I bet some tech guy put this question widely-used question in.  The  
APA director David Schrader is a good person and likely to be very  
amenable to getting the tech people to change this question -- or at  
least phase it out -- in favor of more neutral questions, like "what  
was the make of your first car?"  I like that one.  And have fond  
memories.  You can go straight to David because this is clearly an  
administrative matter and not something to call in the board for.

Noelle


On May 18, 2008, at 7:50 PM, Azzurra Crispino wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just noticed that the default security question for the APA  
> website is "what is your mother's maiden name?"  I've repeatedly  
> requested that banks require a password for me and not that  
> information, since (a) my mother's maiden name is my last name, (b)  
> this is really easy information to find out about someone and (c) I  
> detest the patriarchal and heterocentrist notion that a woman gets  
> married, takes on her husband's last name, and then has children.  I  
> know in the past FEAST has contacted the APA and had good success in  
> getting these sorts of things changed.  Does anyone have any  
> suggestions as to where I go from here, or am I just being pedantic?
>
> Azzurra