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