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From: Tzipporah.Benavraham@f608.n107.z1.fidonet.org (Tzipporah Benavraham)
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Subject: Re: Resignation Statement, Part 2
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Date: 7 Jan 91 18:13:03 GMT
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Jamal, I would suggest you do a couple of things with the
Federation. First accumulate all PUBLIC mention of his
scholarship. Collect the publicity about the rules 
and scholarship from the media that attracted your brother
to it. All pertinant rules should be in those rules. If
not, and then they imposed a "separate discretion", you
have an actionable offense here. The Department
of Charities in the Maryland area would be able 
through their Department of State what is called an
"administrative malfeasance" and your State Attorney
General could also call it a "charity fraud and mis-
representation". They treated you with impunity
for some "unwritten rule". They also retaliated against
your relative during what is called a "major life event
of significance" in requiring he meet a "mentor". He
was on his honeymoon and it was pretty clear. He 
also planned his wedding around the "major life
event of significance" as part of his plans of 
celebration. He was bringing his bride! (for gosh sakes!)
in a pride for acheiving the scholarship. 
 
        If none of the materials for receiving the
scholarship statd a "separate criterion of behavior"
(such as coming to a meeting before the convention)
he has an action. Remember NFB solicites money through the
US mails and through various ways. They mention the scholar-
ships everywehre in their solicitations. They may well 
have even in a solicitation for funds mentioned your
relative. This acrues a "sympathy factor" to those who want
to donate funds. If there was ANY publicity at all COLLECT 
IT and keep a file of it. That includes the Moniter and all
other places the scholarship and its affilates advertise.
(such as local papers and publicity of the federation and
in local media.) In all, they have been misrepresenting
publicly how they disperse the funds for scholarships
if it came through the "Brotherhood" rather than the 
Federation. You have a clear case of charity fraud here.
Both locally to your state and Federally through US
Department of Internal Revenue 501 c 3 status. They viol-
ated the method of honest solicitation. Where did his 
scholarship go? *NFB* gives scholarships. NEVER have I 
heard of the Brotherhood doing so. All bad faith and 
illegal misrepresentation of their non-for profit status.
Go for it!
 

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