Subject:

FOCAS questions

Date:

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:33:33 +0000

From:

Joseph Villarosa <alphanalyst@catskill.net>


Dear FOCAS
I’m on your website now and would like to potentially donate funds
BUT I’ve been burned in the past
So I have a few questions PLEASE, before I donate
Keep scrolling down for two images

  1. I see via an earlier chipin/paypal that FOCUS posted (see WAY below) that you are somehow linked to UNC (focas@unc.com)?  I’m confused, FOCAS is a 501c3, so what is the relationship with UNC?
  2. You say donations are tax deductible, but UNC is NOT a 501c3.  I’m confused (see below)
  3. Does my money do to FOCAS or to UNC and THEN to Focus?
  4. Do you have a license to Solicit funds?  According to the NC Secretary of State, you do not.  Perhaps I searched incorrectly or used the wrong organzational name.  Do you have another name?  Should I search for a UNC related hybrid name?  Please advise.

See two images below
I’m ready to donate, but I need to ensure all is legit
Thanks
PS: Your website needs to have an email address

 

 

Subject:

Re: FOCAS questions

Date:

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:58:52 -0500

To:

Joseph Villarosa <alphanalyst@catskill.net>

I have talked to the Charitable solicitations department.  The statute clearly says that we are exempt.  Their interpretation is that we should file with them so that they can certify that we are exempt and they have just sent out a letter asking us to file.  They are aware that thousands of groups in NC with minimal income do not file and there is no penalty for failure to file if the organizations income is less that $5,000

 We have NEVER had income of $5000 in a year and will not this year unless you give us over $2500.  In that case we will have to file next year,paying a fee based on THIS year's income as stated in the statute.  You can verify this by calling the charitable solicitations office
The money for the Robeson suit was set aside and ALL money collected was used for that purpose.  The collection of this money falls within the FOCAS charter and under Federal law is tax deductible.  No one was "duped" and if you say that, it is slander. 

I presume that you have misstated your intention in your original letter and have some connection with the lawsuit;  never the less,  we would be delighted to receive your contribution.  We will file with CSL at the end of the year and expect to be certified as exempt again. 
I am interested to know what your connection is with the Robeson law suit.  We believe that we have done a great public service in aiding the lawsuit and I hope that you agree.

Elliot

 

 

On 11/20/10 5:10 PM, "Joseph Villarosa" <alphanalyst@catskill.net> wrote:

Dear Friends at UNC
I believe the attached complaint against Dr. Cramer is very clear.
Please review.
Thank you
- joseph villarosa

 

 

From: Thorp, Holden
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:55:16 AM
To: alphanalyst@catskill.net
Subject: RE: Complaint against Professor Elliot Cramer

Mr. Villarosa,

                Thanks for bringing this to our attention.  I have corresponded with legal and they’ll be in touch tomorrow.

Holden

 

 

 

 

From: Strohm, Leslie Chambers
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 12:44 PM
To: Carney, Bruce William
Subject: FW: Complaint against Professor Elliot Cramer -- Request to Access Email

 Bruce,

 I (and others) received the attached communication over the weekend regarding Elliot Cramer.  I’d like to know what role, if any, Elliot played in the email exchanges.

The University Policy on the Privacy of Electronic Information (http://www.unc.edu/campus/policies/elec_info.html) provides that, with the approval of this Office and the Provost, the University can access employee email files in order to investigate possible violations of University policy. 

 I write to ask your approval to permit me to review Prof. Cramer’s email correspondence with Mr. Villarosa

 If you have any questions or concerns about this request, please feel free to call me. 

 Thanks for your consideration.

Leslie 

 

 

From: Carney, Bruce William
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 12:56:22 PM
To: Strohm, Leslie Chambers
CC: Carney, Bruce William
Subject: RE: Complaint against Professor Elliot Cramer -- Request to Access Email

You have my permission. I recall the episode earlier that was a major problem.

So far as I can tell, he is not formally part of UNC anymore, and isn’t even listed

on the emeritus portion of Psychology’s faculty lists.

     ---Bruce

 

 

 

 

Dec 6, 2010, 3:46 PM, "Elliot Cramer" To Leslie Strohm

Re: Joseph Villarosa

Sorry you've been bothered by this guy;  I'm learning more and more about him.  He is a real nut.  I've just been chatting with Calley Gerber of Gerber Animal Law Center who has been harassed by him too.  I'll write him from my ATT address from now on; let him complain to them about me.

Elliot

 

 

Subject:

Re: Joseph Villarosa

Date:

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:04:34 +0000

From:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

      To:

Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>

Elliott,

Thanks. That should help.

Leslie
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Subject: Re: Dispute with Mr. Villarosa

December 12, 2011 10:14 PM, Strohm, Leslie Chambers wrote:

Dear Dr. Cramer,
 
I've been copied on quite a bit of email correspondence today that indicates your dispute with Mr. Villarosa is escalating.  
I appreciate your email message last week letting me know you would be using a private email account from now on.  
Would you please take care not to use any University resources, including email or websites, in communications that are
addressed to Mr. Villarosa or that in some way implicate him, directly or indirectly.  Your issues with him are a 
private matter, and the University should not be drawn into it.
 
Thanks,
 
Leslie Strohm
 
 
Reply from Cramer to Strohm  December 12, 2011 


I agree and I have been using my Bellsouth email account on the few times I have written him.  I do not have any dispute with him; he is a nut and has harassed a number of people including Bill Reppy at Duke (see below).  I am not drawing the University into anything; he is.  People do write me about him and he is using tracking software to track their emails.  I will copy them, telling  them not to forward any of my emails to him.  That is the best I can do.  You might tell him that I am not a University employee and that you have no control over me.  I do not believe that the University is responsible for what is said in the 20,000+ email accounts of students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

You might like to look at http://www.ourpaws.info/Villarosa%20letters.doc
where I have posted his emails on a private website, starting with an offer to contribute to a non-profit that I am involved with and following with lies about me.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This email addressed to Villarosa from Susan Barrett just came in to me.

 

For the last time, STOP sending me these unwanted emails. I have requested 3 times today alone for you to stop having any communication with me at all. You are ignoring my request and this does violate your agreement with your Catskill provider. This is internet harassing and stalking. I also have a case report number with my local Sheriffs Office from where you sent me emails saying you were going to " Get Me". You have also sent me emails dancing around the fact that you are going to do bodily harm to me that stated. ( Dead=U Dear) I also have filed a complaint against you with the Greensboro FBI office that they can now go back and refer to. You have a history of staking me since spring of 2010.

 

More than 43 emails have now been sent to me that are unwanted and I'm now forwarding them to both the FBI cyber staking division, my local Sheriffs office, the NC State Police and the NC State Attorney Generals office.

 

Joseph Villaroa remove me from any future emails. I never asked to be included and this doesn't apply to me what so ever.

 

Leave me out of your rating war with these other people.

 

I repeat REMOVE me from any future emails or copies of emails. I'm now going to take whatever action I can to stop you from harassing me.

 

Anyone who wants a copy of all the emails this man has sent me since last Thursday please send me a separate email and I will be more than happy to supply them to you.

 

This must end NOW.

 

I'm also copying Joseph Villarosa attorney Nicole Thompson but she seems to be approving of her clients actions here.

 

Thank you,

 

Susan Barrett

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From: Strohm, Leslie Chambers
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:54 PM
To: Elliot Cramer
Subject: RE: Dispute with Mr. Villarosa

 

Thanks. 

 

 

 

Subject:

Joseph Villarosa

Date:

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:41:37 -0500

From:

Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>

Organization:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

To:

lbluger@northcarolina.edu

 

He has been harassing me and others and he tells me
that he has written you.  You can read about him on
http://www.ourpaws.info/joe.htm

Evidently he has switched his attention from UNC's
counsel to you.  I am sure that you know how to deal
with nuts like him

 

From: Laura B. Luger
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 12:55 PM
To: 'Joseph Villarosa (Alphanalyst)'; 'Strohm, Leslie Chambers'
Subject: RE: Villarosa v. UNC

Dear Sir:

I am responding to you on behalf of the individuals you included in your email sent at 10:43 a.m. today (the UNC Board of Governors and the HR department at UNC General Administration).  Please be assured that this office has communicated with the campus about the concerns you recently brought to our attention.  We are awaiting completion of the ongoing campus review of the situation, and expect the campus to communicate with you shortly.   Thanks also for the clarifying emails in regard to your pro se status.

 Very truly yours,

___________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Subject: Dispute with Mr. Villarosa

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:40:39 +0000

From: Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

To: Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>

 Dear Dr. Cramer,

 

It has been a month since we’ve been in touch with one another.  Thank you for following through on your commitment to use private resources and accounts, instead of your University account, to continue your dispute with Joseph Villarosa

As you know, Mr. Villarosa raised concerns about a number of things, including your alleged violation of the University’s Personal Use Policy http://www.unc.edu/finance/busman/act/actpol26.html and UNC Chapel Hill Network Acceptable Use Policy http://help.unc.edu/1672.

When the University receives a receive a complaint about a possible violation of these policies, we do an investigation.  Pursuant to the University Policy on the Privacy of Electronic Information (http://www.unc.edu/campus/policies/elec_info.html), your email files were reviewed.  What we found is that, since 2004, you have regularly used your “unc” account to set up and manage a PayPal account on behalf of FOCAS and to solicit monetary gifts from donors and potential donors to FOCAS.

This is a violation of University policy.  The penalties for violation of the policy include restricted access or loss of access to the University computer network. 

If my understanding of the facts is incorrect, please let me know right away.   If my understanding is correct, then you may either relinquish your “unc” account, effective immediately, or I will work with the University’s Information Security Office to disable your account.  Please let me know how you would like to proceed.  

Thanks,

Leslie Strohm

Leslie Chambers Strohm

Vice Chancellor and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

Subject:

Re: Dispute with Mr. Villarosa

Date:

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:29:00 -0500

From:

Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>

Organization:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

To:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

 Dear M. Strohm:

This is not true at all; I did not set up the paypal account and I did not manage it.  In fact, I have had nothing to do with the paypal account until recently, following the death of Margaret Mauney who did set it up and manage it on her own account.  My association with FOCAS began in 2004 but, I believe, the paypal account was set up some years later.  The only contact with UNC was that Paypal sent me notices of contributions to FOCAS and I forwarded these notices to Pat Sanford, starting in October 5, 2009;  I see 25 emails to me and  all but five are since May and are related to the Robeson County animal shelter which Rep McElraft has been involved with.  I believe that this is in the category of "incidental personal usage by faculty, staff, and students".  In fact, my association with FOCAS is in the nature of public service since FOCAS is organized under State law as a public charity, not a business  see
http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/Filings.aspx?PItemId=5699875 .  I believe that University faculty are encouraged to engage in public service.

