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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">.Wim wrote: <BR><BR>But now comes the big =
question.
This person is advertising he is a former <BR>president and thus =
presumably a
former member of the PTG. Since he is clearly <BR>stating he is a =
former
member of the PTG, can the PTG legally stop him from <BR>advertising =
as such.
<BR><BR>Any legal minds out there want to answer this? <BR><BR>Wim
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I've only had one conversation with this fellow; =
he never
told me that he wasn't in the PTG anymore. I assumed he still =
was.
He spoke with a salesperson at my store</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">and he told her of his association with the PTG, =
but didn't
tell her that he wasn't a member anymore. The thing is, by =
advertising
that he was a former president of the PTG, the assumption is that he =
is still
a member. The general public isn't aware of the significance of =
the
initials RPT. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I had always assumed he was a member, and when =
the database
said there was no member by that name, I was
surprised.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In other words Wim, he's not exactly saying he's =
a former
member, just a former president.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Gary
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