Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari

2006-02-04 Thread MDixon6569






In a message dated 2/4/06 11:22:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Mike 
  Scozzari TM Center Deerfield Beach, Florida www.bay3.com/tm 
  As many have heard, I have been asked to cease and desist teaching 
  TM by the TMO attorneys in Iowa. Their demands include that I destroy 
  all teaching materials and that I no longer use their registered service marks 
  for TM and Transcendental Meditation. With the new project for teachers 
  to re-certify and teach, teachers who, like me, were made "teachers for life" 
  by Maharishi, were all told we must no longer consider ourselves 
  teachers. The re-certification course as you may have heard was $2K and 
  $4 depending on how many people you have taught in the past 2 years for $2500 
  each student. Once completed, re-certified teachers were required to teach 
  full time, meditate 7 hours per day, open up 5 spas, raise 1.5 million for a 
  peace palace, go to Holland for a month and become a raja after which you 
  would be required to wear robes and a crown and have others bow to you. 
  Teachers were required to teach according to gender, males teach males, women 
  teach women and all in a building with an east entrance (TMO websites detail 
  the entire thing). Teachers were promised salaries of $2000 per month if 
  nobody takes TM and $4000 a month if you teach 2. Three months after 
  it's start all salaries were discontinued and teachers who quit their jobs had 
  to find work once again. ++see Chandler letter below It's 
  nonsense. Teachers like myself have not done anything wrong. Most 
  on my list know I have continued to provide basic and advanced instruction and 
  have maintained the traditional teaching. Every teacher knows what it's 
  like to try and make a living teaching. I will never charge anyone $2500 - 
  never! I would need cold water running through my veins! It's 
  wrong and people don't deserve it. It makes perfect sense to me having 
  taught over 4000 people, that teachers should be able to keep all the money 
  for instruction encouraging students to then take TMO sponsored follow-ups 
  like the TM- Sidhis and advanced techniques. This way everyone 
  wins. Teachers need to make a living. When did the policymakers 
  forget that? The fees today are 6 times what they were in 1993. 
  I have invested a small fortune to keep teaching in the area since 
  1989. My Bell South bill is $150 per month. Recently my Bell South 
  rep called to say he received a call from Joan Rothenberg who accused me of 
  violating the TM trademark, that I was not legally allowed to do so and that 
  she and her husband Stuart were the new teachers in Boca Raton. This 
  quote appeared in my January 06 newsletter: Still the Same Maharishi 
  has done something that his predecessors did not do. He provided a 
  technique and a knowledge program while maintaining the ancient 
  traditions. With all the research available, TM is still the best 
  technique for relieving stress and developing inner potential. The 
  packaging and marketing changes over time but the essential message remains 
  the same: meditate and enjoy. When Coca 
  Cola introduced New Coke, the public was split on what they preferred, new or 
  old Coke. Old Coke was introduced as Classic Coke and remains the same 
  today. Transcendental Meditation can be offered to the general 
  population or the wealthy, no harm. But the essential teaching is here 
  to stay. Keeping this teaching alive worldwide is the goal of all the 
  teachers. Competition is good and if it leads to more people learning, 
  no harm. As stated previously, our office 
  teaches TM at reasonable rates. It's available for everyone. 
  Please keep us in mind and know that we are here to stay. We hope you 
  can join us for programs that enrich and refresh, inspire and expand. 
  Take advantage of your membership and keep the teaching alive by meditating 
  twice a day and radiating the benefits in your life. Mike Scozzari If Stuart Rothenberg and his wife want to 
  teach TM, there is no reason to push the existing teachers aside. If the 
  truth be told, I would ask Stuart why he moved from North Carolina to 
  Lancaster, MA and fired the staff at the ayurvedic health center as well 
  as ask Jay Glasser, MD to leave after years of medical service there. 
  It's unfortunate. The directors called me to tell their story. 
  The claims against me re trademark infringement are just the opinions 
  of the TMO and their attorney. I can email you the attachments. No court order 
  has been issued yet. IF AND WHEN I GET THE COURT ORDER, I will need to show 
  the court the true details of my claim which will only cause the TMO to look 
  foolish as each attorney has agreed with me. I have the support of certain 
  media as well including a publicist with the San Francisco Examiner who would 
  like to really go wide on this entire issue. She agreed nothing printed unless 
  I say so. The 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari

