| Subject: | Hearing |
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| Date: | Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:08:53 -0400 | |
| From: | Dave Remine <dremine@optonline.net> | |
| To: | Al Heigl <Webmaster@mn-mensa.org> | |
| CC: | Bob
Beatty <PastPastChairman@us.mensa.org>, Jean Becker <PastChairman@us.mensa.org>, Guy Conti <Advocate@us.mensa.org>, 'Jane Gmur' <jgmur@visi.com>, Pam Donahoo <ExecutiveDirector@AmericanMensa.org>, Eldon Romney <Ombudsman@us.mensa.org> |
Mr. Heigl, this is to inform you that after much
consideration the
Hearings Committee has decided to proceed with the scheduled September
16th, 2006 electronic hearing on the charges detailed in my letter to
you of June 14th, 2006 (attached). Your failure to respond to that
certified letter, delivered to your Mensa address of record (POB 177,
Northfield, MN) at 4:22pm on June 19th, 2006; or the one of July 19th
(also attached) also sent certified, return receipt to both your PO box
and your home address (and which the USPS left notice of on July 24th,
2006 at both locations) can not be reasonably attributed to whatever
envelope they were mailed in. Any reasonable person does not dismiss
Certified mail as junk nor throw it into a pile as you state, "other
obviously essential envelopes extracted, and the rest has been going
into a massive pile of stuff for me to wade through when I get some free
time." In point of fact certified mail should be classed as "the
obviously essential" by anyone's definition. Failing to open your mail,
especially when clearly marked "Certified" or retrieve it when the USPS
leaves notice of same does not relieve you of the responsibility to
cooperate with the Hearings Committee in a timely manner nor does it buy
you any extra time to submit evidence refuting the charges. Certified
mail is used to prove service upon a person which email does not do. We
attempted to notify you of these serious charges being brought against
you and to give you a chance to respond to same. It is through actions,
or more exact "inaction", on your part that we have reached this point.
We will not reward your inaction by further extending the already
lengthy controversy between you and the local Mensa group.
However in a last attempt to be fair we will consider any
evidence you
care to submit to us in any form prior to the hearing, scheduled for
1:30 pm on September 16th, 2006. Only the members of the Hearings
Committee will be on line for that hearing. Should you, or any party,
wish to supply us with a phone number at which they can be reached
between 1:30 and 3:00pm on that date in case we have any questions about
the evidence submitted please do so. Due to time constraints anything
you intend for us to be considered should be sent directly to all three
members of the Hearings Committee.
Contact
information for the members of the Hearings Committee is as follows:
Chair, Dave Remine, 4 Gander lane, Manalapan, NJ 07726-4202
Hearings@us.mensa.org
Bob Beatty, 3755 Wenwood Dr., Hilliard, OH 43026-2489
PastPastChairman@us.mensa.org
Jean Becker, 2699 Jennifer Dr., Brighton, MI 48114-8938
PastChairman@us.mens.org
Your options at this point are:
1- not contest the charges and the Hearing Committee will decide
whatever sanctions are appropiate
2 - send us evidence refuting the charges for our consideration
3- do nothing and await the outcome of the hearing.
Sincerely,
Dave Remine, Chair National Hearings Committee
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