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From: Jamal.Mazrui@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Jamal Mazrui)
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Subject: Re: Proposed Resolution at 1990 NFB Convention
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Date: 14 Dec 90 04:35:10 GMT
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Thanks for your message.  I did consult a few attorneys and the
conclusion I drew was that most judges will not interfere with
the affairs of a private organization.  Such an organization may
do almost whatever they want, even if it is quite offense to
ethics and taste in the culture at large.  Since the last
message you read from me, the National Federation of the Blind
did in fact expel me at a meeting of its national board of
directors.  I sent a written defense of about ten pages, but
received no assurance that it would be distributed to the board
or publicly read at this meeting.  Ithen got a letter in writing
about a week later notifying me of my expulsion for "activity
unbecoming to a member."  There is little I can do legally to be
re-instated, but if they slander me in the monthly publication,
the Braille Monitor, Iwould have a case.  I am also bringing my
case to the wider forum of public opinion such as here so that
people can make informed decesions about the NFB.
 
--Jamal--

 

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