<HTML>In a message dated 4/17/02 9:44:07 AM Central Daylight Time, Wimblees@AOL.COM writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">When I became president, the same member complained again and when I brought it up with the offending member, he said that there was a procedure in place for that kind of grievance and that it should be followed and he would defend vigorously his right to advertise that he is the "best". </BLOCKQUOTE> Bill There is a procedure in place. Follow it. The Ethics Committee, (or whatever committee that did this), spent a lot of time fine tuning the grievance procedure. Allow the system to work, and it will. </BLOCKQUOTE> Wim, My point was that it was not me who was complaining and the member who dislikes the words, "Madison's Best" declined to initiate any grievance procedures.  The same person who calls himself the "best" also advertises "Steinway Factory Trained" and "Yamaha Certified".  Many people have gone to these one week factory seminars and have been explicitly told that this does not entitle them to advertise in this way.  When I brought this to the offender's attention, he replied, "Then it would seem that this would be an issue between me and those manufacturers". Clearly, this member chooses to see how far he can push his unethical advertising and get away with it.  He's advertised that way for many years but no one has sought to file a complaint.  There is the problem of having to live together and work together in the community.  This offender gains nothing by advertising this way.  The member who dislikes the advertising is in a position to use the offender's services and would probably have granted tens of thousands, perhaps into the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth by now but instead chooses not to do any business with him at all. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </HTML>