This was my response to the spam:

Mathew,

You don't know me and I don't know you.

I can only assume that you have obtained my email address through a list you have obtained of CIRA members. I consider your use of this list unethical as I have not received similar such mail from other candidates, as well as a likely violation of CASL since I have not given consent to you to receive this kind of solicitation.

I am CCing this response to elections@cira.ca and trust they will consider the seriousness of this breach of trust.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM Marita Moll <mmoll@ca.inter.net> wrote:

Wow, Ian!! I did not even know that. Thank you.

Unfortunately, when you are up against someone who uses the member list to solicit votes, it completely skews the playing field. And so, sadly, I got an unsolicited message from Matthew Gamble asking for my vote to give him a 3rd term. Anyone here who is a CIRA member probably got one too. Unless you know Mr. Gamble through your profession or social circles, it is completely legal but still in contravention of the spirit of these elections as per the following item on the CIRA elections information page:

"While CIRA is obligated by law to provide the list, we take the privacy of member information seriously. CIRA strongly encourages members who receive the list to only contact those members who are part of their professional and/or social circle and to refrain from sending unsolicited mass emails to respect members’ privacy. CIRA also requires that any email sent to members not include tracking links and that members’ information remain in Canada."

I have already forwarded my copy of the mailing to elections@cira.ca along with paragraph from the elections page. I encourage anyone here who feels so inclined and has no contacts with Mr. Gamble to also contact elections@cira.ca objecting to the practice. Even if you have already deleted that e-mail, they already have a copy from me. The more people who contact them, the better. Most of the current "encouragement" paragraph only exists as I have fought back each time asking the board to set some conditions when I received information from many of you about this practice and issues like tracking links included in the message. At the end of this, whoever wins, I will, once again be contacting the board about how unfair this is to all candidates who put themselves forward on the member slate and asking them to find a better way to deal with this problem.

Sorry for the long e-mail and thanks for all your support.

Marita

On 2025-09-25 12:54 a.m., Ian! D. Allen wrote:
Not only did Marita make the candidate list, she was the candidate with the largest number of endorsements!

https://www.cira.ca/en/board-and-governance/board-election/endorsement-results/


On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 07:43:49PM -0400, Marita Moll wrote:
Hi advisors. If you are a CIRA member, you should have received a notice that
the election period is now open -- one week only. I did make the final
candidate list on the members slate, so you can choose to vote for me, if you
wish.
Marita
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