Mexico ends use of House-to-House Record & Please Follow Up

[Jack Ryan]

In a letter to all congregations dated April 27, 2015 the Central American Branch (Mexico) has ended the use of S-8-S and S-43-S.

 

Bad translation but you get the idea:

We inform you that we are discontinuing in the territory of the branch using the Registration forms from house to house (S-8) and person who showed interest (S-43), in order to avoid giving the erroneous impression that the branch or congregation are collecting personal information to make preaching, without the knowledge or consent of the people.

Some publishers have decided to make personal notes, perhaps taking advantage of a notebook, notepad or device Personal mail, when they are unable to contact people (not at home) or talk with someone who shows interest in the Bible (od p. 91 para. 33). If someone finds a publisher who speaks another language, you can take the initiative to locate another publisher to serve a congregation or group of foreign-language and is trained to give assistance; or he can encourage the person to write down their contact details on jw.org, if you want the visit (od pp. 93-94 paras. 38-40). So without these forms will have no negative effect on make return visits and conduct Bible classes if every publisher conducts its records using discretion and good Judgement.

[Raymond Sommerfeldt]

We have not used those forms here in Australia for at least 18 months from memory. notebook works fine as long as notes are made discreetly for personal use.