December 2005 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:13440] How To Spell My Last Name
by dick＠pobox.com 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

31 DEC 2005 - 1610 CST To Our Board Family: It was originally not my desire to post this message about the spelling of my last name to the ODV reflector. Instead, I posted it directly to various ARRL staff members. However, in recent direct email and mail correspondence I have noticed the misspelling of my last name by some of you who have, up to now, been correctly spelling it. I have appended my previous message on this topic below. If you have already seen it, I apologize for the duplication. But if this is news to you, I earnestly ask you to read and heed. Happy New Year to all of you and your families! 73 - Dick, W9GIG ========================================================================= X-Priority: 2 (High) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:59:11 -0600 To: dsumner@arrl.org,hkramer@arrl.org,mhobart@arrl.org,bshelley@arrl.org From: dick(a)pobox.com Subject: QST Improvement? Cc: n1bke@arrl.org,kcapodicasa@arrl.org,k7bv@arrl.org,,n7ng@arrl.org, nn1n@arrl.org,jbloom@arrl.org,lkustosik@arrl.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_6109685==.ALT" 10 DEC, 2005 - 1450 CST To All Whom It Should Concern: I don't always look at the QST page that lists the officers, directors and staff. But in view of the format changes in the January 2006 issue of QST, I looked at this page... and, for the first time, I found my last name spelled WRONG! I was first listed as an ARRL director in the January 2001 issue of QST and my last name was correctly spelled and it has been since that issue until now. I have been aware of errors in the spelling of my last name in some headquarters staff correspondence and in some of the mailing labels used to send material to me over the last five years. However, my last name in the QST directors' listing (up to now), the name on my ARRL expense reimbursement checks, and virtually all of the QST articles where my name has been mentioned, has been correctly spelled. Up to now, I have not made these occasional errors an issue because they have been confined to in- house communications. The QST screw-up changes this. Please verify the spelling of my last name in all the various ARRL data- bases is ISELY , not Isley or some other variant. If it will help ARRL staff to spell my last name correctly, please write the word "WISELY" and then erase the "W". That is what my father told me - over 50 years ago - to tell people who messed up the family name. Better yet, make sure everybody's word-processing dictionary has ISELY listed. Then their computers will flag and hopefully auto-correct the error. I make it a point (barring a rare un-caught typo) to correctly spell names. It shows I am careful and interested in and respect my correspondents. Hopefully, this will be 100 percent reciprocated in the future within the ARRL headquarters family. BTW, I do like the new appearance of QST. :) 73 - George R. (Dick) ISELY, W9GIG ARRL Central Division Director 630-584-3510 w9gig(a)arrl.org dick(a)pobox.com

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[arrl-odv:13439] Re: Travel/Accomodation form
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Ned (and as a reminder to everyone), Lisa does not read arrl-odv traffic. She can send to the list but does not receive. I have forwarded this message to her, but messages for her should be sent to lkustosik(a)arrl.org or ka1ufz(a)arrl.org. Thanks,. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Ned Stearns [mailto:aa7a@cox.net] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:58 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13438] Re: Travel/Accomodation form Hi Lisa, I know you sent me the form, but for the life of me I cannot find it. Let me free form it and see if I get all the info.

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[arrl-odv:13438] Re: Travel/Accomodation form
by Ned Stearns 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Travel/Accomodation formHi Lisa, I know you sent me the form, but for the life of me I cannot find it. Let me free form it and see if I get all the info. I will be staying at the Marriott Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Jan 19 thru 21. Single occupant, non-smoking room, por favor. I will be arriving on Thursday on American Airlines Flight 1722, scheduled to arrive at 4:19 PM. I intend to be at the Marriott for dinner Thursday night and all other BOD events through Saturday night. I am scheduled to depart on Sunday on American Airlines flight 1295 at 9:47 AM. BTW...I found the form. It wasn't on my computer but in the letter. I forget about letters. As a bit of old business...When I attended my first BOD meeting last year, I was given a defective Vice Director badge. It was assembled with the clip below the centerline of the badge, which made it unstable when worn. I still need a replacement badge. The tape which helps to keep the badge erect keeps falling off and I have had to use things like Band-Aids to keep it working while on the road. Can you order me a replacement as we talked about last January? Many thanks for all you do. Looking forward to seeing you and all of the gang in few weeks. Keep the snow at bay, if you don't mind. Happy New Year! Ned Southwestern Division Vice Director ----- Original Message ----- From: Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ To: arrl-odv Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:32 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:13437] Travel/Accomodation form Please let me know your travel arrangements/hotel arrangements by 1/5. For those of you that have submitted it already, than you. Happy New Year! Lisa, KA1UFZ

