What's up with the Chocolate Blues spam?

Has anyone else been overly spammed by the organizers of this event? It seems fishy to me. I have found them harvesting my email address from my profile to send me emails to my work account about their event. Not contacting me via SI, or inviting me to their event via SI. They acknowledged that they got my email from SI when I asked to not receive any more solicitations from them.

Now, there's a new "member" who's pasting the same message into everyone's profile about the event. He may be a valid member, but it seems fishy the amount of times the same message is being copied onto member's profiles every 20 seconds or so On top of that, someone from there called my wife at her work the other day. It's all been centered around SI.

I don't know why it's bothering me so much. It seems like we're being used, and that doesn't sit well wit h me. I noticed too that the organizers aren't from Indiana, and that got my Hoosier blood boiling! I sent Pat a message asking if their methods jive with the terms of service of SI, but got no reply. Isn't this blatent self promotion? Can anyone help me out here?

I don't mean to be snarky or mean. I wish them the best of luck with their business. I just think what they've done on here is a little over the top, and kind of shady. It definitely doesn't fit with the spirit of Smaller Indiana as far as I'm concerned.

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?