ACLU

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Yesterday I got around to contacting the ACLU about their mailing list- specifically, I would like to donate to them, but I don't want mailings.  At all. Period. Their website didn't make it clear how to do this; it also made it clear that feedback comments could not be responded to. I sighed and I sent them a note anyway.

I got an email response, quite quickly, saying my email had been forwarded, and this morning I got a phone-call. 

Yes, they will tick a "no mailings" flag in their database if you ask them to. And yes, they definitely want to know if you've named them in your will.  A trust has made a matching grant of 10% of your future gift's value, if you're willing to tell the ACLU how much you think that will be.

Hm. Considering that you're going to be pulling that number from thin air, it sounds like a sizable donation to ACLU.  It seems sensible for all parties concerned- and if I'm willing to mention them in my will, I ought to be willing to let them know when I'm alive as well.  Right? Especially if they honour the "don't bother me" flag.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/merle_/]

That's good to know. Can you get them to stop phoning as well?

Last year I got two or three no-caller-id calls per day. Finally I relented and answered. It was the ACLU, wanting me to give them a credit card number for monthly contributions. I was so pleased, both with the bothersome calls and the request.

All charities should have a "please, use the money wisely, don't waste it on bothering me" checkbox.

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Gah. Why they felt they needed to leave no-caller-id calls... Did they stop when you asked?

[http://users.livejournal.com/merle_/]

They stopped for that year, but who knows about this year? Some groups farm out their calling to third-parties, using a different one each year, which seems to get around the "please do not call me" thing.

I will say that the EFF has never called me, and seems to only send one renewal reminder. Maybe they'll get more this year...