“Follow the money”, “You are on the right track”, “Look at the books” was a mantra repeated throughout the conversation late into the night. Many other topics were covered and bonafides were revealed but details could not be. The IMA Source sounded like “Deep Throat”.
“is there a valid point in continuing to publicize this open wound at the Internet Merchants Association”?
Larry Philiips former IMA Board and Ethics Committee member will be live on the eBay & Beyond, Basics to Business Internet Radio Talk show this morning. Larry is filling in for current President of the Internet Merchants Association – Steve Grossberg, who backed out of the scheduled interview slot.
Larry Phillips has volunteered to fill in for IMA President Steve Grossberg on the eBay and Beyond, Basics to Business Internet Talk Radio Program next Saturday…
Mr. Steve Grossberg, Internet Merchants Association President and Treasurer, has just informed the eBay and Beyond radio program of his decision to back out of this live radio talk show interview.
I wish I could do more to help you cope with the issues that you are currently dealing with. But as you know, I was one of the six or more people who were summarily dismissed from the organization Monday morning for expressing my outrage at the actions of the three remaining members of the Board of Directors (BOD).
The president of an eCommerce Trade Group, the Internet Merchants Association, has stated he will “go after” any bloggers or websites covering IMA business. The IMA is a non-profit organization which recently experienced mass resignations from a majority of the board due to ethics concerns.
In a discussion forum post today, the President of the Internet Merchants Association has threatened to bring suit against several blogs and websites reporting on the actions of the Board of Directors and himself while acting as head of the IMA.
I have received letter upon letter, obviously written by very upset and almost physically shaken individuals who in most cases simply wanted to belong to a fair and honest group of like minded people.
While reportedly awaiting an apology from the BOD at the Internet Marketing Association to which she belonged, Debbie Levitt posted on her blog today that she has been summarily expelled from the IMA.
Several members of the IMA have posted links and contact information for the Florida Attorney Generals Offices Economic Crimes Division in Tallahassee, along with an outline of the basis of a complaint against the Board of Directors of the Internet Merchants Association.
Internet Merchants Association Meeting. This special meeting is called to take place July 6,2008 and commencing on July 10,2008. Please send this notice to all IMA members. The meeting will take place at…
In a blog post recently, Debbie Levitt details her own set of problems with the board at the Internet Merchants Association. It seems from this blog post that by reading between the lines of Debbie’s post one could conclude the recent implosion had something to do with a war of words on the IMA discussion boards between Debbie Levitt and Steve Grosberg, President and Treasurer of the IMA.
The fighting and arguing at IMA, as it appears from the outside, boils down to nothing more than a teenage prepubescent firestorm over he-said she-said and a power struggle to gain control.
