How people agree to these texts
2nd Ward EQ — the elders quorum presidency of the St. George 2nd Ward. Evidence of consent for A2P 10DLC registration.
1. On the web form
The form is at https://sg2ndward.org/join. It asks for a name and a mobile number, and offers this box, which is never ticked in advance. Ticking it is optional; a number is saved only when it is ticked.
Directly beneath the box, before the button, the form reads: “Ticking the box is optional and is not a condition of any purchase, membership or service. Read the terms & conditions and the privacy policy.”
The form is open to anyone in the ward, not only the quorum. Messages to the quorum are signed 2nd Ward EQ; messages to everyone else are signed SG 2nd Ward. One programme, one number, one list; only the name people are given differs, so that somebody who is not in the elders quorum is not told she has joined it.
2. In person or by telephone
Where someone is asked face to face or on the telephone, this is read to them word for word. A member of the elders quorum is read the first; anyone else in the ward — who receives notice of ward activities the quorum is hosting rather than quorum business — is read the second. Every disclosure is identical in both; only the sentence saying what the texts are about differs.
“May I add your mobile number to the 2nd Ward EQ text list? The texts are sent by Nathan McNamee about quorum meetings, activities and service projects, up to 8 messages a month. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP at any time to end them, or HELP for help. Saying yes is optional and is not a condition of any purchase, membership or service. The terms and conditions are at sg2ndward.org/terms and the privacy policy is at sg2ndward.org/privacy. Do you agree to receive these texts, and do you accept the terms and conditions and the privacy policy?”
“May I add your mobile number to the SG 2nd Ward text list? The texts are sent by Nathan McNamee about ward activities and service projects hosted by the elders quorum, up to 8 messages a month. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP at any time to end them, or HELP for help. Saying yes is optional and is not a condition of any purchase, membership or service. The terms and conditions are at sg2ndward.org/terms and the privacy policy is at sg2ndward.org/privacy. Do you agree to receive these texts, and do you accept the terms and conditions and the privacy policy?”
Only a clear yes, to both the texts and the terms & conditions and privacy policy, is accepted. Whoever asked then records it, and cannot save it without confirming that the words above were read and agreed to, including acceptance of the terms and the privacy policy. The record keeps the number, the name, who took the consent, the date and time, and that it was given verbally.
3. The first message everyone receives
Sent the moment consent is recorded, by whichever route. It names the programme, the frequency, the rates and both keywords. Which of the three is sent matches what the person was told:
Signed up on the form:
Welcome to the SG 2nd Ward Text Group for quorum and ward announcements. Up to 8 msgs/month. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to cancel.
Asked in person, elders quorum:
Welcome to the 2nd Ward EQ Text Group for quorum announcements. Up to 8 msgs/month. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to cancel.
Asked in person, ward activities:
Welcome to the SG 2nd Ward Text Group for ward activity announcements. Up to 8 msgs/month. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to cancel.
4. Stopping
STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, END, QUIT and CANCEL all end the messages at once, whether they were agreed to on the form or in person. HELP returns help and the contact address. No message is ever sent to a number without a consent record.