2006-02-04 Thread MDixon6569






In a message dated 2/4/06 11:22:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Mike, 
  remember you are not alone in this fight. You're the point man but only 
  in front at this time. There will be many ex-TM teachers who will rally 
  around such action, including us. Many will be willing to speak out 
  against the TMO. But we must all face the fact that this will be bad 
  press for the TMO AND for all of us. It's the unfortunate truth. 
  The other thing is this: do we really want to be associated with all the new 
  crazy stuff in the TMO? Farrokh  Ruffina Anklasaria The 
  Enlightened Sentencing Project St Louis, MO 

Why not open your own TM center , no matter how small and 
quaint across the street or next door to every Peace Palace offering the same TM 
for 1 or 2 hundred dollars and put up a big sign out front advertising such. Let 
them draw the public to their Peace Palace with their advertisements 
andlet the public see your place with TM at a fraction the cost. 
heheheheheheheehehe! This should be done at every Peace Palace or store front. 
Competition is the American way!





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Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari

2006-02-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari





on 2/4/06 1:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

In a message dated 2/4/06 11:22:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 Mike, remember you are not alone in this fight. You're the point man but only in front at this time. There will be many ex-TM teachers who will rally around such action, including us. Many will be willing to speak out against the TMO. But we must all face the fact that this will be bad press for the TMO AND for all of us. It's the unfortunate truth. The other thing is this: do we really want to be associated with all the new crazy stuff in the TMO? 
Farrokh  Ruffina Anklasaria 
The Enlightened Sentencing Project 
St Louis, MO 
Why not open your own TM center , no matter how small and quaint across the street or next door to every Peace Palace offering the same TM for 1 or 2 hundred dollars and put up a big sign out front advertising such. Let them draw the public to their Peace Palace with their advertisements and let the public see your place with TM at a fraction the cost. heheheheheheheehehe! This should be done at every Peace Palace or store front. Competition is the American way!

I used to do that when I was driving a Pied Piper ice cream truck in New Jersey. Id park right next to the Good Humor man.






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Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari

2006-02-04 Thread Peter



 
 In March 2005 the TMO announced a re-certification 
 requirement for all 
 teachers.  Teachers report there was no refresher in
  job skills and it was all 
 about money.  Of the 40K teachers in the US,  only
 340 took the course.  The 
 TMO is guilty of not providing any job  security and
 therefore can not be relied 
 upon as a valid employer - and the  organization has
 demonstrated it is not a 
 responsible employer with a long  history of
 promises never kept. This my 
 legal advisors claim is a very  important detail for
 a judge to have. 

This and another point that got truncated are
interesting legal points. The TMO never directly
supported any TM teacher in any way whatsoever. They
provide the knowledge but give no material support
and expect teachers to follow their dictates. I think
the TMO has essentially zero legal ground to stand
upon. 




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Re: [FairfieldLife] Lawsuit - TMO vs. Scozzari

2006-02-04 Thread Sal Sunshine
Hey if they want to pay me $2000/month to bow down to a Raja, I'll do it.  For $4000/month I'll do it twice.

Sal


On Feb 4, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Rick Archer wrote:

--  You were instructed by Maharishi, 30 years or so ago, to teach TM once you fulfilled the requirements of your TTC etc.  The TMO's arbitrary ruling of new requirements 30 years later, requirements that include bowing to a Raja for your area, teaching full-time only, at a salary of $2000 set by the TM movement