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[arrl-odv:13437] Travel/Accomodation form
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Please let me know your travel arrangements/hotel arrangements by 1/5. For those of you that have submitted it already, than you. Happy New Year! Lisa, KA1UFZ

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[arrl-odv:13436] State legislative report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

The final state legislative report for 2005 from Chwat & Co. is posted for ODV at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/ODV/docs/Legislative/2005/012_05.doc Eric Heis of Chwat & Co. has added a state link feature to the first page and a brief conclusion to the 2005 year. He hopes to have the first report of 2006 ready by the time of our Board meeting next month. 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:13435] Timeshare
by Jim Weaver,K8JE 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Jim, What I've not told anyone prior to this is that the GLD has a substantial timeshare contract with Marriott for our monthly staff conferences in Bimini. We vote at our next meeting whether to open the membership to the League President. HNY to all, and to all a good night. Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL Great Lakes Division ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is!

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[arrl-odv:13434] Re: Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing
by w5jbp＠aol.com 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Gary, do you have a Marriott time share? I do not. -----Original Message----- From: Gary Johnston <gary(a)one.net> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:03:33 -0500 Subject: [arrl-odv:13430] Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing As many of us are Marriott customers, I found the following disturbing. /Gary KI4LA/ -- Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing December 28, 2005 ORLANDO, Fla. --The timeshare unit of Marriott International Inc. is notifying more than 200,000 people that their personal data are missing after backup computer tapes went missing from a Florida office. The data relates to 206,000 employees, timeshare owners and timeshare customers of Marriott Vacation Club International, the company said in a statement Tuesday. The computer tapes were stored in Orlando, where the unit is based. The company did not say when the tapes disappeared. They contained Social Security numbers, bank and credit card numbers, according to letters the company began sending customers on Saturday. ... (article continues) ... http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/12/28/marriott_customer_data_f…

