Who’s Who and Who Wants to Know

Here’s an excerpt from a letter I received today…
“Dear Kara,
You were recently appointed as a biographical candidate to represent xxx,WV in the 2008/2009 online Cambridge Who’s Who Registry Among Executive and Professional Women.We are pleased to inform you that on July 9, 2008, your candidacy was approved…..The office of the Managing Director appoints individuals based upon a candidate’s current position, and usually with information obtained from researched executive and professional listings. The Director thinks that you may make an interesting biographical subject…”

I was happy to read the letter and take a look at the information they wanted to know. I remember being in a Who’s Who book in high school and college. They asked all sorts of information on the biography form, included a photo, and wrote a great little summary piece about me.

However, this letter and response card struck me as a little odd. (Guess that was my gut reaction kicking in.)

First, the response card

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