Due to tremendous amounts of spam, I have had to protect my e-mail address. All e-mail from recipients not on my white list is automatically deleted. If you need to contact me, please read carefully. Unfortunately, due to automated spam specifically targetting this form page, the form below will mail automatically to spam (at) ftc (dot) gov.  Do not use this form if you actually wish to contact me.  Instead, change the URL above in the following way: 'nospam_cntct' -> 'con_tact' (ALL else the same) and then use the form on that page.  There are NO links to that page right now, deliberately so to foil link-following software.  My apologies for the difficulty of this, but script kiddies are using the Internet without significant accountability, and until the resources exist to police them and remove their access, I'll have to resort to measures like this to protect my communications.   Future measures might require my removing this page altogether.

Some guidelines will help both of us.

1. Friends and relatives of Phil Otken and family – all e-mail addresses I have from the past have been added to my white list. If you feel I am not responding to a message you’ve sent, please use the form below. Be patient, please – I will eventually send an acknowledgement and add you to the list.
2. Prospective customers / employers – Inquiries are always welcome for specific, currently open positions / job requests only. Inquiries about specific future projects are OK provided the project has been funded. Please check my resume and hiring notes carefully; if I have specified job objectives, that means I am not interested in other types of jobs at this time. Please do not contact me to update your databases, solicit general resume requests, or other non-specific requests. If there is any doubt about a communication I receive, it will be ignored. Persistent offenders will be billed.
3. Suggestion box - Science education professionals with a serious suggestion for topical material may start a dialog using the form below.   Please be brief and to the point; I'll respond when I can.
4. Others – Please contact me by U.S. mail. Address: 8915 Georgian Dr., Austin, TX., 78753. N.B.: Under no circumstances is anyone to contact me, my family, my businesses, etc. in an attempt to sell me anything. Unsolicited commercial communications (except as specified in item 2 above) are forbidden. Please do not waste your time nor mine trying to sell to an unwilling customer. I reserve the right to be rude, to bill for my time, to sue or otherwise sanction offenders. This constitutes fair warning under applicable State of Texas and Federal laws.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Phil Otken