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[arrl-odv:13433] Re: Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing
by Andy Oppel 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Yes, it was only related to Marriott's timeshare and vacation club owners. That's a separate business from the hotel chain with separate computer systems. By the way, Marriott Corporation owns less than 10% of the hotels that bear their logo -- the rest are all franchises, many of which are managed by (but not owned by) Marriott. There has been a lot of press about identity theft and lost personal information in recent years, mostly due to California's law that requires notification of any lost data that **could** lead to identity theft. The data elements required to assume someone's identity in the U.S. are full legal name, date of birth, and social security number. As hotel guests, the most that the hotel chain would have is a name, home address and credit card number -- not enough for identity theft, but of course, it is enough for credit card fraud. It's been common practice in the Information Technology industry to send backup tapes via 3rd parties (UPS, FedEx, etc.) to offsite storage facilities. Until recently, no one gave much thought to encrypting them -- we trusted the 3rd party not to lose them, and there actually has never been a confirmed case of identity theft or credit card fraud based on a lost backup tape. Keep in mind that backup tapes are in a compressed format -- on it is a stream of letters, numbers and other symbols, and you have to know the format to be sure of where one data item begins and another one ends. Most of the lost backup tapes turn up eventually, and for many reasons, these incidents are largely noise that isn't as bad as the press makes it sound. On the other hand, obfuscation isn't the same as security, so companies are taking steps to encrypt backup tapes to secure them from prying eyes. Here is an article that recaps 2005's most infamous data security breaches. The ones to be really concerned about are incidents like CardSystems, ChoicePoint and LexisNexis where the thieves penetrated their live systems and were clearing taking information so they could use it or sell it. http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1397,1834526,00.asp?kc=BANKT0209KTX1K… -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO Pacific Division Vice Director (also Principal Data Architect, Ceridian and author of "Databases Demystified" and "SQL Demystified", both published by McGraw-Hill/Osborne) At 10:17 AM 12/29/2005, you wrote: >Gary, > >As far as I see, this only relates to employees, members and >customers of Marriott's Time Share unit and not their hotels unit. > >I believe that anything we are doing with Marriott for the board >meetings would be totally different. I have never given Marriott my >social security number nor my bank account number. I am not concerned. > >- Bill N3LLR > > >---------- >From: Gary Johnston [mailto:gary@one.net] >Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:04 PM >To: arrl-odv >Subject: [arrl-odv:13430] Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing > > >As many of us are Marriott customers, I found the following >disturbing. /Gary KI4LA/ > >-- > >Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing > >December 28, 2005 > >ORLANDO, Fla. --The timeshare unit of Marriott International Inc. is >notifying more than 200,000 people that their personal data are >missing after backup computer tapes went missing from a Florida >office. > >The data relates to 206,000 employees, timeshare owners and timeshare >customers of Marriott Vacation Club International, the company said >in a statement Tuesday. The computer tapes were stored in Orlando, >where the unit is based. > >The company did not say when the tapes disappeared. They contained >Social Security numbers, bank and credit card numbers, according to >letters the company began sending customers on Saturday. > >... (article continues) ... > ><http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/12/28/marriott_customer_data_f…>http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/12/28/marriott_customer_data_f…

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[arrl-odv:13431] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

