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 <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> 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 [log in to unmask] >Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 46 deg. F >*********************************************************** > >On Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:50:36 -0400 "Edie Luther." <[log in to unmask]> >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 >>