Chameleon Company said:
Folks,
I believe that Chris A. hit the nail on the head. The money was donated/solicited to see justice served on TSE if at all possible, and to be spent in that pursuit even if it did not achieve the desired goal. To now suggest it as a charity fund for those who were taken by him might sound noble, but it ain't right without first trying to return it pro-rata to all. I believe that a few of you realize this, and to not do so would undermine your individual credibility more than it is worth, IMHO.
Jim, please give us a little bit of credit

, I believe we realize that the donors would have to be included in the decision whether to do this or not to do this, as well as the rest of the process if they so choose. I said at one point that those actually "involved" would all be included in the process, by that I meant all of those who either were victims of some sort, or those who were actually doing something to help. I apologize if I didn't make that clear, I guess I thought it was kind of a "given".
I also did not think it was appropriate to ask on this public forum, "OK, who gave money"? Obviously Bob England has a list of all of those who did donate, and either he would need to contact those folks, or whomever was trying to set all of this up could contact them privately.
Rich, thank you.......I guess I really didn't know if setting up an extra secured forum would be a huge headache, but that would definitely be the way to go if it is possible. Obviously only those on a set "list" would be allowed access to the password, I guess I'd like to THINK that all of those that we would include on that list would be trustworthy and would not give access to others.
Rick.....I know many of us have indeed filed reports with a couple of different "federal level" agencies, and I do know that the IFC has had some involvement, but it all seems to be going back to the NY police level. Of course, they MAY be doing more than we know, but who knows. At this point, I'm not holding my breath. And I don't know that we have ever gotten an actual tally of the total amount, as it was somewhat like pulling teeth to get some of the victims to even respond with all of that kind of information, as evidenced by the number of us who actually took the time to send in our depositions.