xrarp@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Aliza R. Panitz) (07/03/90)
In article <76826@aerospace.AERO.ORG>, NETOPRWA@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu (Wayne Aiken) writes... >Among the many cause organizations that solicit me to join/contribute is one >called The Feminist Majority, headed by an Ellie Smeal. Does anyone know if >this is a real/legitimate organization? The name is the same misspelling as >NOW uses, so either this organization got it from NOW or their supplier. >[I don't see any misspelling. I assume Ellie Smeal knows how to spell her >own name. I believe the correct name for the organization is, however, >The Fund for a Feminist Majority. -MHN] I believe Mr. Aiken was referring to *his* name being misspelled on the mailing label. A misspelled name will propagate across many mailing lists as it is sold and re-sold. In many cases the variants of a misspelled name will re-merge, so that I get four copies of some solicitations, each with a slightly different spelling of my name. (Off the topic, but I wanted to clear it up...) - - - - Aliza R. Panitz Obligatory Wasted Bandwidth xrarp@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov