" Alone and our voice is small. " Together we will be heard. "
" Many voices make a platform on which all of us can stand " - Murna Lindsey, NAM

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

May God bless you and yours
this holiday season
and throughout the coming year.

May He bring you
health, happiness, peace and security.

May YOU be an instrument of God
and help bring these same things to those around you.

Amen

I’m Mad as Hell
and I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore!

There comes a time in the life of us “Geezers” when we’ve had enough.

• Someone harasses us until we’re not afraid anymore. We fight back...

• Some jerk is telling me I have to send his company money every year - until I die. How very absurd!

• Does my membership contract say that I have to? NO!

• What does my contract say they can do if my annual dues are not current?

• Says that I can’t use their facilities. That’s all!

• The camping club is harassing me now - threatening me. Trying to “extort” money from me unfairly.

• Demanding that I send them money every year “Until I Die”!

They are making their threats over the phone, via the US mail, etc. They are making their threats and working their scheme across state lines. Doesn’t each of these suggest that the Federal Government might have the jurisdiction and responsibility to stop their schemes?

They seem confident that their support for local politicians and affiliations with national lobbyists will isolate them from prosecution.

They seem confident that their assets are sufficiently hidden/protected - if someone DOES win a “Class Action Lawsuit” against them.

At what point does their “Abuse” become not just a civil offence - but a “Criminal” act that requires time served?

Perhaps it’s time now to “Fight Back”?

— Call to Action —
YOU ARE THE KEY.

SEND US YOUR INFORMATION NOW...
Send us the following information

— even if you’ve done so in the past:

• The name and phone number of the company that is harassing you
• What are they demanding (Money for life?)
• Permission for us to add your name and information to a possible class-action and/or criminal complaint

We will let you know in this newsletter and on our web sites when this activity leads to formal action.

Dan Hopper, NAM

Iowa Attorney General’s Office
Goes after Novelli Companies
for Harassing Former TAI Members

A letter from the Iowa Consumer Protection Office dated November of 2007 warns Travel America, First Nationwide Resorts, their owners, employees, agents, representatives, etc., that they must STOP harassing former Iowa members of Thousand Adventures or face monetary and other penalties.

The letter instructed the offending companies to refund any money collected after they were first notified that the (victim) did not want to be a member, to send the (victim) a letter confirming the cancellation of the membership within 10 days of the cancellation, etc...

Complaints against these companies have been filed with AG offices in several states, the US FTC, the US Postal Inspection Service, and others.

Timeshare Resale
“NO UP-FRONT FEE”

NAM has been contacted by several campground and timeshare resale organizations that promise that they will take their fee out of the proceeds of a completed sale — “No Up-front Fee”!

This is a refreshing new trend that we think is the beginning of the end for the rip-off schemes of the past. Those schemes were devised to extract money from hopeful sellers with little or no effort to actually sell the memberships.

Here is the latest addition to our list of sales organizations
that have pledged to take their fee from the proceeds of the completed sale” [ Click Here ]

Andreas Rossler, Managing Broker
contact info: (818) 510-4581
Timeshare Village (866)-712-2742
Tujunga, CA 91042

[Here is the current list of resellers who have made a similar pledge. ]

If you have reason to believe that any of these resellers are not on the up-and-up please send us a letter, email, or telephone call and we will investigate and update our list.

Dan Hopper, NAM

Thank You for Your Donations

We try hard to help people who would otherwise feel they are all alone. Your donations make this possible.

This no-battery “Forever Flashlight” is our latest thank you gift for your donations.

Your Donations Help

This “Thank You Gift” does not need batteries.
Just shake it a few times and it will stay lit for several hours - then just shake it again.
(He thinks you're petting him.)

Easily carried in your purse, pocket, or tool box.
(Grandkids can hide it under their pillows if they are afraid of ‘night goblins’.

Please send a tax deductible donation to:

NAM
4740 Silver Oak St.
Dayton, OH 45424-4650

We will send you a receipt for your donation and one of these amazing, no-battery, “Forever Flashlights” as a Thank-You gift.

Thank you.

New 5 Star (MS) Scheme

We received the following information via e-mail from a former member of the subject camping club:
“If we pay a one-time fee of $995, we will no longer have to pay yearly dues nor will our kids. He claims it is a 3-generation contract.”

We (NAM) note that this kind of “Grab for Cash” has often preceded a change in ownership or campground management to the detriment of members.

We are reminded that 5 Star has a history of trying to demand annual fees from its members UNTIL THEY DIE! They have also alleged (falsely) that members do not have the right to cancel the membership.

Campground Host Needed
by the US Forestry Service — in Colorado

Volunteers needed as a Rocky Mountains, Flat Tops Campground host with the United States Forest Service

Available dates Mid June — End of September and all days in between

Located near the Town of Yampa, Colorado (about 30 minutes from Steamboat Springs).

Contact Info:

Jason R. West
Developed Recreation (Seasonal employee)
Yampa District, Medicine Bow-Routt NF
970-638-4516

Between November and April contact:

John Anarella
Wilderness Coordinator
Yampa Recreation
(970)638-4516

NOTE: NAM is not compensated for posting this notice.

It is provided here as a service to RV campers and the US Forestry service.