Posted by FlaNotary2 on 3/3/11 3:20pm
Msg #375018

Wow... the NNA misquotes me big time

On the webpage for the new NNA "section memberships", I was surprised to see my name come up attributed to the following quote:

"I really look forward to the Professional Sections, particularly the Legal Professionals Section. I appreciate the NNA's information and newsletters, its presence in the Notary world, and our collective efforts to raise the standards of the Notary profession."

The funny thing is, this is a complete twisting of what I actually said. Here are the pertinent excerpts from the e-mail I sent in response to a survey by the NNA:

"Although I would love to be a member of your Legal Professionals Section, I do not intend on signing up for membership. The reason is simple ... I simply can not justify spending $52 per year for NNA membership plus $32 for section membership (for a total of $84 per year). I am not a "signing agent" or a full-time notary. I am a paralegal who is also a notary. Although being a notary is a big part of my life [...] I do not reap any financial benefits from being a part of the NNA. [...]

I absolutely LOVE being a notary! I get out there and hold live classes once a month. It doesn't provide a lot of money, but I enjoy doing it because it is my way of trying to raise the standards of the notarial profession. [...] Maybe one day, if your prices come down a little, I will be able to join an NNA section, but until then I will have to settle for being a plain ol' NNA member."

Just for the record, this is not the first time I have been misquoted! The NNA has misquoted me one or two times in the past, and I was misquoted in a newspaper article I was interviewed for relating to robo-signing. People just love twisting my words for some reason.

Reply by Les_CO on 3/3/11 3:32pm
Msg #375019

Does this mean you’re NOT going to the NNA annual conference in Vegas?

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 3/3/11 3:37pm
Msg #375020

Not unless the NNA is paying for my airfaire, food, and

above all... gambling money.

Because Lord knows I'd rather sit in the casino all day then hear the NNA talk about how great things are in notary-world.

Reply by Les_CO on 3/3/11 4:09pm
Msg #375026

Re: Not unless the NNA is paying for my airfaire, food, and

As far as casinos I think the Bahamas are a little nearer to you, and you can wear sandals rather than hip boots to get through the BS the NNA vendors will be handing out in Vegas.

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 3/3/11 5:27pm
Msg #375038

Re: Not unless the NNA is paying for my airfaire, food, and

Except I'm Bahamian... Me going to the Bahamas would be like you going to Denver on vacation. LOL

Just kidding of course. I'd go to the Bahamas in a heart beat if I had the opportunity.

Reply by MW/VA on 3/3/11 10:15pm
Msg #375076

I'm with you. I love the Bahamas, and don't get there as

often as I'd like. Sir Freddie Lake used to run direct flights on Laker Airways from Richmond, VA twice a week & they were great deals.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 3/3/11 3:43pm
Msg #375021

I got misquoted in a local paper once (a matter of adding one word that completely changed the meaning of what I said), and I've always regretted that I didn't write a letter to the editor to complain about it.

I don't know what the chances are that the NNA would print a retraction (but I can guess...), but it might make you feel better. At least you'd be on the record with a correction.

Reply by SharonH/OH on 3/3/11 4:55pm
Msg #375031

An outfit misquoting me and using my reputation to further their own for-profit organization? Wow. Don't know what it would be, but that's got to be a violation of SOMETHING. The way you put it, that couldn't even be chalked up to a typo.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 3/3/11 5:24pm
Msg #375037

If what you posted of your email to them is accurate, they didn't just misquote you, they made the whole quote up. I've seen quotes taken out of context before, but this goes way beyond that.

You've got two options here: demand that they retract it, or stop sending them emails. Personally, I would do the latter, especially if they've done this to you in the past.

It's kinda like when the NSAs who complain about not getting paid are asked - why do you continue working for them? In this case, I would ask - why you continue providing them with fodder for their PR machine when you KNOW they will spin it to their benefit?

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 3/3/11 8:26pm
Msg #375062

naaaa Mike. I believe he had a freudian slip, followed by an

extreme fear of truth & exposure....hehe...

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/3/11 6:59pm
Msg #375053

Don't write them.

That's the only way to keep this from happening.

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 3/3/11 8:15pm
Msg #375061

yeah okay...and I have swamp land for you to buy! n/m

Reply by jba/fl on 3/3/11 9:20pm
Msg #375072

Cari - that's a Florida line!! lol. n/m

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 3/4/11 12:18pm
Msg #375118

My family already owns some swamp land

and Albert Whitted Airport in St. Pete was named after a cousin of mine... my great-grandmother's maiden name was Whitted.

And I don't know what you mean by your snide comment, Cari. Surely you are not insinuating that I made up the whole post.

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 3/8/11 6:57am
Msg #375408

Snide comments, who me? Never, "and don't call me Shirley"

...in the infamous voice of Leslie Nielson.....brumm...ting...anywho...

MOI, accusing YOU, of making up the whole NNA post....

....well you know what they say, if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck.....