http://donotmail.org/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/04/the-opposite-of-sharp/ <div class="text blurb">The Nextmark marketing blog concluded its post on the SF resolution with this thought: "A 'do not mail' program is a blunt instrument that serves nobody well." Let me see if I understand this correctly: this is a defense of junk mail that's accusing somebody else of using a blunt instrument? </div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/04/the-opposite-of-sharp/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/04/usps-our-complete-failure-of-a-business-plan-must-be-protected-at-all-costs/ <div class="text blurb">We get a lot of fan mail around here, but we also appreciate visits from, ahem, non-supporters, like this comment:</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/04/usps-our-complete-failure-of-a-business-plan-must-be-protected-at-all-costs/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/breaking-sf-passes-do-not-mail-resolution/ <div class="text blurb"><a href="http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/breaking-sf-passes-do-not-mail-resolution/"><img src="https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/281/images/evlispop.gif" width="100" border="0" align="left"></a>Forgive my all-caps madness, but we are unbelievably pumped to announce that for the first time, the junk mail industry has been foiled in its attempt to deny Americans the choice to stop junk mail. Yes, my friends, the San Francisco Do Not Mail Resolution passed--by a 9-2, veto-proof majority.</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/breaking-sf-passes-do-not-mail-resolution/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/what-was-it-like-before-the-do-not-mail-campaign/ <div class="text blurb"><a href="http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/what-was-it-like-before-the-do-not-mail-campaign/"><img src="http://donotmail.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/picture-131-150x150.png" border="0" width="100" hspace="3" align="left"></a>Here's an example of the endless patchwork of opt-outs that were thrown around as a "solution" before our campaign took off. This news clip from May of 2007 just makes my head hurt! All we want is an easy way to stop getting the stuff we don't want and never asked for! Obviously there was something about "easy" that they just didn't understand.</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/what-was-it-like-before-the-do-not-mail-campaign/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/update-from-dnm-hearing-going-to-a-vote-next-tuesday-march-31/ <div class="text blurb"><a href="http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/update-from-dnm-hearing-going-to-a-vote-next-tuesday-march-31/"><img src="http://donotmail.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/4006334-150x150.jpg" align="left" border="0" width="100"></a>You would think, as someone who often looks at Do Not Mail petition, I'd be used to all the reasons why people want to stop junk mail. And even though I know how annoying, wasteful, and destructive it is, the San Francisco committee hearing blew me away. Over nearly three hours, testimony in support outnumbered the opposition's by 2-1.</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/update-from-dnm-hearing-going-to-a-vote-next-tuesday-march-31/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/breaking-news-sf-do-not-mail-resolution-moves-to-a-full-vote-next-tuesday-march-31/ <div class="text blurb"><strong>The San Francisco Do Not Mail Resolution passed its committee hearing, and is on its way to the full city Board of Supervisors next Tuesday, March 31 for an official vote!!!</strong><p> Support at the hearing for the Do Not Mail Resolution was overwhelming. Small business owners, activists, fed-up citizens, and a few of us from ForestEthics gave testimony. </div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/breaking-news-sf-do-not-mail-resolution-moves-to-a-full-vote-next-tuesday-march-31/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/san-francisco-do-not-mail-resolution-hearing-starting-now/ <div class="text blurb">For updates from inside City Hall, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/forestethics">follow us on Twitter</a>, or <a href="http://sfgov.org/site/sfgtv_index.asp?id=11463">watch the hearing live on SFGTV</a>!</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/san-francisco-do-not-mail-resolution-hearing-starting-now/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/san-francisco-small-businesses-and-nonprofits-want-a-do-not-mail-registry/ <div class="text blurb">The list of small businesses and organizations who endorse ForestEthics' Do Not Mail campaign is growing! By supporting the creation of a Do Not Mail Registry in the U.S., these organizations have shown respect for the time, privacy, and resources of all Americans. </div> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/san-francisco-small-businesses-and-nonprofits-want-a-do-not-mail-registry/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/usps-business-model-not-good-for-citizens-postal-workers-or-usps/ <div class="text blurb">Last week Helen left a comment here, in part about her husband, a postal worker:</div> Sun, 15 Mar 2009 http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/usps-business-model-not-good-for-citizens-postal-workers-or-usps/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/an-ad-in-usa-today-a-resolution-in-san-francisco/ <div class="text blurb">If you happened to open up a Bay Area edition of USA Today this morning, then your day was given a palpable buzz by the visual feast of awesomeness that was the full-page Do Not Mail advertisement which appeared in the Money section! You, the supporters of ForestEthics and Do Not Mail made this ad happen...</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/an-ad-in-usa-today-a-resolution-in-san-francisco/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/whats-in-your-paper/ <div class="text blurb">Our friends at the Environmental Paper Network just launched an awesome site to make sure you, me, and everyone we know have access to environmentally responsible paper–no matter where we work, go to school, or purchase our paper. The new site, whatsinyourpaper.com, pulls together....</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/whats-in-your-paper/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/an-ad-in-usa-today-a-resolution-in-san-francisco/ <div class="text blurb">If you happened to open up a Bay Area edition of USA Today this morning, then your day was given a palpable buzz by the visual feast of awesomeness that was the full-page Do Not Mail advertisement which appeared in the Money section! You, the supporters of ForestEthics and Do Not Mail made this ad happen...</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/an-ad-in-usa-today-a-resolution-in-san-francisco/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/whats-in-your-paper/ <div class="text blurb">Our friends at the Environmental Paper Network just launched an awesome site to make sure you, me, and everyone we know have access to environmentally responsible paper–no matter where we work, go to school, or purchase our paper. The new site, whatsinyourpaper.com, pulls together...</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/whats-in-your-paper/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/san-francisco-to-vote-on-do-not-mail-resolution/ <div class="text blurb">Some exciting news from San Francisco: the City by the Bay is poised to become the first municipality in the country to pass a resolution in support of a Do Not Mail Registry! Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi introduced the resolution with...</div> Mon, 09 Mar 2009 http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/san-francisco-to-vote-on-do-not-mail-resolution/ http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/the-miami-herald-on-floridas-do-not-mail-bill/ <div class="text blurb">Yesterday, Nirvi Shah of the Miami Herald wrote up <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/business/personal-finance/v-print/story/925831.html">an excellent overview of the Do Not Mail bills currently live in Florida</a> (yay!!), and it appears the bill is backed by two real-deal consumer champions and green-innovators, Florida state Representative Mary Brandenburg and state Senator Dave Aronberg:</div> http://donotmail.org/blog/2009/03/the-miami-herald-on-floridas-do-not-mail-bill/