A campaign volunteer wants our club's email list. Can I refuse without accusing her?
Politics"You have everyone on a spreadsheet already," my friend said. "It would save us starting from scratch."
I look after the reminder emails for a badminton club in England. She volunteers for a local political campaign and wants the addresses so its team can invite members to an event. The club collected them for session notices. I haven't exported anything.
She thinks I am assuming the worst about people she knows. I don't think they have bad intentions. I also don't think my access to the spreadsheet makes it mine to hand over for a different purpose.
What should I say now, and what question belongs with the club officer responsible for the data? I'd rather have that conversation before anybody tries to decide informally that a friendly invitation can't create a problem.