by bats in the belfry 9 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
. . . the publisher refuses to put his signature on the piece of paper. Will they still accept him/her as such?
Also, the very first Publisher Record™ card autographed seems to be retained indefinitely. The same is true of the last record card of an inactive publisher.
Is this corporate function still practiced? Does it jive with any data protection act?
I don't remember ever signing anything. Of course, it was 32 years ago when I became an upbaptized pubisher...so maybe it's too long ago to remember?
You don't have to sign the card. If you do so you are giving permission for information about you to be stored and shared. Primarily your "field service report" but also any other information the elders in your congregation deem relevant.
what if a rouge elder when into the filing cabinet after hours and shredded it's contents?
Never seen an S-21 with a space for a signature and I have never signed mine.
However I know some congregations that use a computerised version that has additional fields, maybe a signature is included in these?
George
Perhaps, meanwhile the instructions were abandoned/shredded.
WOW! I don't recall ever signing one.
I see that is in the UK. It must have some legal standing there.
I'm sure here in the USA there is no practice of signing them.
Doc
what if you don't sign?
I'm in Australia and I recall being asked to signed mine back in the 90s.
There is no place or requirement to sign your publisher record card in the US. But other countries may have different rules. Especially in the UK which has a Data Protection Act the rules may have changed.
http://www.watchtowernews.org/elderletter.htm
There was a time that the WTS has strict "rules" about putting the info on a computer although there are several unofficial software on the internet for inputting. Afraid of the government getting access to the names of jws and arresting them.
http://www.cpfsoftware.com/Downloads/User.pdf
http://www.michaelbarber.co.uk/Secretary%20File%20User%20Manual.html