IN-Newsletter Vol. 28, No. 52 December 28, 2005 -- Covers the period December 18-24. Upcoming Meetings and Events Annual Board Meeting January 20-21, 2006 in Windsor, CT Development December has been a very busy month in Development with an influx of year-end contributions. The Spectrum Defense Fund has reached $138,657 from 2580 donors. The Diamond Club topped its July reforecast number, reaching $223,000 in contributions on the year. The Year End campaign has raised $21,760 against its goals of $43,750 with four days remaining in the year. The ARRL Board is just 2 gifts shy of 100% in contributions for the year. Production/Editorial Rick Lindquist reports The ARRL Letter, Vol. 24, No. 50, distributed to 66,153 members on Dec 23. By and large, circulation for The ARRL Letter compared with the same period a year earlier has been essentially flat if not down somewhat. There will be no edition of The ARRL Letter on December 30. Rick wrapped up work on the "Happenings" column and "Katrina Chronicles 2" for Feb 2006 QST. He covered an ARISS school group contact with a school in California via teleconference. He also prepared/edited stories on the ARRL's Dec 19 letter to FCC regarding ongoing interference from the Manassas BPL system, Kids Day (from Mark Spencer's great QST article!), Tate and Copps confirmed for FCC seats, ARISS school group contacts in Texas and California, Holiday Toy Drive wrap-up, NA1SS casual QSO activity, vanity call sign processing resumption, new Maryland-DC SM, ARISS-Russia "Space Patrol" holiday operating event, "The Amateur Amateur" Web column, FCC enforcement correspondence and several announcements and news briefs, including some posted for the week of Dec 26, when Rick will be on vacation. Rick scripted, voiced, edited and produced ARRL Audio News for Dec 23. There will be no edition of ARRL Audio News on December 30. Please pass any news items between now and Jan 9 to Joel Kleinman. Lab BPL Two of the members of the IEEE "P1775" BPL EMC committee wanted to see BPL systems close up and see how measurements were made. Ed accompanied them to the BPL systems in Briarcliff Manor, NY; Shelton, CT and Agawam, MA. They asked that their names and affiliations not be publicized. While there, Ed documented that Ambient is once again using the ham bands in Briarcliff Manor, NY. He measured all three systems above the FCC emissions limits. Ed also reports that even though Pennsylvania Power and Light announced that they are turning off the system in Allentown, PA, he has received reports from Allentown area hams that both parts of the system are still in operation. The system is not listed in the BPL database. Ed also has reported to Chris Imlay that a number of other active systems are not in the database. The "ARRL BPL Database" at http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/bpl/ex2.html was given a major facelift and update over the past two weeks. At this point, there are 42 systems reported as active in the United States. Ed is continuing to work with local hams to determine if there is interference from these systems and to document and report it. Ed gave a presentation on BPL to the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association annual meeting, held each November in Newport, RI. Ed was asked to write a paper for their monthly newsletter, summarizing the presentation. He will supply a URL for the paper as soon as it is posted on the AMTA web page. Ed has agreed to do a presentation on BPL at an upcoming one-day event to be hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute in Lenox, MA. Ed will share the stage with several industry presenters. This is scheduled to take place on March 11. Ed will provide the location of the event when it is finalized. Ed spent a lot of time this week responding to member inquiries about a recent press release that announced that a major electric utility in Texas, TXU, is going to install BPL in the Dallas area. This will be available to 2 million customers over the coming two years. The BPL system is manufactured by Current Technologies. While this system still causes interference on the spectrum it uses, it operates between 30 and 50 MHz on medium-voltage distributions lines, and uses HomePlug modems to get into premises. These modems are notched by about 25 dB in the ham bands. The system deliberately avoids all ham bands except 60 meters, which wasn't around when the HomePlug system was designed. RFI Mike Gruber solicited some authors for a new edition of the RFI Book. Mike Gruber worked on a comprehensive test report for an RFI case in Florida. While there for an ARRL convention, Mike spent a day using the Lab's power-line noise locating equipment to find the noise sources. This is a case that may result in an FCC Citation or other enforcement action, so it merited special attention. ARRL Web Zack Lau revised the Satellite web page to eliminate links and references to satellites no longer in service. Sales & Marketing We have recorded over 652 returns from November's membership mailing to 20,000 lapsed members (General, Adv, and Extra)--among one of the largest return rates enjoyed this year. The mailing was similar to one conducted in the spring, but included an additional insert highlighting ARRL and Amateur Radio's response during the gulf coast disaster and other emergencies. We will soon begin carrying a third "Dummies" title: Electronics for Dummies. The artwork used to depict the ARRL "four pillars" at ARRL EXPO is being reconfigured to support a scaled-down version. The availability of this artwork in a smaller scale may be helpful for Division and Section volunteers seeking high quality ARRL display materials for hamfests and other events. Plans are well underway to introduce a product line around the "When All Else Fails" tagline and logo. An email solicitation was sent on Friday afternoon, touting a handful of "end of holiday" specials. The campaign should help drive some additional traffic to the e-store throughout the Christmas holiday weekend. New Oxford dress shirts have been introduced into the ARRL logo merchandise store (see www.barkerspecialty.com/arrl) The shirts are embroidered with the ARRL logo, and can be personalized with first name and call sign. By popular request, these shirts are comprised of a 60/40 cotton/polyester blend (no or less ironing). Shirts are available in blue and white, short-sleeve and long-sleeve. New ham information packages were sent to 10 prospects this week. Online Courses We have utilized 177 mentors during 2005 for the online courses. A holiday greeting was sent to these volunteers during the week, recognizing their valuable contribution to the program. In an effort to discover why a substantial percentage of Technician Course students do not complete the course, a survey is being prepared to email to some of these students. ON-LINE COURSES Registrations During this week Graduations Antenna Modeling (EC-004) 1 4 HF Digital (EC-005) 0 2 RFI (EC-006) 1 1 VHF/UHF (EC-008) 0 0 Antenna Design and Construction (EC-009) 1 0 Technician Licensing (EC-010) 3 1 Propagation (EC-011) 1 2 Analog Electronics (EC-012) 3 0 Digital Electronics (EC-013) 0 0 Emergency Comm. Level 1 (EC-001) 20 19 Emergency Comm. Level 2 (EC-002) 4 21 Emergency Comm. Level 3 (EC-003) 2 12 We have begun shipping wholesale book orders to a new Baker & Taylor warehouse in Lewisville, Texas. 83 Dealer orders were processed. February QST advertising was completed. This month proved very challenging with quite a few last minutes changes to advertising plans. AES and Kenwood ran 2 pages instead of 3. Membership Services Awards Branch WAC QSL Cards Checked 36 5B WAC Certificates (30 QSLs ES/C) 1 WAC Endorsements (6 QSLs ES/C) 1 Replacement Award 1 A-1 Operator Nominations 1 A-1 Operator Certificates 5 DXCC HR Plaques Shipped 25 Reconcile Plaque Accounting 53 Charges for DXCC Plaques 9 Report for the January Board Meeting has been completed. Processing Status: Current or up to three weeks. For the coming week-WAS QSL card checking, VUCC awards, Extra Class certificates, ship out the DXCC #1 Honor Roll, 5 Band, and Challenge plaques, and start work on the new orders. DXCC Branch For the Week of: December 25, 2005 Beginning Credits 56,396 Credits Received 12,633 Credits Processed 13,940 Ending Credits 55,089 Applications Pending 389 Processing time 7.4 Weeks Year-to-date (2005) Credits Received 601,417 Credits Returned 619,368 DXCC is currently entering credits received on November 18, 2005. DXCC is currently mailing applications received on November 3, 2005. Elizabeth Sanchez from ASI temps started work with the DXCC Branch this week. Logbook of the World QSO records entered into the system 86,952,981 QSL records have resulted 4,398,055 Logs Processed 170,845 Active Certificates 16,882 Users registered in the system 11,205 Hybrids Pending Mail 123 QSL Branch There is a 5 day processing time delay. This week, 84 pounds of cards were received from members. The next scheduled mailing is Friday, December 30th. W1AW W1AW received as a donation a pre-wired Kenwood Microphone and ProSet Media headset from Heil Sound. These items will be used with the new donated Kenwood TS-480SAT. Joe updated the web code practice files. He created the texts for the January 2006 W1AW Qualifying Runs. Joe processed regular W1AW QSL card requests and has begun work on the 2005 IARU W1AW/5 card requests (domestic and DX). He has been working with Mike Tracy to track down an intermittent problem with the Harris 160-meter exciter. Joe and other staff continue testing with the new 1.2 GHz D-Star repeater system. He also worked the late afternoon/night shifts on Thursday and Friday for a vacationing Scott Gee. Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the first part of the month of January. He also handled some evening phone sales calls in the daily 5 PM to 8 PM time slots. Scott continues to assist the DXCC department by proof-reading applications that have been inputted into the DXCC system (but require a check of the work). Field & Educational Services Field Organization/Public Service Team Chuck Skolaut received documentation in response to two different FCC monitoring requests about 75 meters, and he forwarded the information to the FCC. Official Observers are following up on a report of unlicensed 2 meter operation in West Virginia as well as an interference case in Wisconsin to a 2 meter repeater from a packet node. Volunteer monitors have noted several fishnet beacons on 160 meters, a suspected navigational aid, and a bubble jammer on 40 meters. A reported signal on 17 meters appears to be a Chinese shortwave broadcast station. Preliminary information has been received regarding nominations for the International Humanitarian Award. Leona