- Dates
- 2008-07 – 2008-08-19
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island Rural Health Center
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Rural Health Center
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fundraisinghealthcaregovernancecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 2008 BIRHC silent-auction notice required bidders to register for a number and stated that names would not be divulged; the public bid sheet and announcements would use bidding numbers instead. Bids could be submitted in person, by telephone, or by email through the 19 August deadline.
Privacy interpretation
This is an auction confidentiality procedure: it limits public identification of bidders. It is not a medical-record privacy policy and does not establish that the Health Center withheld all transaction records from authorized administrative access.
Evidence limits
The source describes the announced procedure, not its later implementation or the winning bid.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 2008, "Silent Auction".Explains that BIRHC bidders had to register for numbered bid identifiers, could bid in person, by telephone, or email, and would be identified publicly only by number; the deadline was 5 p.m. August 19. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the auction instructions.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “BIRHC silent auction uses bidder numbers to protect privacy, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-silent-auction-privacy-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2008, "Silent Auction". (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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