 You can see that our website is at www.friendsofocas.org and it has never said anything about the university.  I did set up an alias focas@unc.edu for convenience in people writing me for matters relating to the Orange County Animal Shelter which we support.  Unknown to me, the address FOCAS@unc.edu did come up at the top of the page when someone clicked the contribution button but there was nothing to indicate any association with UNC.  I do not believe that this implied any involvement with UNC but, after my correspondence with you, I contacted Paypal and they have removed it as you can see by looking at the FOCAS website.  My few emails to Paypal have been for this purpose.  It took a while for them to make this change but it has been in place for some time.    I have set up another alias and have instructed  them to contact me at the address Focas@bellsouth.net although it surely it not a violation of university policy for businesses to write me. 

I have read the University policy and I am at a loss to know how any of this can be construed as a violation of University policy.  If you still believe that it is, I would like you to specifically cite what, in the policy, I have violated.

This investigation is a result of harassment by Joseph Villarosa who is now the subject of a complaint to the FBI for internet harassment.  I was assured by Professor Bill Reppy that   "the folks at UNC recognize a nut case when they encounter one."  Evidently I was mistaken.  You can read about Villarosa on my website http://www.ourpaws.info/joe.htm   It needs some updated as a result of continued harassment and death threats towards Susan Barrett due to her involvement with the Robeson County shelter.  I have no dispute with Villarosa; he has harassed me for the same reason and you are his unwitting tool.

I will appreciate your promptly resolving this issue and notifying Mr. Villarosa that I am not in violation of University policy.  He does not write me anymore but, I am told, I receive occassional mention on Facebook in connection with his harassment of others.  I am sure that you have better things to do than deal with a nut like Villarosa.

Elliot. M. Cramer


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Date:

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:48:08 -0500

From:

Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>

Organization:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

To:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>,

CC:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>,

 


I have logged onto the FOCAS paypal account and I see that our first paypal transaction was on 3/25/2008, not 2004 as you say.  I see about 45 contributions since then, an average of about 1.3 per month;  20 of these were in connection with the Robeson shelter which was a special case for which we did NOT solicit.  We have never mentioned Robeson County on our website and contributions through our website for Robeson specifically mentioned that they were for the Robeson County lawsuit. Thus we solicited an average of about .7 contributions per month on a non-UNC website.  I had no occasion to write Paypal about ANY of these though I probably received emails from paypal, notifying me of the contributions.

It is thus incorrect to say that I "have regularly used your “unc” account to set up and manage a PayPal account on behalf of FOCAS and to solicit monetary gifts from donors and potential donors to FOCAS."   I did not set it up the account; I did not start managing the account until the end of December; I see only two emails to Paypal about FOCAS and I do not believe that I have ever had occasion to write them before.  One of the says

Thank you very much.  I presume that the following (FOCAS@unc.edu) has yet to be changed on the "contribute" link

FOCAS@UNC.EDU

This should never have been on there in the first place and it would not have been, had our treasurer properly set up the paypal account.  I did not authorize it and I had no knowledge of it.  In any event, I do not believe that the use of a UNC email address implies any connection between the organization and UNC.

I find this statement under the University's  Policy for Use of University Resources in Support of Entrepreneurial Activities

"For the purpose of this policy, "entrepreneurial activities" performed by a member of the university faculty as part of University duties are activities that contribute to the university's economic development, technology transfer or other public service goals."

 I believe that Rep. McElraft will verify that FOCAS has been serving "a public service goal" in its help with the Robeson shelter and our activities in support of the Orange County Animal Shelter.  She is also familiar with the harassment of Joseph Villarosa.

Elliot M. Cramer

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Subject:

Re: Villarosa v. UNC

Date:

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:24:50 -0500

From:

Alphanalyst (Gmail) <alphanalyst@gmail.com>

To:

lbluger@northcarolina.edu



Luger
I've "pulled the trigger" (made all docs PUBLIC and shared with press AS PROMISED) on your "Colt 45 Gun Toting Nutty Professor"
Thanks for your profession and courteous reply (that would be sarcasm)
And thanks also for providing me the SAME consideration as my alleged attorney
i.e., You offered to call her and/or speak on the phone, but after months no one called me from UNC!
I intend to use this against you in court as pro se defendants MUST be afforded the SAME rights as an attorney
I set you up, you stepped into my trap
What a fool
I'm NOT letting this go counselor
You've got a big fight on your hands
And I NEVER, EVER lose...
Again, thanks for picking the phone up and calling me
Your name will now be in lights
As many lights as I can turn on
You've now missed NOT ONLY MY deadlines
BUT YOUR OWN
Enough is enough
- joseph villarosa

 

_________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

Subject:

Fwd: Re: False Accusations about Villarosa and Barrett FBI File

Date:

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:57:08 -0500

From:

Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>

Organization:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

To:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

CC:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>



This is the nut case that you are aiding and abetting.  Isn't it obvious that he is mentally ill?

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:

Re: False Accusations about Villarosa and Barrett FBI File

Date:

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:22:40 +0000

From:

diane <ncrottierescue@gmail.com>

Reply-To:

ncrottierescue@gmail.com

To:

Susan D. Barrett <SDBarrett@triad.rr.com>, Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>, mtc@catskill.net, visserkr@fcso.us, NC Rottie <ncrottierescue@gmail.com>

CC:

Sos scarlette gardner <sgardner@sosnc.com>, 'Yolanda Rios' <gatchaman67@verizon.net>, abuse-desk@twccarolinas-security.com, abuse@rr.com, 'Donnie Douglas' <ddouglas@heartlandpublications.com>, 'Charlotte Public' <Charlotte.Public@ic.fbi.gov>, Newspaper Examiner <megwynn@msn.com>



Susan
This is Just another one of hundreds of threatening and harassing emails no one will do anything about. Its sad in this day and age this nut case is permitted to keep harassing us. I do believe once one of us is dead someone will take notice. In the meantime he will keep harassing and threatening us. Can't the authorities see this man is a nut case and the law allows him to continue to harass and threaten us. My question is: which side is the law on? Its obvious the law is doing nothing to help those of us being threatened and harassed by this man. The law has even allowed him to steal a dog and commit felony larceny as well as posting libel all over the internet. He and his friends Jennifer Mezours and faith Walker need locked up and the key thrown away. The are just as guilty as he is.
Diane sacripanti

 

Subject:

Your help

Date:

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:32:06 -0500

From:

Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>

Organization:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

To:

Holden Thorp <Holden_Thorp@unc.edu>



Holden

I last spoke to you in September 2009 when I suggested that we
might arrived at some compromise with regard to YWC that would
minimize
damage to the University.  You said that you would get
back to me after talking to your "PR people".  You never did get
back to me and it is clear that your "PR people" gave you bad
advice.  Putting "elliot cramer" "youth for western" into google
gives  1700 hits.

As you know, on Monday night I received an outrageous Email from
Leslie Strohm saying that "your email files were reviewed.  What
we found is that, since 2004, you have regularly used your "unc"
account to set up and manage a PayPal account on behalf of FOCAS
and to solicit monetary gifts from donors and potential donors to
FOCAS".  This utterly false statement was NOT based on a review
of my email files but was based on emails from Joseph Villarosa,
an obviously mentally disturbed individual with his own agenda
who has been harassing me and others (including Professor Bill
Reppy of the Duke Law School) because of our connection with the
Robeson County Shelter Lawsuit.  Villarosa has no knowledge of
who set up the FOCAS PayPal account or how I have used my "unc"
email account.  As I wrote Ms. Strohm on Monday,

"I did not set up the paypal account and I did not manage it.  In
fact, I have had nothing to do with the paypal account until
recently, following the death of Margaret Mauney who did set it
up and manage it on her own account.  My association with FOCAS
began in 2004 but, I believe, the paypal account was set up some
years later.  The only contact with UNC was that Paypal sent me
notices of contributions to FOCAS and I forwarded these notices
to Pat Sanford, starting in October 5, 2009"

In a follow-up letter I noted that

"I have logged onto the FOCAS paypal account and I see that our
first paypal transaction was on 3/25/2008, not 2004 as you say. 
I see about 45 contributions since then, an average of about 1.3
per month;  20 of these were in connection with the Robeson
shelter which was a special case for which we did NOT solicit."


The PayPal account is associated with a non-university website -
www.friendsofocas.org of a non-profit charitable organization. 
We did not solicit funds for the Robeson County lawsuit but did
permit others to contribute to FOCAS with the understanding that
their contributions would be used to help support the lawsuit. 
Villarosa has harassed EVERYONE who is in any way associated with
the lawsuit.  My association with FOCAS is clearly in the nature
of public service and I have, in fact, been invited by Robeson
County Commissioner David Edge to meet with him to discuss our
suggestions for improvement of the shelter.


I do not think that faculty, staff, and students will take kindly
to the knowledge that their private emails are being subjected to
scrutiny because of harassment by an obviously  mentally
disturbed individual such as Joseph Villarosa.  Ms. Strohm was in
contact with me about the numerous emails to her, you, and
general administration from Villarosa.  She could have raised any
concerns with me before invading my privacy.  It does not speak
well of her that she would take the word of someone such as
Villarosa over a faculty member with over 25 years of service to
the University.  I doubt that Susan Ehringhaus would have handled
this matter in this way.

I have expected to hear from Ms. Strohm that this matter has been
resolved, based on her obviously false information.  I thought
that I would hold off on making a public records request until I
asked you to resolve this issue.  I consider this to be
harassment by the University and an inappropriate use of
University resources at a time when the University has many
pressing issues.  Some might relate this to the YWC debacle.  I
do not think that the University needs this kind of publicity
again.

I hope that you can resolve this quickly and I will be happy to
talk to you on the phone about these issues.

Elliot

 



-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

From: Thorp, Holden
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:00 PM
To: Kirby, Brenda W
Subject: FW: Your help

 

Attached above letter from Cramer to Thorp

 

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From: Kirby, Brenda W
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:06 PM
To: Strohm, Leslie Chambers; Davis, Nancy K
Subject: FW: Your help

 Attached above letter from Cramer to Thorp

FYI

Bk

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From: Strohm, Leslie Chambers
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:27 PM
To: Kirby, Brenda W; Davis, Nancy K
Subject: RE: Your help

 Thanks.  We did look at his emails, with permission from the Provost.  We did not just rely on the allegations of Mr. Villarosa.  I will respond to his messages as soon as I have a chance.   I knew that he would take exception to what I wrote – which is why I wrote only to him and gave him a chance to clear up any fact statements that he thought were in error.  He replied to my email, cc’ing a number of other people.   

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From: Kirby, Brenda W
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:28:36 PM
To: Strohm, Leslie Chambers
Subject:  RE: Your help

This is another one that is taking far too much of your time!!

 

 

 

 

Subject:

Villarosa

Date:

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:22:36 -0400

From:

Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

Organization:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

To:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

CC:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

On 1/17/2011 6:40 PM, Strohm, Leslie Chambers wrote:

 Dear Dr. Cramer,

 It has been a month since we’ve been in touch with one another …

----
I have never received a reply to this.  You may be interested to know that a restraining order has been issued against Villarosa; see
http://www.ourpaws.info/joe

The authorities in New York are willing to extradite him for communicating threats;  The SBI and FBI are also involved
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Subject: Professor Elliot Cramer Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:40:07 -0400

From: Joseph Villarosa (Alphanalyst) <alphanalyst@catskill.net>

CC: lbluger@northcarolina.edu, strohm@email.unc.edu, "holden_thorp@unc.edu" <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

Attorney Luger
As I predicted, Cramer has continued to harass not only myself BUT OTHERS on his UNC LINKED and PROMOTED website
I believe one or more individuals have since contacted UNC
Please click:  http://www.unc.edu/~cramer/ 
Then you will see the DIRECT connection from his main UNC page to his slanderous www.ourpaws.info website
It is now been SIX MONTHS since I first reported this matter to UNC
During this time, there's been NO effective action taken by the University
And NO results presented from your investigation
This is completely unacceptable
In fact, matters have escalated - as now - SEVERAL persons are mentioned on his website
See this page for details and click the Court Order links and the "Another nut-case" link at the bottom of the page
http://www.ourpaws.info/joe

 

Etc

___________________________________________________________________________

 

From: Joseph Villarosa
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 11:52:39 PM
To: Cleveland, Joanna Carey
Subject: Professor Elliot Cramer

Attachments: Elliot Cramer Complaint v6.pdf

UNC Legal
Per my return receipt, Chancellor Thorp read my prior email yesterday but did not reply
Nor did Luger or Strohm -- who may not have reviewed it yet
Nor has anyone in a few MONTHS
Could SOMEONE please ask Attorney Strohm or Attorney Luger to contact me?
See the attached for a summary on Professor Cramer
See also the below email thread
This is a serious LEGAL issue that has been pending for SIX months
I've been more than patient and I'd like to work with UNC to resolve the open items
BUT -- I cannot do this in a vacuum; I need open dialog
Thank you
- joseph villarosa

 

________________________________________________________________________

 

Subject: University Website
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:07:05 +0000
From: Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>
To: Elliot Cramer <cramer@email.unc.edu>


Dear Dr. Cramer,

Mr. Villarosa has contacted the University again to complain
about your use of University resources to continue your dispute
with him. I've looked at the website you maintain on the
University network and see that there is a link to a website for
the Piedmont Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), which includes a link
to a website that contains references to Mr. Villarosa. Would
you please remove - immediately -- from any University resources
any links to material referencing Mr. Villarosa, either directly
or indirectly. Your issues with him are a private matter, and
the University should not be drawn into it.

I believe you now use private email accounts to continue your
disputes with others. And, I acknowledge that the website you
maintain on University resources is clean on its face. It is the
links that continue to be problematic.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Leslie Strohm



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Date:

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:54:56 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

     Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

CC:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, acoble@email.unc.edu

Subject: Is there intelligent life in the office of your general counsel

Holden:

As you know, last January Ms. Strohm wrote me with false
statements about my misuse of University computing services.
This was entirely based on the claims of a mentally disturbed
individual, Joseph Villarosa, who has since been cited in
Forsyth County for internet harassment. See
http://www.ourpaws.info/joe

Without consulting me, she searched through my personal emails on
the University server but has not been able to find ANYTHING to
substantiate her claims. She wrote

"Pursuant to the University Policy on the Privacy of
Electronic Information
(http://www.unc.edu/campus/policies/elec_info.html), your
email files were reviewed. What we found is that, since
2004, you have regularly used your "unc" account to set up
and manage a PayPal account on behalf of FOCAS and to solicit
monetary gifts from donors and potential donors to
FOCAS. ...If my understanding is correct, then you may either
relinquish your "unc" account, effective immediately, or I
will work with the University's Information Security Office
to disable your account."


As you know, I wrote her back immediately on January 17, denying
all of her false claims. Until this day I received no reply from
her and still have received no justification for her searching
through my private emails or for any of her claims. There is no
justification.

Now she states

"I've looked at the website you maintain on the University
network and see that there is a link to a website for the
Piedmont Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), which includes a link
to a website that contains references to Mr. Villarosa. ...
I acknowledge that the website you maintain on University
resources is clean on its face. It is the links that
continue to be problematic. ...Would you please remove -
immediately -- from any University resources any links to
material referencing Mr. Villarosa, either directly or
indirectly."

Evidently Ms. Strohm claims that if I have a link to a link to a
link ... to a link that references Mr. Villarosa, this is a
violation of University policy. This is absurd and outrageous.
I would appreciate your telling Ms. Strohm that there must better
ways for her to spend her time, other than harassing a retired
University professor. I note that President Ross recently said
that an e-mail search is “incredibly time consuming”. I wonder
about the cost of using University resources to investigate
my private emails without first asking me to respond to Villarosa's
false claims.

You will find my previous correspondence with Ms. Strohm
on http://www.ourpaws.info/strohmw.htm

Some time ago you sent a letter to the University community about
free speech.
http://www.unc.edu/chan/chancellors/thorp_holden/041509freespeech.php

It seems to me that Ms. Strohm has been violating my free speech
rights.

I would appreciate your intervention in this.

Elliot

 



 

 

Subject:

Public records request

Date:

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:04:36 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

CC:

Barry Nakell <bnakell@nc.rr.com>

 

Pursuant to 132-6,  I would like to inspect all documents and emails
related to Joseph Villarosa's complaints against me.  Please advise
me when I may come to your office to inspect them


§ 132-6.  Inspection and examination of records.

(a)        Every custodian of public records shall permit any
record in the custodian's custody to be inspected and examined at
reasonable times and under reasonable supervision by any person,
and shall, as promptly as possible, furnish copies thereof upon
payment of any fees as may be prescribed by law.

 

 

 

From: Strohm, Leslie Chambers

Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 8:37:50 PM

To: alphanalyst@catskill.net

Subject: Professor Elliot Cramer

 

 

Dear Mr. Villarosa:

 

Dr. Elliot Cramer retired from the University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill in May of 1994.   He is not our employee, and we

have no responsibility for his actions.  

 

As a retired faculty member, Dr. Cramer is granted access to a

UNC email account and is permitted to maintain a limited webpage. 

The University does not monitor the content of the email accounts

or webpages maintained by retired faculty.  

 

I have received no information to indicate that Dr. Cramer has

used his UNC email account to correspond with you or to

correspond with others about you in recent months.  If you have

evidence to the contrary, please let me know.

 

I have looked at Dr. Cramer's personal webpage, which is

mentioned in your email.  I see no reference to you whatsoever.

 

I am sorry that your ongoing dispute with Dr. Cramer has caused

you great distress.  Your recourse is directly with Dr. Cramer. 

He alone is responsible for his words and his actions.  This is

not a University matter.

 

Sincerely,

 

Leslie Strohm

 

 

 

 

 

Subject:

RE: Is there intelligent life in the office of your general counsel

Date:

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:06:53 +0000

From:

Thorp, Holden <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>

CC:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Coble, McKay <acoble@email.unc.edu>

 

Elliot,
        I'm sorry that your disagreement with Mr. Villarosa continues.  I know you will be disappointed in me for saying this, but I need to ask you to comply with Ms. Strohm's requests.  We cannot afford to be drawn into your disagreement with Mr. Villarosa when we have so many important matters facing the university.  If you cannot comply with Ms. Strohm's requests, I will ask IT to disable your email account and web page.  I'm sorry that we were not to able to come to an amicable solution, but I'm very disappointed that you disparaged our general counsel in the newspaper, and I completely disagree with your assessment. 
        This will be my last response to you on these matters.
Holden

 

 

 

 

Subject:

my email account and web page

Date:

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:29:32 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Thorp, Holden <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

CC:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

 

Holden,

The concern that has been raised by Ms Strohm regards a link to a
non-university website which itself has a link to
http://www.ourpaws.info/joe.  Although Joseph Villarosa may find
this link objectionable, it is completely factual and truthful.
It is a response to Villarosa's internet harassment of me and
others.  It in no way involves the University and cannot be
reasonably construed to be a violation of the UNC-Chapel Hill
Network Acceptable Use Policy (https://help.unc.edu/1672).

I am sorry that you have been drawn into this, but as you are Ms
Strohm's direct superior, I had no one else to contact.  Since Ms
Strohm has a very large staff, I do not understand why she has
personally intervened.  I suspect that one of her subordinates
would have looked into Villarosa's internet harassment more
carefully and would have disposed of this matter without
violating my privacy.  I certainly did not intend that you, with
your busy schedule, would have to personally investigate this and
I regret that you have become personally involved.

Ms Strohm wrote me on January 17 saying "It has been a month
since we've been in touch with one another.  Thank you for
following through on your commitment to use private resources and
accounts, instead of your University account, to continue your
dispute with Joseph Villarosa."  In fact I have had no contact
with Villarosa since January except for sending him the link to
the newspaper article on a non-university account.  I have never
had anything on my UNC website relating to him.  Since Ms Strohm
did not respond to my explanatory Email of January 17 or several
later Emails, I assumed that she was too embarrassed by her false
statements to reply.  I decided to let the whole thing drop until
her recent Email with her absurd command to delete the link to my
non-profit organization.  I have had the link to the non-profit
state chartered organization PAWS on my UNC website for many
years.  I have never before heard that a link to any legal
organization violates any University regulation. 

Ms. Strohm has said "I believe you now use private email accounts
to continue your disputes with others. And, I acknowledge that
the website you maintain on University resources is clean on its
face."  She adds "It is the links that continue to be
problematic."  If Ms. Strohm believes that a "problematic" link
is a violation of any University regulation regarding IT usage, I
would like her to state the regulation and precisely how I have
violating it.  I believe that even the Vice-Chancellor (and
Chancellor) must follow University regulations.

Joseph Villarosa and Ms. Strohm have created this problem.  I am
an innocent victim; my only interest was helping the animals in
Robeson County.  She should simply have told Villarosa that I am
not using any University resources for any dispute with him and
that the University is not involved in any such dispute.  She
could solve this problem for you by telling him that now.  No
good can come of this for you or the University.  I see that my
article, in less than two days, has had 546 views and going up.
A number of colleagues and alumni have expressed disappointment
in the University's actions.

I have already filed a public records request for all Emails and
documents related to this.  I have written the Faculty
Information Technology Advisory Committee saying

"I am concerned about the invasion of privacy by the University
General Counsel with regard to the University's Email system. I
would
appreciate your sharing this with members of the Committee and
taking whatever action you think is appropriate.  I believe this
falls within your purview under  4-26"

I have been nominated to the Faculty Council and I suppose that I
could bring this matter up myself.  If Ms Strohm is intent on
carrying out her threat, I would like to give notice of appeal;
I would think that the above committee might be the appropriate
venue rather than the UNC Board of Trustees.  I request that any
action be delayed until my appeal is heard.

With regard to my disparagement of Ms. Strohm, she lied in
stating "What we found is that, since 2004, you have regularly
used your "unc" account ...".  Were she a student, I would report
her for a violation of the Honor Code.

I have no current disagreement with Villarosa and the University
has never been involved in my disagreements with him.  He,
evidently, is harassing Ms Strohm and she has the possible remedy
of seeking a no-contact order as did Susan Barrett
http://www.ourpaws.info/nocont-joe.jpg

This is a case of internet harassment by Villarosa and should not
require all this attention of the University's General Counsel.
You will recall that you owe me a phone call;  I would be happy
to talk to you on the phone to see how we can resolve this, short
of my removing the link to the PAWS website.

Elliot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject:

What I have decided to do

Date:

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:39:47 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>



Holden,

Because of my esteem for you, I have removed the link www.ourpaws.info and have modified my introductory statement to read

Elliot M. Cramer is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology in the L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory of the Psychology Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Board member of the Friends of the Orange County Animal Shelter (FOCAS) and the Piedmont Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).

You can drop my appeal of your decision but I am continuing to pursue the invasion of my privacy by Ms. Strohm

Best Wishes
Elliot

 

 

Subject:

Re: Dispute with Mr. Villarosa - how to make this go away

Date:

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:57:08 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

CC:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>



You can

1. apologize for reviewing my email files without first asking me for an explanation
2. change your policy so that you first seek an explanation from the offending party before reviewing her emails
3. acknowledge that I have not violated the personal use and acceptable use policies of the University

In return, I will  consider the matter closed and will remove all references to you from all of my websites.

As a courtesy to Holden, I have removed the link that you have complained about, although I see nothing in the University policies that relates to links to legal organizations.

Elliot Cramer

 

From: "Strohm, Leslie Chambers" <strohm@emai1unc,edu>

Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2011 7:20 am Subject: Cramer

To: "Waddell. Stan Adolphus" <stan waddellf@unc.edu>

 

Hi Stan,

Holden and I are in agreement that Cramer's email account and affiliated web page need to be disabled

What information do you need from me? And how soon can this be accomplished? Holden wants to write Elliot and let him know right after the account is disabled.

Thanks. If you hnve questions, just give me acalL 343-1829

Leslie

 

 

From: Waddell, Stan Adolphus

Sent:  Wednesday. April|27, 2011 9;17AM

To: Strohm, Leslie Chambers

Subject: Re: Cramer

 

 

Leslie,

I will use this email as executive approval and have this actions

taken immediately. This should be done by cob today-1 will email

you a confirmation message once complete.

 

 

 

 

Subject:

What is the problem now?

Date:

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:28:15 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

CC:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

I deleted the link you objected to but both my website and email
access have been blocked, even though you have made no complaint
about about my email usage

--
Elliot M. Cramer

 

 

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Subject:            RE: What is the problem now?

Date:               Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:04:58 +0000

From:               Thorp, Holden <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

To:                 ecramer@alum.mit.edu <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>,

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>

 

Elliot,

 

The use of the university IT network is a revocable privilege.

 

You have embroiled the university in your personal issues and

diverted university resources from the things we really need to

focus on to a degree that is simply unacceptable.  That is a

violation of the campus "Personal Use Policy."

 

I authorized IT Security to disable your university network

privileges.  They will not be reinstated.  As I said in my last

email, I won't be responding to any more of your emails.  If you

want to go to my superior about this, that would be President

Ross.

 

I'm sorry it worked out this way.

 

Holden

 

 

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Subject:            Violation of privacy and free speech at UNC

Date:               Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:40:20 -0400

From:               Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:           ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:                 Thorp, Holden <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

 

 

Holden,

 

I have not embroiled the university in my personal issues; 

Joseph Villarosa, a known internet harasser, has embroiled the

University and Ms Strohm handled his complaint inappropriately by

going through my emails without consulting me and then lying

about what she found on January 17.  She has never complained

about my emailing Villarosa; in fact, I had previously written

her, voluntarily saying that I would correspond with Villarosa

via a non-university account -

 

On Dec 6, 2010, at 3:46 PM, "Elliot Cramer"

<cramer@email.unc.edu<mailto:cramer@email.unc.edu>> wrote:

 

Sorry you've been bothered by this guy;  I'm learning more and

more about him.  He is a real nut.  I've just been chatting with

Calley Gerber of Gerber Animal Law Center who has been harassed

by him too.  I'll write him from my ATT address from now on; let

him complain to them about me. 

 

Ms Strohm replied " Elliott, Thanks. That should help.  Leslie"

 

I have not used University resources to involve him in any way

since then.  You and Ms Stromn recently insisted that I remove a

link to a non-profit website www.ourpaws.info even though this in

no way violates the "personal use policy" and I have reluctantly

complied.  Neither of you have EVER pointed to a statement in the

"personal use policy" that I have violated.  Your problem is not

with me; it is with Joseph Villarosa and the inappropriate way Ms

Strohm has handled his complaint.  You could have handled this

very simply yourself in January.

 

It is a sad day when the Chancellor of the University of North

Carolina sanctions the invasion of privacy and violation of free

speech rights of a retired professor.

 

Elliot

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Subject:

copy of letter to President Ross

Date:

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:51:00 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

President Thomas W. Ross:

cc Holden Thorp

I am a retired professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.  Yesterday I
received an Email from Chancellor Holden Thorp  stating

Elliot,

"The use of the university IT network is a revocable privilege.  
You have embroiled the university in your personal issues and
diverted university resources from the things we really need to
focus on to a degree that is simply unacceptable.  That is a
violation of the campus "Personal Use Policy."  I authorized IT
Security to disable your university network privileges. "

I have not "embroiled the University" in anything.  I, Leslie
Strohm, and Chancellor Thorp have been harrassed by Joseph
Villarosa because of my involvement with a non-profit charity -
Friends of the Orange County Animal Shelter.  Based on his
complaints, Ms Strohm "reviewed" my emails in January and falsely
accused me of misusing my UNC account.  She has never been able
to substantiate this complaint and has not repeated these
assertions since.  She recently stated "I acknowledge that the
website you maintain on University resources is clean on its
face. It is the links that continue to be problematic. ... Would
you please remove -- immediately -- from any University resources
any links to material referencing Joseph Villarosa, either
directly or indirectly."  Evidently Ms Strohm claims that if I
have a link to a link to a link ... to a link that references
this man, this is a violation of university policy.  This is
absurd and outrageous.  Never the less, at the request of
Chancellor Thorp, I have removed that link, and yet my entire
computer account has been disabled even though no one now claims
that I am misusing the Email system or have any objectionable
links on my website.  Nothing I have ever done is a violation of
the campus "Personal Use Policy"; neither Strohm nor Chancellor
Thorp have been able to specifically cite the policy I have
violated.

I would like to appeal the revocation of my university network
privileges and request that my account be reinstated, pending
action on my appeal.  All correspondence documenting this may be
found on http://www.ourpaws.info/strohm%20letters.htm

Elliot M. Cramer
PO 428
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

919-942-2503

Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

Websites 
http://www.ourpaws.info/cramer
http://www.friendsofocas.org
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Subject:

Re: Joseph Villarosa

Date:

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:03:17 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>


Thank you very much for your very prompt reply.  I must say I am astonished that such nonsense could elicit a response even from the Chancellor of a great University.  Of course I have never "advertised" for anything.  The two organizations of which I am a board member are public charities incorporated under North Carolina law and are exempt organizations according to North Carolina statute.  You should know that Villarosa has harassed many people, including Bill Reppy of Duke.  A no-contact order was recently obtained against him by Susan Barrett whose successful lawsuit with Calley Gerber elicited all this correspondence.  See
http://www.ourpaws.info/nocont-joe.jpg
http://www.robesonian.com/view/full_story/8054385/article-County-pledges-pound-changes?instance=home_news_lead

My only involvement with the lawsuit is that I am a board member of Friends of the Orange County Animal Shelter which served as a vehicle for them to solicit money for their lawsuit against Robeson County.  Even the clerk's office in Forsyth County was harassed with numerous faxes ; of course, Villarosa didn't show up.  I am eagerly awaiting the results of my public records request from Ms Strohm; she has NEVER cited anything in my emails which she has searched to substantiate any misuse of the University computer system.  There never was any misuse of the system.  To this day, none of us know what Villarosa's problem is, other than possible jealousy that they achieved what he could not.
 
I presume that you have seen the attached;  if I can give you any further information beyond that contained in http://www.ourpaws.info/strohm%20letters.htm
please contact me.

Thank you again.

Elliot

 

 

Subject:

Re: Joseph Villarosa

Date:

Wed, 04 May 2011 08:14:24 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>


I haven't taken any further action, pending my appeal to the President; will I be receiving a response?  I am checking with Susan Barrett to see if the SBI or FBI have taken any action against Villarosa yet.

Thank you.

Elliot Cramer

 

 

Subject:

Re: Re: Joseph Villarosa

Date:

Wed, 4 May 2011 12:01:01 -0400

From:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>

To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>

 

Dr. Cramer,

You will receive a response. 

 

 

Subject:

Re: Joseph Villarosa

Date:

Wed, 4 May 2011 12:24:09 -0400

From:

Susan D. Barrett 

To:

'Laura B. Luger' <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>, <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>

 

Hello Ms. Luger and Mr. Crammer I'm not sure what all this man is doing on your end but I  can give you some insight on the person you are dealing with here.

 

Facts:

1/ I have a NC Court order Restraining Order on this man from Forsyth County.

2/ This man has sent me deaths threats.

3/ This man has sent me emails with tag files that the Authorities found on my computer after he posted he had placed a computer key stoke program on my computer.

4/ He's stated he has now placed cameras and can see me thru my kitchen window.

5/ His other partners in crime have boasted about poisoning my dogs and burning my home down.

 

He's just violated my RO here in NC and New York found his threats so creditable they signed a NY Anti Stalking Order in place against him for me and will be acting more on this next week with the Da get's back in town. I can supply you with all their contact names and numbers if you need them. This man has issues and for whatever reason is stalking 3 NC Residents that I have heard from so far. He's also recently illegally obtained medical records of a lady in Montana and posted them all over the internet to embarrass her.

 

Yes, the FBI in Charlotte Nc are aware of him as well as the Greensboro Office let alone the NC SBI in Raleigh.

 

If you would like more info on this man please call me at 336-x as I dont feel too comfortable in putting too much in an email as I'm sure if you have opened even one email from him your system has now been compromised as well.

 

Thank you,

 

___________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Subject:

Fwd: Re: Acknowledgment (Public Records Request dated 4/20/11)

Date:

Tue, 10 May 2011 11:35:32 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>

CC:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>


I would appreciate your help in getting me access to the public information I requested from Ms. Strohm 20 days ago.  I note that your office responded to my request immediately.  I cannot help but believe that Ms Strohm is still searching through my old emails to find justification for her false claim that "What we found is that, since 2004, you have regularly used your “unc” account to set up and manage a PayPal account on behalf of FOCAS and to solicit monetary gifts from donors and potential donors to FOCAS. "  In fact this statement is a lie; she found no such thing since the account was not in existence in 2004 and I did not set it up or manage it;  Margaret Mauney did both and I had no knowledge of what she was doing.  As I told Ms. Strohm on January 17, "The only contact with UNC was that Paypal sent me notices of contributions to FOCAS and I forwarded these notices to Pat Sanford, starting in October 5, 2009".   Obviously this claim came from Joseph Villarosa who has harassed ALL OF US.  I never received a reply from Ms Strohm.

There has never been any justification for Holden Thorp cutting off access to my University website and Email, particularly since I complied with his unjustified request to remove "any links to material referencing Mr. Villarosa".  I presume this is a response to my invited article in the Chapel Hill Herald or my Email requesting an apology from Ms Strohm for her unjustified invasion of my privacy.


 Thank you.

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

Subject:

Invasion of Privacy

Date:

Sun, 15 May 2011 23:10:35 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

'ecramer@alum.mit.edu' <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>

To:

bruce@unc.edu

 

Bruce W. Carney, Provost

Bruce:

I have just received a copy of the attached email that you sent
to Leslie Strohm on November 22.  As you can imagine, I was
disturbed and offended when I received an email from her two
months later with the false statement that


  "Pursuant to the University Policy on the Privacy of Electronic
  Information
  (http://www.unc.edu/campus/policies/elec_info.html), your email
  files were reviewed.  What we found is that, since 2004, you
  have regularly used your "unc" account to set up and manage a
  PayPal account on behalf of FOCAS and to solicit monetary gifts
  from donors and potential donors to FOCAS."

I am even more offended that you approved her hunting expedition
without first asking me for an explanation.  Ms Strohm has NEVER
substantiated any of her allegations and, indeed, has never
answered my immediate response to her accusations.  An Email from
Ms Strohm to Villarosa
(http://www.ourpaws.info/joe-april%2017.htm)
would seem to clear me of his allegations but I received this
only in a public records request.


Villarosa is a deranged person who has harassed me and others
because of our involvement with the Robeson County animal shelter
(see barrett to Lugar.pdf attached).  My full correspondence with
Ms. Strohm and Holden Thorp may be found on
http://www.ourpaws.info/strohm

I presume that the "major problem" you refer to is the "youth for
western civilization" affair which is documented on
http://www.ourpaws.info/cramer/ywc/
Had Holden not listened to his "PR advisers" and Ms Strohm, that
issue would have been settled very quietly.

Other faculty have been as concerned as I have been about this
invasion of privacy, including your colleague Hugon Karwowski. 
He believes as I do that the faculty should be informed of your
policy of allowing access to private emails without notification. 
We believe that this outrageous policy should be changed.  If you
are not willing to do this on your own initiative, I request that
it be brought up at the next Faculty Council meeting.

 

 

 

Subject:

Invasion of privacy followup

Date:

Mon, 16 May 2011 13:46:03 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

bruce@unc.edu

 

Bruce

I would like to know if you have granted permission to anyone else
to inspect emails on my University account.

Elliot

 

 

Subject:

Villarosa episode

Date:

Mon, 16 May 2011 15:10:24 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

ramon_padilla_jr@unc.edu

 

I have just been going over a collection of emails that have been
sent to me and find the attached.  Life is indeed interesting.  You
might like to read about Villarosa on http://www.ourpaws.info/joe

Curiously, the same day, Leslie Strohm sent him a brush-off letter
(attached).  Evidently she has cleared me of any wrong-doing.  In
fact, no one have EVER provided me with any evidence of my misuse of
the IT system or violation of University regulations.  For several
weeks I have been unable to access the UNC system through
cramer@email.unc.edu.  Though I rarely use the UNC system, this is a
minor inconvenience and I would appreciate your promptly restoring
my access.

thank you,

Elliot

 

 

Subject:

[WARNING - NOT VIRUS SCANNED] Villarosa

Date:

Mon, 16 May 2011 16:46:33 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>

CC:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

I am very sorry to trouble you but I do have some continuing
concerns. Thanks to you I was (after three weeks) sent a CD with a
collection of "msg" files which I was unable to read on my
computer.  I had to obtain a computer program to translate them
individually and I am currently going through these files.  Perhaps
Ms Brill can show Ms Stabile how to handle requests such as mine.
No attachments were included but I do not believe that I need them
at this time.  Of more concern is that my request was for "all
documents and emails related to Joseph Villarosa's complaints
against me."   Based on Ms Strohm's claims, she must have gone
through approximately 250,000 emails to me and 36,000 emails from
me.  Surely there are notes or other documents related to this.
Also I find nothing related to the closing of my access to the UNC
IT system; someone must have records of this.

Ms Strohm wrote in an email to Nancy Davis Associate Vice Chancellor
for University Relations and Brenda W. Kirby, Secretary of the
University
dated January 19

"Thanks.  We did look at his emails, with permission from the
Provost.  We did not just rely on the allegations of Mr.Villarosa.
I will respond to his messages as soon as I have a chance.  -"

She never did respond and, as I have previously noted, all of her
claims are false. Also she was the only one given permission to look
at my emails, not members of her staff or anyone else.   It would
seem that Ms Strohm's April 20 letter to Villarosa has terminated
UNC's involvement with him and has cleared me of any wrong-doing.
It is unfortunate that she did not send such a letter to him in
November.  Never the less a May 2 letter intended for your attention
was misaddressed to Holden Thorp.  If you have responded to him, I
would appreciate being sent a copy.

One final point.  I see that Villarosa has slandered me to the Board
of Governors and that a letter was sent from your office in response

From: Bart Corgnati [mailto:bbc@northcarolina.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:10 PM
To: Adelaide Key; Ann Goodnight; Atul Bhula; Bill Daughtridge;
Brad Wilson; Brad Wilson @ home; Brent Barringer; Burley
Mitchell; Chairman Gage; Charles Hayes; Charles Mercer; Cheryl
Locklear; Clarice Cato Goodyear; David Young; Dawn Leister;
Dudley Flood - new; Estelle Sanders; Frank Daniels; Frank
Daniels; Fred Mills; Gladys Ashe Robinson; Gladys Robinson;
Governor Holshouser; Irvin Roseman; Jackie; Jim Deal; Jim Deal
new; John Blackburn; John Davis; Laura Buffaloe; Leroy Lail;
Marshall Pitts; Paul Fulton; Peaches Blank; Peter Hans at home;
Peter Hans new; Phil Dixon; Priscilla Taylor; Ronald Leatherwood;
Steve Bowden; Walter Davenport
Cc: Ross, Thomas Warren; Thorp, Chancellor; Davies, Jeffrey R;
Worthington, Joni B; Luger, Laura B
Subject: FW: Villarosa v. UNC

I would appreciate your informing these individuals (and copying me)
that I have been cleared of wrongdoing.  Also express my sincere
regrets that everyone involved has been troubled by Villarosa.  I
believe that Villarosa's actions go beyond the public figure
standard of actual malice, but as a long time member of the ACLU, I
prefer to combat bad speech with good speech.  I think that I have
been successful at this, but I regret that you and the Chancellor
have been troubled by Villarosa's actions.  This all could have been
prevented, had Ms Strohm or the Provost called me in November,
asking for an explanation.  This would have saved us all a great
deal of grief.  I wrote Ms Strohm on April 25 suggesting a way to
put an end to this dreary affairs.  I said

You can

1. apologize for reviewing my email files without first asking me
for an explanation
2. change your policy so that you first seek an explanation from the
offending party before reviewing her emails
3. acknowledge that I have not violated the personal use and
acceptable use policies of the University

In return, I will  consider the matter closed and will remove all
references to you from all of my websites.

As a courtesy to Holden, I have removed the link that you have
complained about, although I see nothing in the University policies
that relates to links to legal organizations.
---
Evidently this email caused Holden to sever my IT connection and
this is a clear violation of my free speech rights.  I have publicly
stated my high regard for Holden and I hope he has had second
thoughts about this.  I would be happy to discuss this further with
you or him.

Thank you again for your help.

Elliot

___________________________________________________________________________

 

Subject:

RE: Villarosa episode

Date:

Tue, 17 May 2011 18:00:09 +0000

From:

Waddell, Stan Adolphus <stan_waddell@unc.edu>

To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>

 

Dr. Cramer,

Your account access was removed at the request of the Chancellor's Office via the Office of University Counsel. In order to restore your account access, the Information Security Office will need a request to do so from the Office of University Counsel. I apologize in advance for your inconvenience.



Best Regards,

Stan Waddell, PMP, CISSP, ABD
ISO and Executive Director ITS Security

 

 

 

Subject:

my request of May 16

Date:

Wed, 18 May 2011 22:53:42 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>

CC:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>



Based on the partial response to my public records request of a month ago, I have compiled an outline history of events starting with Villarosa's first email to me, claiming to be interested in contributing to the non-profit public charity FOCAS which offers minor support to the Orange County Animal shelter, a governmental agency.  I think it is evident from this that I have not "embroiled the university" in anything but that I am a victim of harassment by Joseph Villarosa and that I have defended myself against this harassment without the use of University resources as Ms Strohm acknowledges.  The University's problem is with Villarosa, not with me.  As Ms Strohm finally stated to Villarosa on April 20, "This is not a University matter";  She should have said this earlier.  Similarly I am not responsible for Villarosa's harassment of you, Holden Thorp, or any other University officials.

Nothing that I have done can reasonably be construed as a violation of the University's "personal use policy" 
http://www.unc.edu/finance/busman/act/actpol26.html and I request that my access to IT services be promptly restored.  I would also like the requests in my May 16 letter to be acted upon.

Thank you,

 

 

 

Subject:

RE: Invasion of Privacy

Date:

Fri, 20 May 2011 14:33:02 +0000

From:

Carney, Bruce William <bruce@unc.edu>

To:

'ecramer@alum.mit.edu' <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>

CC:

Coble, McKay <acoble@email.unc.edu>, Boxill, Jeanette M <JMBOXILL@email.unc.edu>, Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Carney, Bruce William <bruce@unc.edu>

Elliot --

    UNC is a public institution, and all records, with some exceptions for personnel
or other reasons, are subject to inquiry for valid reasons. Indeed, the University's
"Policy on the Privacy of Electronic Information" has been in place since 2002 and
has been available on our website for a long time. The policy authorizes
University officials to read email in order to investigate _reports_ of violation
of University policy, or local, state, or federal law, with the approval from the
Provost _and_ from the General Counsel. There is no guarantee of privacy
or confidentiality for data or messages stored or sent on University-owned
equipment.

    I am sorry about your entanglements to which you refer. My own approval
note was a reference to something that I had heard with regard to your
situation, and not to the "Youth for Western Civilization" issue.

    I have issue only that one approval, but different people in the Office
of University Counsel may be exploring the issue.

   --Bruce

 

 

Subject:

Re: follow-up documentation (Public Records Requested 5/17/11)

Date:

Fri, 20 May 2011 15:40:52 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Stabile, Regina <regina_stabile@unc.edu>

CC:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>, Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, Barry Nakell <bnakell@nc.rr.com>, JMBOXILL@email.unc.edu



Thank you for this documentation. Since these two emails were missing from the disk you sent me previously, I am concerned that other emails may have been omitted as well and I request that you verify that I have ALL emails that meet my original request which said


Pursuant to 132-6,  I would like to inspect all documents and emails
related to Joseph Villarosa's complaints against me.  Please advise
me when I may come to your office to inspect them

More importantly, after a month I have received only emails and I believe that there must be other related documents such as notes or memoranda to you or other members of Ms Strohm's staff or the Chancellor's staff. Ms Strohm's email to Ms Kirby suggests that others have reviewed my emails and, surely, someone must have taken notes of what they found related to my supposed violation of University regulations.  I believe that these are all public records under 132-6.  Ms Strohm wrote
"What we found is that, since 2004, you have regularly used your “unc” account to set up and manage a PayPal account on behalf of FOCAS and to solicit
monetary gifts from donors and potential donors to FOCAS."

I have yet to receive anything to document this claim which I know to be false.  This was the original basis for threatening me with loss of IT privileges;  Ms Strohm's email to Villarosa  http://www.ourpaws.info/joe-april%2017.htm makes no mention of validating these claims which originated with Villarosa.  The attached email or the associated email from Holden cites no specific act of mine which violates ANY University regulation.  Since, on April 24, I met Ms Strohm's demand to remove a link to a link which documents Villarosa's harassment of me and others,  I can only conclude that terminating my IT access was in response to my April 25 request that Ms Strohm apologize for her false statements and threat.  I do not believe that asking Ms Strohm for an  apology is a violation of any University regulation but that this retaliation is a violation of my rights as Professor Emeritus at UNC.


As I wrote a month ago, I will be happy to come to your office to inspect these documents.

Thank you

 

 

 

  Subject:

Re: Invasion of Privacy

Date:

Fri, 20 May 2011 12:06:14 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Carney, Bruce William <bruce@unc.edu>

CC:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>, acoble@email.unc.edu, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, JMBOXILL@email.unc.edu

 

Bruce,

I understand that there is no guarantee of privacy, but  I would think that I, rather than my emails, would be the best source of an explanation for Villarosa's complaints against me.   All of this could have been avoided with a single telephone call from you or Strohm.  I note that only Strohm was granted permission to read my emails but, in her letter to Ms Kirby, she says "we found".  I believe that this implies a violation of my privacy and the University regulation that you cite. 

You are the first person in the administration to say that you are sorry about Villarosa's harassment of me and I appreciate that. Strohm, on the other hand, wrote Villarosa saying "I am sorry that your ongoing dispute with Dr. Cramer has caused you great distress."  Despite her statement to Ms Kirby on January 19 that "I will respond to his messages as soon as I have a chance",  I have never had any response from her.   She certainly owes me an apology and restoration of my IT rights. 

I doubt that many faculty realized that their emails may be read by others without notice.  I hope that you will reconsider your policy regarding faculty email.

Thanks,

 

 

Subject:

a thought

Date:

Fri, 20 May 2011 19:25:28 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Carney, Bruce William <bruce@unc.edu>

 

Bruce

If access to my email and website should be magically restored, I
will remove all references to Holden on my website and cancel my
appeal to President Ross.  Feel free to pass this on to anyone.

Elliot

 

 

 

Subject:

Re: follow-up documentation (Public Records Requested 5/17/11)

Date:

Fri, 20 May 2011 19:45:24 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Stabile, Regina <regina_stabile@unc.edu>



On 5/20/2011 1:01 PM, Stabile, Regina wrote:

Dear Dr. Cramer –

 

I write to provide the public records you requested in your email sent to Stan Waddell on May 17, 2011.   Please see the attached pdf, which consists of a cover letter from me and the documentation referenced in that letter (in all, 12 pages / just under 300 KB).

 

Sincerely,

Regina


Ms Stabile

I realize now that these emails were dated AFTER my original public records request but three weeks before the disk was sent to me. I do not know what the closing date was for that compilation.  I do not want to delay your complete response (other documents) to my original request but I would like to renew my public records request for all documents and emails related to Joseph Villarosa's complaints against me since the compilation you previously sent me.

I do not need the attachments Villarosa sent; I am tired of reading his garbage.  You should be aware that his emails contain tracking software and you might want to check with IT about avoiding information being sent to him when you open his emails

Thank you

Elliot

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Subject:

Link between removing my UNC email access and website with the Youth for Western Civilization episode

Date:

Sat, 21 May 2011 09:31:28 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Carney, Bruce William <bruce@unc.edu>

CC:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, Peter Bonilla <peter@thefire.org>

 

Bruce:

I think you are misremembering the situation.  My first contact with
Villarosa was on November 16 and he wrote the following to me and
the University on November 20, two days before you approved Ms.
Strohm's access to my emails.  The only "major problem" involving me
and the University was the Youth for Western Civilization affair two
years ago
http://www.ourpaws.info/cramer/ywc/N&O%20chancellor%20freezes%20activist%20group.doc

It is obvious to me that there is a direct link between my
harassment by Ms Strohm and this news article.

I also note that the University's policy on Use of computer
facilities  https://help.unc.edu/1687#P24_676 forbids "Any
commercial or for-profit ventures (such as running a business using
your campus web space, email account, or network access)"  Note that
FOCAS, which Villarosa complained about, is a not for profit public
charity, incorporated in North Carolina and (unnecessarily)
registered with the NCSOS.  Even if his allegations were true (which
they are not), it would not be a violation of University Policy.
---
Nov 20 Villarosa to Cramer
Now watch what I do to you, FOCUS and all of your friends LEGALLY that
is! I'm going straight to UNC And ALL of this is going to the NCSOS in
my complaint!

Nov 20 Villarosa to "Friends at UNC"
I believe the attached complaint against Dr. Cramer is very clear.
Please review.

 

 

Subject:

RE: follow-up documentation (Public Records Requested 5/17/11)

Date:

Mon, 23 May 2011 12:44:58 +0000

From:

Stabile, Regina <regina_stabile@unc.edu>

To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>

CC:

Luger, Laura B <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>, Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Thorp, Holden <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, Barry Nakell <bnakell@nc.rr.com>, Boxill, Jeanette M <JMBOXILL@email.unc.edu>

 

Dear Dr. Cramer –

 

I note in your message below that you again reference documentation missing from your previous request.  As stated in my letter to you early Friday afternoon, we provided you with all documentation responsive to your April 20th request.   The reason the documentation you requested on May 17th was not included previously is because it did not exist at the time of your April 20th request and therefore was outside the scope of your request.

 

We are happy to consider your message bellow as a request for responsive documentation between Arpil 20th and May 20th, when we received your message below (responsive documentation being what you specified previously – “all documents and emails related to Joseph Villarosa’s complaints against me”).   As explained above responsive documentation will only include documentation that exists at the time you make your request.

 

If I am mistaken about what records you are requesting at this time, please let me know.  Otherwise, we will begin to process this request.

 

Sincerely,

Regina

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Subject:

public records request for ALL documents

Date:

Mon, 23 May 2011 10:49:38 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Stabile, Regina <regina_stabile@unc.edu>

CC:

Luger, Laura B <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>, Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Thorp, Holden <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, Barry Nakell <bnakell@nc.rr.com>, Boxill, Jeanette M <JMBOXILL@email.unc.edu>, Peter Bonilla <peter@thefire.org>



On 5/23/2011 8:44 AM, Stabile, Regina wrote:

Dear Dr. Cramer –

 

(Re) 

I note in your message below that you again reference documentation missing from your previous request.  As stated in my letter to you early Friday afternoon, we provided you with all documentation responsive to your April 20th request.   The reason the documentation you requested on May 17th was not included previously is because it did not exist at the time of your April 20th request and therefore was outside the scope of your request.

---------

 

Thank you

Yes, I now understand this as I wrote you in a later email.  What concerns me is that the only documents I received were emails.  Are you saying that there are NO OTHER DOCUMENTS (ie notes, memos etc) in the University related to Villarosa's complaints against me.  If this is so, except for Ms Strohms's faulty memory, there is NOTHING to substantiate  Ms Strohm's  January 17 statement to me that  "you have regularly used your “unc” account to set up and manage a PayPal account on behalf of FOCAS and to solicit monetary gifts from donors and potential donors to FOCAS."  I know that statement to be false, as I wrote her on January 17.  Furthermore, FOCAS is a non-profit public charity and University regulations refer to "commercial or for-profit ventures".

Given this, I am at a loss to know why my email account and website are still blocked.  I have now updated my website http://www.ourpaws.info/strohm.htm
with an outline of the history of this affair and email documentation of everything that has happened since Villarosa wrote me on November 16, requesting information about FOCAS related to a hypothetical contribution to FOCAS.  This was followed four days later with a complaint to "Friends at UNC" with false claims about me which Ms Strohm seems to have accepted.  Two days later Provost Carney approved Ms Strohm's request to "review Prof. Cramer’s email correspondence with Mr. Villarosa", citing  the "episode earlier that was a major problem", an obvious reference to the Youth for Western Civilization affair.  The unfortunate publicity the University received as a result of the Chancellor's action in asking for my resignation as adviser was not my doing and the University was criticized by a distinguished  UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh  -
http://www.johnleo.com/2009/09/22/liberals-for-free-speech-at-unc/comment-page-1/#comment-26567

The link between this earlier affair and the blocking of my email account and website is obvious and it is clear that I am innocent of any wrongdoing.  I regret that the University has been inconvenienced by Villarosa's extensive correspondence and threats; I have been greatly inconvenienced also.  All of this would have been avoided, had Ms Strohm responded to Villarosa in November as she did on April 20 saying "Dr. Elliot Cramer retired from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May of 1994. He is not our employee, and we have no responsibility for his actions. ... This is not a University matter."

Elliot

 

 

Subject:

Can we put an end to this now?

Date:

Mon, 23 May 2011 11:05:55 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>

CC:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

I think that my email to Regina states the current situation very
clearly.  Twenty months ago, the Chapel Hill Herald wrote

"I think the chancellor has overreacted, but I'm not going to
criticize the chancellor for this," said Elliot Cramer, emeritus
professor of psychology who was adviser to Youth for Western
Civilization.  "I don't feel any ill will towards him,"

I told President Bowles that I thought Holden would be a great
Chancellor and my opinion of him has not changed.  My feelings about
Ms Strohm are quite different; she and Villarosa are responsible for
all of this.

Elliot

 

________________________________________________________________________

 

Subject:

 Email to Board of Governors attached

Date:

Tue, 24 May 2011 16:00:05 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Bart Corgnati <bbc@northcarolina.edu>

CC:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>

 

Mr. Corgnati:

Please forward the attached by Email to the indicated individuals
and copy me.  Please also copy President Ross and acknowledge
receipt of this.

Thank you

Elliot


______________________________________________________________________

 

Subject:

Please forward to President Ross

Date:

Thu, 26 May 2011 10:56:36 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Bart Corgnati <bbc@northcarolina.edu>

CC:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>



President Ross:

On May 24 I wrote to the Board of Governors via Mr Cognati
(copying you) regarding the slanderous statements made to them
about me by Joseph Villarosa.  It does not appear that my letter
was forwarded to them and I do not know if you have read it.

I noted that "Nothing sent to me as a result of my public records
request provides any justification for Villarosa's allegations.
See http://www.ourpaws.info/strohm
After five months UNC General Counsel Leslie Strohm has evidently
cleared me of any wrongdoing.  She wrote to Villarosa saying "I
am sorry that your ongoing dispute with Dr. Cramer has caused you
great distress.  ... This is not a University matter."  See
http://www.ourpaws.info/joe-april%2017.htm"


A month ago I wrote you to "appeal the revocation of my
university network privileges and request that my account be
reinstated, pending action on my appeal."  This followed my
appeal to Chancellor Thorp who referred me to you.  I was told by
Ms Luger on May 4 that "You will receive a reply" but I have not.

It is clear, based on my public records requests, that there is
no evidence that I have violated any University regulations or
that I have "embroiled the university in (my) personal issues".
I again request that my University network privileges be
restored.

 

 

Subject:

RE: Please forward to President Ross

Date:

Thu, 26 May 2011 15:05:53 -0400

From:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>

To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>, Bart Corgnati <bbc@northcarolina.edu>

CC:

Tom Ross <tomross@northcarolina.edu>, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, "Leslie Chambers Strohm (Leslie_Strohm@unc.edu)" <Leslie_Strohm@unc.edu>




Dear Dr. Cramer,

 

I have reviewed your recent appeal to President Ross asking him to review and overturn the decision of UNC Chapel Hill to revoke your IT privileges.  The matter of the campus withdrawal of your IT privileges is squarely within the discretion of the campus, and there is no basis under law or University policy for an appeal to this office.    

 

 

Subject:

my appeal

Date:

Thu, 26 May 2011 15:23:57 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>


I am very disappointed to learn this, after a month.  I appealed to President Ross since the Chancellor referred me to him.  In any event, I do want the Board of Governors to know the facts since they have been misled by Villarosa.  Will you be forwarding my letter to them?  Also I would like to make a public records request to inspect all emails and documents relating to the Villarosa affair at General Administration, excluding what has already been sent to me and correspondence with me.  I will be pursuing other avenues for redress.

thank you

 

 

Subject:

RE  my appeal

Date:

Thu, 26 May 2011 15:33:19 -0400

From:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>

To:

elliottcramer@bellsouth.net <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

CC:

Bart Corgnati <bbc@northcarolina.edu>, Tom Ross <tomross@northcarolina.edu>, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, "Leslie Chambers Strohm (Leslie_Strohm@unc.edu)" <Leslie_Strohm@unc.edu>




Dear Dr. Cramer,

We will respond to your new public records request as promptly as reasonably possible.

We understand that you have asked us to forward a letter to the Board of Governors.  It is not the practice of this office to forward information

to the Board of Governors upon request.  I’m sure you can understand the rationale for this protocol. 

 

 

Subject:

accusations against me by Joseph Villarosa

Date:

Thu, 26 May 2011 22:26:29 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

hgage@ec.rr.com, peter.hans@nelsonmullins.com, bunnyws@yahoo.com, brent@barringerlaw.com, president@uncasg.org, maedog@bellsouth.net, pgb0902@aol.com, rbowden325@aol.com, lbuff@embarqmail.com, frank2@josephus.com, billd@daughtridgeenergy.com, wcdavenport@nc.rr.com, john.w.davis@db.com, jdeal@dealmoseley.com, phildixon@daglawyers.com, flood_dudley@bellsouth.net, paulfulton@triad.rr.com, ann.goodnight@sas.com, ccgoodyear@deltaforce.net, chayes@researchtriangle.org, lawyers@pinehurst.net, adelaide.key@gmail.com, leroylail@hickoryfurniture.com, rleatherwood@charter.net, charles.mercer@nelsonmullins.com, fgm@millsconstructionco.com, bmitchell@wcsr.com, bruceatlaw@aol.com, alroseman@endo.net, pptathome@aol.com, brad.wilson@bcbsnc.com, david@youngandassociates.com

CC:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, Bart Corgnati <bbc@northcarolina.edu>

 

To: Adelaide Key; Ann Goodnight; Atul Bhula; Bill Daughtridge;
Brad Wilson; Brad Wilson @ home; Brent Barringer; Burley
Mitchell; Chairman Gage; Charles Hayes; Charles Mercer; Cheryl
Locklear; Clarice Cato Goodyear; David Young; Dawn Leister;
Dudley Flood - new; Estelle Sanders; Frank Daniels; Frank
Daniels; Fred Mills; Gladys Ashe Robinson; Gladys Robinson;
Governor Holshouser; Irvin Roseman; Jackie; Jim Deal; Jim Deal
new; John Blackburn; John Davis; Laura Buffaloe; Leroy Lail;
Marshall Pitts; Paul Fulton; Peaches Blank; Peter Hans at home;
Peter Hans new; Phil Dixon; Priscilla Taylor; Ronald Leatherwood;
Steve Bowden; Walter Davenport

May 26, 2011

Based on a public records request, I have learned of the
following correspondence.

  Jan 12 10:43a  Villarosa to UNC Human Resources and Board of
  Governors
  "After dozens of attempts to resolve a matter with your legal
  staff and Chancellor's office, I am now writing you ..."

  Jan 12 12:55p  Luger to Villarosa
  "I am responding to you on behalf of the individuals you
  included in your email ... We are awaiting completion of the
  ongoing campus review of the situation. ..."

  Jan 12 1:09p  Bart Corgnati to UNC Board of Governors
  "Please see the email sent by Laura Luger to Joseph Villarosa
  on your behalf."

I regret that you have been troubled by these false allegations
of Villarosa's.  He is a well-known internet harasser and a "no
contact order" has been issued against him in Forsyth County see
http://www.ourpaws.info/joe

He has even insulted and threatened Vice President and General
Counsel Luger, saying "I intend to use this against you in
court ... you stepped into my trap  What a fool"  See
http://www.ourpaws.info/threat-Luger.htm

Nothing sent to me as a result of my public records request
provides any justification for Villarosa's allegations.  See
http://www.ourpaws.info/strohm

After five months UNC General Counsel Leslie Strohm has evidently
cleared me of any wrongdoing.  She wrote to Villarosa saying "I
am sorry that your ongoing dispute with Dr. Cramer has caused you
great distress.  ... This is not a University matter."  See
http://www.ourpaws.info/joe-april%2017.htm

I appreciate your public service on behalf of the University and
hope that you will not be troubled further by Villarosa.

 

 

Subject:

Re: my appeal

Date:

Thu, 26 May 2011 22:39:44 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>



On 5/26/2011 3:33 PM, Laura B. Luger wrote:

Dear Dr. Cramer,

We will respond to your new public records request as promptly as reasonably possible.

We understand that you have asked us to forward a letter to the Board of Governors.  It is not the practice of this office to forward information

to the Board of Governors upon request.  I’m sure you can understand the rationale for this protocol.

-------

 

No problem; as I told Mr Corgnati, I did it through him as a courtesy to you so that you could attach any comment you thought necessary.  I have now written them directly and copied you.  I would appreciate your copying me if you feel it necessary to write further to the Board about this.  I will be happy to put in a further public records request if you desire.

I hope that Holden, on reflection, will see that I am not responsible for all that has happened and will decide, on his own initiative, to restore my IT access.

 

 

Subject:

FIRE fax to you

Date:

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:37:13 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

Holden:

I believe that you have received a letter on my behalf from FIRE.
As it happens there is a recent United States Court of Appeals
decision involving UNC-Wilmington which is relevant.

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1562438.html

"The First Amendment protects not only the affirmative right to
speak, but also the "right to be free from retaliation by a
public official for the exercise of that right." Suarez Corp.
Indus. v. McGraw, 202 F.3d 676, 685 (4th Cir.2000)."

This is what FIRE is referring to and I believe that Ms. Luger
will confirm that this is the law.  I am still doing scholarly
work http://www.ourpaws.info/cramer/legal.htm
and it is an inconvenience that I cannot access E-journals from
home.  I have scarcely used University Email since January after
learning that it was being read by others; I am unlikely to use
it much in the future.

There is simply no reason for us to be involved in any
controversy; my disputes are with Villarosa and Strohm.  I wrote
Bruce a few weeks ago saying, "If access to my email and website
should be magically restored, I will remove all references to
Holden";  that offer still  holds.


Elliot

 

 

 

Subject:

follow-up documentation (Public Records Requested 5/20/11 and 5/23/11)

Date:

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 20:56:23 +0000

From:

Stabile, Regina <regina_stabile@unc.edu>

To:

Elliot Cramer (elliottcramer@bellsouth.net) <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>




Dear Dr. Cramer –

 

Please see the attached pdf, which consists of a letter from me.  As noted in my letter enclosed documentation was saved to disc and will be sent to you via First Class U.S. Mail.

 

Sincerely,

Regina

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

June 6, 2011

 

Dr. Elliot M. Cramer

P.O. Box 428

Chapel Hill, NC 27514

(919) 942-2503

elliottcramer@bellsouth.net

 

COVER LETTER VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL ENCLOSURE VIA FIRST CLASS U.S. MAIL


 

 

Dear Dr. Cramer:

 

I write as a follow up to your requests dated May 20, 2011, and May 23, 2011 (sent to me via electronic mail). In your May 20th request you asked about documentation outside the scope of your April 20th request (documentation after your April 20th request). In your May 23rd request your subject line was "public records request for ALL documents" and in your message you wrote "Are you saying that there are NO OTHER DOCUMENTS (ie notes, memos etc) in the University related to Villarosa's complaints against me." You also referenced your email and website accounts through the University.

 

The enclosed documentation and information below is being provided to you in accordance with the North Carolina Public Records Act. As previously noted, the documentation sent to you on May 11, 2011, consisted of all public records responsive to your April 20th request. Public record documentation between April 20, 2011, and May 23, 2011, was saved to disk and is enclosed. In addition, copies of your University email and website accounts - in their current states at the time they were deactivated - were saved to the three enclosed disks bundled together. The enclosed disks will be sent to you via First Class U.S. Mail.

