Re: Ken B.'s NPF comments/ 1-800-433-7022

[bob Anibal <boba@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You are not going to get anywhere b------- about NPF on this or any other
forum. They probably don't even look at it. Even though you don't like it,
at this point you have to make a choice, sue or forget it.
Bob Anibal
-----Original Message-----
From: Ivan M Suzman <cureit@xxxxxxxx>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, October 24, 1997 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Ken B.'s NPF comments/ 1-800-433-7022


> Dear Edie and other uncomfortable Listmembers,
>
>    I am sorry to appear to drag this on, and therefore I do apologize to
>those Listmembers who do not want to hear about the NPF. Please just hit
>the delete button if the NPF issue is too burdensome to deal with.
>
>     Edie, I am actually NOT comfotable
> endorsing the idea that is indeed coming up, that any money  coming to
>me might end up coming from Listmembers passing the cyber-hat!   I'm GLAD
>you got that thought off your chest--I would be uneasy if you harbored
>that feeling and never felt safe enough to let it out.  Thank you for
>sharing it.
>
>      Edie, even though 2 lawyers have approached me about a lawsuit
>against the NPF, I still feel an awful, sick feeling in the pit of my
>stomach, when I even CONSIDER the idea of a lawsuit.. If the NPF would
>just talk to me, they would discover that I am really only asking for my
>money back, and want to AVOID sueing.   A lawsuit is a LASt RESORT.
>
>   I have only posted the List repeatedly because I just don't know any
>other way to get the attention of the NPF.  Believe me, I have tried
>everything EXCEPT sueing.  I just feel, deep down, that there MUST be a
>non-confrontational way to get them to talk to me AND SETTLE.
>
>  As you probably know, I do try to help Listmembers whenever I can, and
>have even thanked Bill Turenne of the NPF for his Udall Bill updates in a
>different post tonight.
>
>  If I were the NPF Chairman of the Board, I would ask myself, can I
>afford all the negative publicity?  Avoiding the issue produces
>ill-feeling that is damaging to the NPF.
>
>
>Yours,
>
>IVAN
>
>
>^^^^^^GREETINGS  FROM^^^^^^^^^^
>Ivan Suzman  47/10   cureit@xxxxxxxx
>Portland, Maine   land of lighthouses  46   deg. F
>***********************************************************
>
>On Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:50:36 -0400 "Edie Luther." <EDIELUT@xxxxxxx>
>writes:
>>There isn't a day that goes by that we don''t hear about Ivan's
>>dilemma.  I
>>feel sorry for him that he doesn't have the "backbone" to continue his
>>retaliation with NPF on his own.  He's gotten enough  support from his
>>fellow
>>pwp's.  If I'm reading between the lines correctly, he would be happy
>>to pass
>>the hat around the listserv. and get a collection from his fellow
>>pwp's
>>rather than follow through with legal action.,
>>
>>Throw sticks and stones at me for my comments, but I'm glad I got this
>>off my
>>chest.
>>
>>Edie
>>63/l7
>>