| Date: | Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:38:15 -0800 (PST) |
| From: | "TLBT" <tlbt@sbcglobal.net>  View
Contact Details |
| Subject: | Re: EMERGENCY Tu Tu |
| To: | "Michael Appleman" <michael@burnsurvivorsttw.org> |
| CC: | tlbt@sbcglobal.net |
Michael,
I understand the situation and I will try my best to help
you. But first, let's review some facts here:
1) You emailed me on 3-7 to ask me send money TLBT raised for
Tu Tu as of that day to you. It was not several weeks ago as you stated in
this emai.
2) I already responded to you in details what need to be done
before a check bigger than $500 can be signed: it needs to be pre-approved
by the Board and signed by two authorized persons. You runs a Non-Profit
organization and you know the procedures. Even if we are good friends, you
don't want me to break the law and end up in jail, do you? And I definitely
don't want to do that even if I really know and understand you.
3) Right now, most of the money TLBT raised for Tu Tu are
still in checks, not deposited in TLBT's account yet. It is the treasurer's
job to deposit checks and he is out on vacation until the end of the month.
After he deposits checks, we still have to wait for them to clear in our
bank. If there are bad checks, I have to reverse those amount on the
list. So I think we are stuck here even though I will try to see if anything
can be done for you.
4) People visited your website and brought to my attention
that the meter on your site showing 15% of $35,000 and you need more to meet
$35,000. Why do you do that when you already knew both TLBT & BSTTW passed
that target? In fact, one or two more days, just TLBT will meet that target
and stop raising fund. So you don't count what TLBT raised for Tu Tu as part
of $35,000 ?
5) Our donors/members want us (TLBT) to make sure that their
donation is used for what it is said (for Tu Tu) and they want to make sure
that they are not being scammed. As I stated in last email and also on our
website, TLBT pledges that we will refund all money to members if it's a
scam. In our next Board meeting, we will discuss (in case it's a scam) how
we will refund the money because as you see on my daily update, we will
probably have to write more than 500 checks and mail them to our members. We
will lose a lot of time and money (printing, mailing, PayPal fee...) in the
refund process.
6) It's up to you to prove that it's not a scam. And of
course, I will try to find out myself.
Minh
Michael Appleman <michael@burnsurvivorsttw.org> wrote:
Burn Survivors Throughout The World, Inc.650 N Beneva Road #305Sarasota, Florida 34232941-364-84571-800-503-8058info@burnsurvivorsttw.orgwww.burnsurvivorsttw.orgMinh,I left you a message this afternoon asking you to please call me this evening relating to Ho Tu Tu. I need to speak with you immediately. Ms. Nu must submit certain documents to the US Consulate General's Office in order to be given the Visa for both Ms. Nu and Tu Tu. One of the documents needed is from BSTTW. We must have the full amount of funding in our bank account in order to show the funding that is needed to allow Ms. Nu and Tu Tu to be given the Visa. Without the full amount BSTTW will be unable to help Ms. Nu and Tu Tu get the Visa. I asked you several weeks ago to please send BSTTW the amount that was already donate to TLBT. You informed me that you cannot do that until you get permission from the TLBT board of directors. You also stated that the TLBT board of directors will not meet until March 27, 2005. Minh if we wait until March 27, 2005 and then have to wait several days to receive the check and have the check clear in our bank account, it will cause Ms. Nu and Tu Tu to be delayed by several weeks. I ask you to please contact your board of directors, explain the situation and get the ok to release the funds currently received for the BSTTW Ho Tu Tu Fund. You can most likely have your bank electronically send it to BSTTW's bank account or you can send the check overnight express. Then by Monday or Tuesday BSTTW can deposit the check and next week have the needed letter prepared and sent to Viet Nam. BSTTW will also send TLBT a thank you letter at that time.Minh please let me know ASAP since we are currently in contact with Ms. Nu.Michael ApplemanPresident/CEOBurn Survivors Throughout The World, Inc.
