6:59 p.m.
Wow, totally brilliant. Surprising that he would respond -- and clearly
defensive. It may not cause actions on CIRA's part, but it will raise
concerns. All of this activity will be reported to the board. They don't
like it when their reputation gets a bit tarnished. And whoever is
sitting around the board table in November will be addressing this, one
way or another. If it is not me, and it probably won't be, I will be
writing another letter to the board, perhaps in conjunction with another
one of the candidates.
Thanks for all this Evan.
Marita
On 2025-09-25 6:13 p.m., Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Whew. There's actually been something of an exchange going on.
Matthew is avoiding accountability, claiming that.
* He and I are in the same professional circle because we were both
briefly on an ISOC Canada mailing list six years ago.
* He asserts what he did was ethical because he's not prohibited in
doing what he did (even though the guidelines "strongly encourage"
candidates from doing what he did).
* He's not breaking CASL because his was not commercial solicitation
(that's probably true), though he remains quite irritated by my
continued use of the term "spam" to refer to what he did.
He may continue to respond. I won't. The exchange in its current state
is all in the CIRA election mailbox; if what's there isn't enough to
cause any action, more of the same won't help.
- Evan
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM Marita Moll <mmoll(a)ca.inter.net
<mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net>> wrote:
Beautiful!!! Well done, Evan.
Marita
On 2025-09-25 1:56 p.m., Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> 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(a)cira.ca
> <mailto: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(a)ca.inter.net
> <mailto: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(a)cira.ca <mailto: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(a)cira.ca <mailto: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-re...
<https://www.cira.ca/en/board-and-governance/board-election/endorsement-re...
>>
>>
>> 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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