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From: "Lowe DNA" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Surname Challenges - FTDNA on the Case
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:46:19 -0600
In-Reply-To: <000201c73043$c74071e0$6500a8c0@dell>


David..

I am sure that FTDNA will retain the privacy of individuals
without a doubt. This whole conversation is about helping
folks by bringing them into a surname project where they can
be helped. Not a control issue at all.

Each enrollee can they sign up for a DNA test with the
"vanilla" enrollment form. However, FTDNA make a change and
could simply give the enrollee the option of not joining the
SURNAME project (and paying more for their test) and they retain
their complete privacy; or, FTDNA could gives them the option of
joining a Surname project (and get a discount) to helped by a
knowledgeable coordinator.

And give Bennett and Max the benefit about privacy issues as I am
sure they are committed to keeping this privacy policy in effect.

And I am sure you will stay with FTDNA with the policy in effect.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:]On Behalf Of David Weston
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 3:03 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [DNA] Surname Challenges - FTDNA on the Case


Adrian,

If FTDNA implements any of the suggestions you make to impose Project
participation of any sort on their customers, I will be with David Faux and
take my business elsewhere. Likewise, I will similarily discourage the
others I deal with in this hobby to do likewise. It is difficult enough to
interest people in genetic genealogy without those who feel entitled to
others information taking even the slightest bit of control away from them.
It is none of your business what others do with their individual results or
how they manage their projects.

Respectively,

David Weston
Project Administrator
East Anglia Geographic DNA Project
http://www.geocities.com/thurlowons/eagdna/

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Adrian Williams
Sent: January 4, 2007 2:54 PM
To: ;
Subject: [DNA] Surname Challenges - FTDNA on the Case

Y'all,

I was just contacted by Max from FTDNA and although I cannot give the
details, I can say that they have been monitoring our discussions about the
challenges and are taking action on a couple of different angles. So, we
may want to table further hashings about this to see what they are coming
out with and then revisit the topic with the new information...

As always,
Adrian

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