Tzipporah.Benavraham@f608.n107.z1.fidonet.org (Tzipporah Benavraham) (12/13/90)
Index Number: 12459
Jamal, you may have a real good breach of contract lawsuit here. They
promised your realtive publicly in media that was broadly spread to
many people a scholarship. Then when he gets married the day before the
convention, they recind it. With the same flourish that they gave the
scholarship they could just as easily in the exact same documents of
brad dissemination given the "you must be here the day before
convention" stipulation. Failure of them to do so constitutes fraud and
deception in awarding of a prize. This may well breach charities law in
your relative's state. and your department of state and attorney
general can help you sue them I would take that tact if I were you. It
seems NFB gets away with murder too many times anyhow. This is a slap
in the face to family and marriage and trust of human dignity and
self-dertermination. Go for it. Sue them for this one and catch them
with their proverbial pants down.
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Internet: Tzipporah.Benavraham@f608.n107.z1.fidonet.orgJamal.Mazrui@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Jamal Mazrui) (12/14/90)
Index Number: 12487
Thanks for your message explaining the basis my brother would
have had for a lawsuit against the National Federational of the
Blind for retracting a scholarship after he told theme he could
not attent an un-publicized preconvention meeting due to his
wedding. In protesting this retraction, I did say it was
"possibly illegal." Apparently the national office felt the
organization was sufficiently at fault that they decided to give
him money instead from the American Brotherhood for the Blind,
which is also controlled by national NFB leaders (Dr. Jernigan,
is Executive Director of both organizations, and Mr. Maurer is
President of the Federation and General Council of the
Brotherhood). My brother and I were asked to keep quiet about
this grant of money to him. He received no public recognition
at the NFB convention in Dallas unlike the other scholarship
winners, yet was still expected to meet with an NFB "mentor"
almost every day of his stay there on his honeymoon.
We did in fact keep quite about this resolution of my
brother's case until it became clear that the head of the NFB
Scholarship Committee was exercising a vendetta to expel me as a
member because I had gone over her head to the national office
after he declined to reconsider my brother's case. The NFB then
used the charge that I had "alleged illegalities" committed by
officers in its decision to expel me as a member a couple of
weeks ago. From what you say, Idid in fact have a legal basis
for protesting the retraction of my brother's scholarship,
though I never actually claimed it was illegal, just "possibly
illegal." Any other insights you might have on the conduct of
the Federation against me would be of interest to me.
Thanks for your support.
--Jamal--
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Internet: Jamal.Mazrui@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.orgJamal.Mazrui@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Jamal Mazrui) (01/08/91)
Index Number: 12680
Thanks for your message explaining the basis my brother would
have had for a lawsuit against the National Federational of the
Blind for retracting a scholarship after he told theme he could
not attent an un-publicized preconvention meeting due to his
wedding. In protesting this retraction, I did say it was
"possibly illegal." Apparently the national office felt the
organization was sufficiently at fault that they decided to give
him money instead from the American Brotherhood for the Blind,
which is also controlled by national NFB leaders (Dr. Jernigan,
is Executive Director of both organizations, and Mr. Maurer is
President of the Federation and General Council of the
Brotherhood). My brother and I were asked to keep quiet about
this grant of money to him. He received no public recognition
at the NFB convention in Dallas unlike the other scholarship
winners, yet was still expected to meet with an NFB "mentor"
almost every day of his stay there on his honeymoon.
We did in fact keep quite about this resolution of my
brother's case until it became clear that the head of the NFB
Scholarship Committee was exercising a vendetta to expel me as a
member because I had gone over her head to the national office
after he declined to reconsider my brother's case. The NFB then
used the charge that I had "alleged illegalities" committed by
officers in its decision to expel me as a member a couple of
weeks ago. From what you say, Idid in fact have a legal basis
for protesting the retraction of my brother's scholarship,
though I never actually claimed it was illegal, just "possibly
illegal." Any other insights you might have on the conduct of
the Federation against me would be of interest to me.
Thanks for your support.
--Jamal--
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Internet: Jamal.Mazrui@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.orgTzipporah.Benavraham@f608.n107.z1.fidonet.org (Tzipporah Benavraham) (01/08/91)
Index Number: 12699
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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