No-call list targets
U.S. telemarketers
■ i he new plan would allow
people to keep telemarketers
from calling their homes
By Marty Toohey
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Federal Trade Commission
could soon begin offering people
the option of blocking telemar
keters under a system similar to
Oregon’s.
Oregon is one of 25 states with
no-call legislation, according to
the National Conference of State
Legislatures, and under the legis
lation residents can call the De
partment of Justice and place
their home numbers on a list off
limits to telemarketers.
“Oregon has one of the best no
call policies in the country,” DOJ
spokeswoman Jan Margosian
said. “We will participate in
FTC’s creation of the list and tell
them what worked for us.”
Representatives from the Ore
gon Department of Justice will
aid in creating the regulations,
which could be ready as early as
this summer, Margosian said.
Under the proposed registry,
FTC could fine telemarketing
companies $11,000 for calling
people on the list.
It consumers don t want to be
called, they should have a way to
avoid those calls,” said Howard
Beales, FTC’s director of con
sumer protection.
Some in the telemarketing in
dustry have raised concerns about
the FTC’s no-call proposal. Jim
Conway, a spokesman for the Di
rect Marketing Association, said
adding a national no-call list to
state lists would create more has
sle, paperwork and confusion. He
said the industry generates $660
billion annually, and that a nation
al no-call list would cost the in
dustry billions. He said most na
tional and regional telemarketing
businesses have membership with
DMA, and the association main
tains its own no-call list.
He admitted, however, that be
cause not all telemarketers have
joined DMA, not all are subject to
the association’s no-call list.
All companies conducting busi
ness in Oregon are subject to the
state’s no-call law, which Oregon’s
DOJ created in 1999. The attorney
general’s office distributes the no
call list to companies conducting
business in Oregon, and if a tele
marketer contacts a person on the
list, DOJ can fine the company up
to $25,000.
“The law is working wonderful
ly,” Margosian said. “It’s protecting
people from being called at incon
venient times by people they don’t
want to deal with.”
No-call list registration for one
year costs $6.50. Renewals cost
Ways to deal
with telemarketers:
1. Subscribe to Oregon’s no-cat! list.
The state maintains a list of people
who have requested telemarketer
blocks, and the state can fine
telemarketers calling people on the
list up to $25,000.
2. Immediately tell telemarketers,
“Do not call me again, and put my
name on your ‘do not call’ list" State
law requires that the telemarketing
company never calls you again.
3. Telemarketers must identify
within 30 seconds their company,
their product and its cost, and ask if
the person is interested. Report any
who wait more than 30 seconds to
the state attorney general’s office.
4. Ask anyone who violates the rules
above whether the company has
; registered with the attorney general's
office, if the company has not,
report them.
To subscribe to the state's no
•calf list, call 1- 077-700-6622 or log
on to www.ornocall.com. To file a
complaint against a telemarketer,
calf 1-877-877*9392, or log
ORto wwiy dokstate.or.us.
Source. Oregon Department of Justice
$3, and the state updates the list
each month.
The no-call law includes exemp
tions for charities, opinion surveys
unrelated to marketing, businesses
from which a person has previous
ly made purchases and telemar
keters who a resident has request
ed call the residence.
People not on the list can also
stop telemarketers from making
follow-up calls. If a person tells a
telemarketer to not call again, the
company cannot legally make an
other call to the residence.
“People who aren’t interested
should immediately say, ‘Do not
call me again, and put my name
on your do not call list,’” Mar
gosian said. “If they’re told not to
call back, the business should
never call again.”
Oregon and federal laws re
quire telemarketers to identify
their company, their product and
its cost, as well as ask if the per
son contacted is interested with
in the first 30 seconds of the call.
A person must request the com
pany not call the number again in
those 30 seconds.
Oregon maintains its no-call list
in conjunction with OTA Services
of Salem, a company that handles
list-serve operations. Residents can
add their name to the no-call list
by calling toll-free 1-877-700-6622
or visiting www.omocall.com.
E-mail reporter Marty Toohey
at martytoohey@dailyemerald.com.
1225
ALDER
345-2434
Not valid with any other discounts or coupons. _
MON-FRI10AM-10PM • SAT 11AM-9PM • SUN 12PM-9PM
^5 f\SVJ Tslcirrt*
The Oregon Daily Emerald is always looking for young
writers who want to learn and grow at a real newspaper.
For information on how to freelance for the Emerald, call 346-5511.
frfcElO
MOCHA MADNESS
.10? off any mocha!
Mon, Tues, Wed only
r Valid until 2-7-02
Serrino’s Coffee Company • 1591 Willamette • (541) 485-4181 <§>
Virtual Office Systems Inc.
In Partnership with
The University of Oregon Bookstore
3131 West 11th Ph. 343-8633 Open Mon-Sat 10-6
“Power Player”
AMD Duron -950
$869.99
• Microstar MS 6330 Board
• 32 MB GeForce 2 MX
*20 Gig WD 7200 RPM
• 128 MB 133 MHz RAM
• 17” CTL .27Monitor
With a Duron 1000, $889.99
With a 19”Monitor, $959.99
Add a 100 MB Zip Drive $50
The VOS Computers
Giveaway Shootout
is back!
“Ultimate”
Athlon -HP 1600+
$1049.99
• MSI 6380 Motherboard
• 32 MB GeForce 2 MX
• 30 GB 7200 RPM Drive
• 256 MB DDR 266 MHz
• 17”.27SVGA Monitor
W/a Athlon 1700+, $1069.99
W/a Athlon 1800+, $1109.99
Add a 16/40 D VD for $80
VOS systems include A TX case, Windows 98 SE, ME', or XP Home, 52X CD,
56K v.90 modem, mouse, keyboard, floppy, sound, stereo speakers, warranty.
V OS Inc. Systems are also available at the UO Bookstore. Parts available only at VOS Inc.
Details at:
www. voscomputers. com
I lives good thjough I >1 02. AMI). K7, XP. Athlon and Duron me trademarks of AMD. Inc. Specs.subject to change, www.voscomputers.com
Senate Ad Hoc Committee on
Campus Responses to Aftermath of September 11 Events
Department of Philosophy
presents Philosophy Looks at the War
Wednesday, January 30 4:00-5:30
100 Willamette Hall
In an effort to facilitate education and informed discussion-—from a variety of
perspectives—on the events of September 11"' and their aftermath, the University of
Oregon Senate Ad-Hoc Committee charged with coordinating the university's response is
sponsoring a series of panel presentations and discussions during Winter term 2002.
Symposia will meet weekly, on Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:30 P.M., in 100
Willamette Hall. Each week will feature presentations and discussions that
draw on the particular perspectives, specializations and expertise of University
of Oregon schools, departments and programs, as well as individual faculty
engaged in teaching and research on topics that inform our understanding of the
September 11* crisis and subsequent developments.
The University Senate Ad-Hoc Committee does not take positions on issues of policy, politics, or
ideology. To ensure its neutrality, the Committee will provide clear identification of the specific
sponsorship of campus activities by the groups that carry them out. In all cases, the content of
remarks and materials relating to these issues are the responsibility of their sponsors, and do not
reflect an official position of the Ad-Hoc Committee or the University of Oregon.
All meetings are free of charge and open to the public.
To contact the Senate Ad Hoc Committee, e-mail
septl 1 @darkwing.uoregon.edu or connect to the
Committee’s web page:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/-septll/
FIND THINGS IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS (ROOMMATES, TICKETS, STUFF
YOU LOST, BICYCLES, CARS, JOBS, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES)