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RE: Ivan I have to support Jim and Dale on this. I am not a member of NPF and have no loyalty to them at all. In fact in the discussions about the formation of the alliance I took a position counter to theirs. A year or 2 ago I too had at Ivan's behest tried to deal with NPF on this matter listening only to Ivan's part of the story. After talking to several people I came to the conclusion while NPF was not blameless Ivan's claim was highly inflated as to the amount that he was reasonably due. He has taken every opportunity -the most recent being when I mentioned NPF in the Bob Fink conspiracy spoof-.. to bad-mouth NPF and repeat his story to a fresh audience. For someone who doesn't believe in suing Parkinson's organizations he calls for a boycott ever chance he gets. And remember this is the same person who called on our sympathies when he didn't get chosen by PBS to appear on Lehrer. They decided on Hillery who was advocating or Ivan, I suspect for her genuine compassion and problems. Ivan claimed PBS was discriminating against him because he was gay. When several listmembers wrote to him off list stating that they felt that he should stop pushing his personal agenda he wrote to the list stating that he was getting anti-gay hate-mail which- with the information I had I wrote a post supporting Ivan- only to find out from the alleged gay bashers what they actually wrote. And then when the petition came up you will find my name conspicuously absent since I assume the City has their side which I would need to hear before advocating in any way for Ivan. The list is full of compassionate people who want to help other PWP's who are in need. The list is great for that but it can be abused. Ivan may well need help but I don't think it is the kind that we can provide for him. Hasn't this gone far enough? Charlie Jim Cordy wrote: > I have pondered all morning as to whether it would be a waste of my time to > comment further on Ivan's suggested boycott of NPF. I concluded that it > probably would be but, that I could not help myself. > > First, let me state loudly I AGREE WITH MY GOOD FRIEND DALE. > > This is now my personal opinion: > > If this were a for-profit company, it would probably be money well spent to > settle with Ivan, as the cost of the bad PR has long ago exceeded any > settlement. But, it is a charity. People who give their money to go to > Parkinson's research expect it to go to Parkinson's research. > > I know of no one more dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's than > Nathan Slewett. I believe that he feels it is his personal responsibility to > see that ever dollar donated to NPF is spent judiciously. Paying Ivan, I do > not believe, is on his list of things to do to speed the cure. > > I've tried unsuccessfully on numerous occassions and mamy ways, both on and > off the list, to see this sad saga put to bed. Perhaps Ivan will quit his > unending attack on NPF if he sees that it can be viewed as a positive > testimony to NPF's financial integrety. -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************