The ASPN is receiving an ever increasing number of requests to distribute blast e-mail announcements and surveys from members of the Society. While blast e-mails are an efficient means of rapid communication, the ASPN does not want to overload its members' e-mail boxes with too many blast e-mails, which take up server space and ultimately may be viewed as an imposition. To ensure that all members of the Society are treated fairly and equitably, email requests for distribution of information and surveys from individual members will be handled according to the following policy:
 
“Single” time blast e-mails will be sent from the ASPN Office to communicate to the membership:
 

1) Time-sensitive announcements and requests for input that cannot wait for inclusion in the bi-monthly e-newsletter, KIDney Notes. In general, newsworthy items should be forwarded to the Executive Secretary of the ASPN, and will be communicated through the KIDney Notes newsletter.
 

2) Surveys distributed by ASPN committees and task forces aimed at securing information directly relevant to the Society's mission and agenda.

 

3) Distribution of surveys through ASPN is a privilege of membership. Should an ASPN member wish to distribute a survey by e-mail, he/she should forward the survey to the Executive Secretary of the ASPN, who will distribute the survey to an ad hoc committee appropriate to the nature of the survey for review. If it is deemed to be aligned with the mission and goals of the Society, the survey will then be distributed by blast e-mail with a disclaimer that ASPN was not involved in the development or analysis of the survey.¹

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

¹This is the disclaimer that will be included in the e-mail cover letter for the survey:

 

The ASPN is pleased to distribute the attached survey on behalf of a Society member.  ASPN was not involved in developing this survey instrument and will not analyze the data.  Please respond directly to the investigator.