finished preparatory work on the Virginia Section Manager election. Candidate statements and ballots are being printed. Steve Ewald contacted all Ham Aid applicants by e-mail who where scheduled to receive additional reimbursement funds because they had worked more than the original limit of four days in the field. More Ham Aid applications are coming in advance of the December 31 deadline. Steve also took part in the monthly Citizen Corps Affiliates' teleconference where several member organizations are studying their responses to the 2005 hurricane season. A Citizen Corps-sponsored meeting with Affiliate representatives is planned for February in Washington DC. ARISS PR: The Mt. Carmel HS (San Diego) QSO was covered by the North County Times, Union Tribune, and Corridor News. Links are: www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/12/16/news/inland/21_11_4412_15_05.txt and www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20051216-9999-1mi16space.html The first crew-picked school for Expedition 12 was Carman Park Elementary School (MI), and the QSO was webcast, was on EchoLink and EDU_Net, and was audio-streamed on the IRLP Discovery Reflector. ARISS Update: Rosalie drafted a Web story about the Russian-sponsored ham activity from the ISS and from cosmonauts operating HF in the Moscow area. She began assisting the ARISS Team in drafting an annual report for NASA. She studied a proposed charter developed by NASA, listing questions and possible additions for the document. The QST feature committee asked Rosalie to critique a story about making ARISS QSOs. ARISS' Affect on Schools/Students: The ham rigs used for the Mt. Carmel HS (San Diego) ARISS QSO will be left at the school for their new ham club. International Aspects: Rosalie participated in the ARISS-Intl monthly telecon, taking the minutes. Non-ARISS: Growth Team--Rosalie forwarded information to Steve Ewald from the Hurricane Watch Net volunteers about an upcoming conference. Field Education Team Instructor Reg 7 Large BS Exhibit Kit 1 Club Updates 12 Tel Propsect 1 Sales 1 Membership Class Assist 1 Emcomm Assist 1 SSC Certs Sent 3 ACC Approvals 10 Amateur Radio Education & Technology Program-Mark Spencer This has been a quiet week since most schools are out for the holidays, therefore administrative chores were cleared up and various management reports drafted and submitted. Grant application processing will continue once EC votes on the grants are received. There have been a few inquires on the teacher's institute that were stimulate by the QST article. Unfortunately, I received word that one of the ETP schools has had to abandon their program due to personnel changes and the equipment will be returned. I will be re-distributing the equipment as appropriate. Alternatively I received a request for activity board from another school, so it is a wash. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 1/2 Holiday Steve Ford 12/24-1/3 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 12/27-12/30 Vacation Zoe Belliveau 12/27-12/30 Vacation Diane Szlachetka 12/27-12/30 Vacation Rick Lindquist 12/27-1/6 Vacation Joel Kleinman 12/29-12/30 Vacation `` 1/5 Vacation Perry Williams 12/23-1/3 Vacation Dennis Motschenbacher 12/27-12/30 Vacation Allen Pitts 12/24-1/2 Vacation Dan Henderson 12/22-1/4 Vacation Gail Iannone 12/19-12/30 Vacation Norman Fusaro 12/23-1/2 Vacation Greg Kwasowski 12/19-12/31 Vacation MaryAnn Macdonald 12/27-12/30 Vacation Lisa Tardette 12/27-12/30 Vacation Dean Straw 12/20-1/3 Vacation Joe Bottiglieri 12/21-1/3 Vacation Ed Hare 1/9-1/13 IEEE Committee Meeting, LasVegas, NV `` 3/12-3/17 ANSI Committee Meeting, Piscataway, NJ

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Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing
by Bill Edgar 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Gary, As far as I see, this only relates to employees, members and customers of Marriott's Time Share unit and not their hotels unit. I believe that anything we are doing with Marriott for the board meetings would be totally different. I have never given Marriott my social security number nor my bank account number. I am not concerned. - Bill N3LLR _____ From: Gary Johnston [mailto:gary@one.net] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:04 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13430] Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing As many of us are Marriott customers, I found the following disturbing. /Gary KI4LA/ -- Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing December 28, 2005 ORLANDO, Fla. --The timeshare unit of Marriott International Inc. is notifying more than 200,000 people that their personal data are missing after backup computer tapes went missing from a Florida office. The data relates to 206,000 employees, timeshare owners and timeshare customers of Marriott Vacation Club International, the company said in a statement Tuesday. The computer tapes were stored in Orlando, where the unit is based. The company did not say when the tapes disappeared. They contained Social Security numbers, bank and credit card numbers, according to letters the company began sending customers on Saturday. ... (article continues) ... http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/12/28/marriott_customer_data_fo r_200000_missing/

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