 

Upon your receipt of the four enclosed disks, we will have provided you with copies of all public records responsive to your requests, as well as copies of your University email and website accounts in their current states at the time deactivated.

 

 

Subject:

Re: follow-up documentation (Public Records Requested 5/20/11 and 5/23/11)

Date:

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:32:01 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Stabile, Regina <regina_stabile@unc.edu>

CC:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, "Strohm, Leslie Chambers" <strohm@email.unc.edu>, "Laura B. Luger" <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>, Peter Bonilla <peter@thefire.org>, "Boxill, Jeanette M" <JMBOXILL@email.unc.edu>



Thank you very much;  your attached letter confirms (as I believed) that the University has no documentation to support Ms Strohm's  January 17 statement to me that  "you have regularly used your “unc” account to set up and manage a PayPal account on behalf of FOCAS and to solicit monetary gifts from donors and potential donors to FOCAS."

 

 

 

Subject:

library ejournals

Date:

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:08:25 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Waddell, Stan Adolphus <stan_waddell@unc.edu>

 

According to this, only my email and website were to be disabled.  I
am unable to access e journals at the library because my loginis not
accepted.  Please have that reinstated

 

Attachment

Worklog:

Please disabel email access for Professor Emeritus Elliot Cramer. This should be done for all email

accounts/aliases. Additionally please disable Dr. Cramer's web space. Please issue ticket's to

messaging and AFS Hosting to archive user's associated data. Please store archived data in ISO

filespace accroding to incident handling processes.

Please send me a confirmation once the email and pages are disabled. This needs to be completed

prior to COB. I understand the archival will take longer and archival does not need to be completed

today but must occur.

Senior Leadership have approved this request.

4/27/2011 1:25:52 PM alevere

 

 

 

Subject:

library access

Date:

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:38:18 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Peter Bonilla <peter@thefire.org>



Waddell called me back, saying that the letter from Holden was sent to him "for his files" and he interpreted this as authorization to block network access, not just email and website, even though the letter from Strohm said otherwise

From: "Strohm, Leslie Chambers" <strohm@emai1unc,edu>

Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2011 7:20 am Subject: Cramer

To: "Waddell. Stan Adolphus" <stan waddellf@unc.edu>

 Hi Stan,

Holden and I are in agreement that Cramer's email account and affiliated web page need to be disabled 

What information do you need from me? And how soon can this be accomplished?

Holden wants to write Elliot and let him know right after the account is disabled.

Thanks. If you hnve questions, just give me acalL 343-1829

Leslie

________________________________________________________________________________________

Subject:

public records request

Date:

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:13:16 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Stabile, Regina <regina_stabile@unc.edu>

 

I have now gone through your latest response to my public records
request. I see that Villarosa has been badgering you about my
emails.  One would think that a computer expert (as he claims to be)
would have no trouble reading them.  Actually he can find them all
on my website.  I also see that Faith Walker has made false claims
about me.  I am sorry to trouble you further but I would like to be
sent all University documents related to her complaints about me and
all other University documents involving me since May 23, excepting
emails between me and anyone at the University. It seems likely that
Villarosa will be continuing his harassment of the University;  I
will be happy to discuss any suggestions for my more efficiently
obtaining copies of his correspondence with the University.

If it is more convenient, I will be happy to pick up this
information at your office

Thank you

Elliot

 

______________________________________________________________________

 

 

Subject:

Re FIRE press release - Can we end it now?

Date:

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:31:19 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

Holden

I presume that you have seen http://thefire.org/article/13316.html

I have more material to add to my website and am preparing an ethics
complaint to the NC Bar regarding Strohm's false statements about
me.  I have bent over backwards to keep you out of this dispute with
Strohm.  She underestimated Bonnie and she is underestimating me.  I
am prepared to go to Court over a clear violation of my
constitutional rights. I have done it before with the Animal
Protection Society; they lost their County contract and are
virtually bankrupt.  See http://www.ourpaws.info/

I would much prefer to come to an amicable solution with you;
please call me this morning at 942-2503 if you would like to discuss it.

Elliot

 

_________________________________________________________________________

 

From: Steve Kolowich [mailto:steve.kolowich@insidehighered.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:41 PM
To: Moon, Karen B
Subject: Re: FW: Inquiry for Inside Higher Ed

 

Thanks, Karen. I read the letter and have a few follow-up questions. If you or someone in your office, or the general counsel's, could answer them this afternoon, I would be grateful.

-The letter refers to an "actual and significant disruption experienced by the University as a result of Dr. Cramer's use of a University resource." Can you go into a little more detail about the nature of this "disruption"? What method has UNC used to account for the cost to the university of Dr. Cramer's activities?

-How did Dr. Cramer create the e-mail address focas@unc.edu without authorization? Is that something university professors can easily do, or was it a hack?

-The letter goes out of the way to mention that Dr. Cramer has not worked at the university since 1994 and maintains his network privileges "as a courtesy." Was there a shorter hook in the case of a retired employee than there might have been for a current employee?

-Did the university ever consider lighter sanctions on Dr. Cramer's network privileges -- such as, say, ending his ability to use @unc.edu e-mail accounts while allowing him to continue accessing digital library resources? Why the full ban?


If you could answer these questions for me ASAP, to the extent possible, I would appreciate it. My deadline is 4 p.m. Thanks so much.

Best,

Steve K

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

From: Steve Kolowich [mailto:steve.kolowich@insidehighered.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3:39 PM
To: Moon, Karen B
Subject: Re: FW: Inquiry from Inside Higher Ed--follow up

 

I'll ask my editor, but since we don't own the story he might want to get something out there tomorrow.

Also, I just talked to Dr. Cramer. He says he believes the chancellor of the university has directed this action largely out of spite for the scrape several years ago involving a conservative student organization that Dr. Cramer was involved with. I know it's late in the day, bu I would like to give the chancellor an opportunity to respond if he is at all able. Would you be able to help me set up a brief call between me and him?

-Steve K

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Moon, Karen B <karen_moon@unc.edu> wrote:

Steve,

 

I’m not going to be able to get you a response until tomorrow because I have to track this down. Can you negotiate a change in your deadline?

 

Karen

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Subject:

RE: FW: Inquiry from Inside Higher Ed--follow up

Date:

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:41:59 +0000

From:

Moon, Karen B <karen_moon@unc.edu>

To:

'Steve Kolowich' <steve.kolowich@insidehighered.com>




Steve,

 

Here’s what we can say today. You can attribute this to me.

 

The network is available for official university business. We acknowledge that employees may have some limited personal use of the network. But Dr. Cramer had been retired for 15 years, and his use of the network was exclusively personal. The use of the network is also a privilege. We chose to revoke that privilege because Dr. Cramer was drawing multiple university employees into his personal dispute with Mr. Villarosa.

 

Dr. Cramer’s assertion that the university acted out of spite is just wrong.

 

 

Karen Moon

Interim Director

UNC News Services

(919) 962-8595

 

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

From: Elliot M. Cramer [mailto:elliottcramer@bellsouth.net]

> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:55 AM

> To: Moon, Karen B; Peter Bonilla

> Subject: your email to inside higher ed

> 

> May I have a copy of your email to higher ed about me

> 

Thank you.

 

Since you are director of the News Bureau, you should get your facts

right.  Students, faculty, and staff make extensive use of the email

system for personal use and have done so for years.  My use was not

"exclusively personal" as Vice Chancellor

Leslie Strohm can attest since she looked through my emails.  Even

though I have been retired for 15 years I have the title of

Professor Emeritus and am an active scholar.  See

http://www.ourpaws.info/cramer/legal.htm

 

I did not draw "multiple university employees into my personal

dispute", Villarosa did.  You can confirm this by looking at the

correspondence on my website http://www.ourpaws.info/strohm.htm

This false statement came from Strohm; she has made many other

false statement about me.

 

I will appreciate your sending in a correction to Inside Higher Ed.

 

Thank you,

 

_______________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

Subject:

Confirmation of our conversation

Date:

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:34:52 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Waddell, Stan Adolphus <stan_waddell@unc.edu>



I wrote you on June 13 saying that your order from Strohm was only to disable my email and website.  This is to confirm our phone conversation on June 15 where you said that Holden's April 27 letter to me  was also sent to you for your files.  That email said "I authorized IT Security to disable your university network privileges" and you told me that you interpreted that as an order to disable all network privileges.  If that is not your understanding, please let me know and also restore my library E-journals access since the actual order from Strohm referred only to email and website.  Perhaps Holden or Leslie would like to clarify this for you.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Subject:

restoration of IT access

Date:

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:53:35 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

stan_waddell@unc.edu

CC:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, tomross@northcarolina.edu

 

Stan:

I wrote you on June 13 saying "According to this, only my email
and website were to be disabled.  I am unable to access e
journals at the library because my login is not accepted.  Please
have that reinstated".    I have received no reply.

I have just discovered that I am also unable to download programs
from the University website such as the antivirus program which
are available to students, staff, faculty, and retired faculty.

As I told you on the phone, the directive you received from
Leslie Strohm on April 27 stated "Holden and I are in agreement
that Cramer's email account and affiliated web page need to be
disabled".  You told me that you were given for your files an
April 27 Email to me from the Chancellor stating "I authorized IT
Security to disable your university network privileges."  This
was a personal letter to me and is in fact inaccurate.  Based on
my public records request and my conversation with you, Holden
never made such a request but obviously discussed the issue with
Ms Strohm resulting in her request to you.

I understand that Holden is very angry with me because of the
Youth for Western Civilization affair which Provost Carney said
was "a major problem" and because of the harassment of the
University by Joseph Villarosa.  Neither of these is my
responsibility.  I cannot believe that Holden would be so
vindictive as to cut me off from access to library materials and
other materials necessary to my activities as a scholar and a
"continuing member(s) of the University community" as University
regulations say.

In any event, you have not followed the directive you received
from Ms Strohm and have clearly exceeded your authority.  I
request that you immediately restore my access to IT network
privileges other than Email and my affiliated webpage which Ms
Strohm ordered disabled.  I will seek redress on that issue
elsewhere.

Thank you;

Elliot

____________________________________________________________________

 

Subject:

RE: restoration of IT access

Date:

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:13:32 +0000

From:

Waddell, Stan Adolphus <stan_waddell@unc.edu>

To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>

CC:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Thorp, Holden <holden_thorp@unc.edu>, Ross, Thomas Warren <tomross@northcarolina.edu>

 

Dr. Cramer,


The access that you refer to is tied to your Onyen ID and password. There is not a practical way to separate the network access from email and file space access. So, in order restore journal and shareware access, the University would need to restore your Onyen. Having an active Onyen would restore your ability to use email or publish web sites. I have received no requests from University leadership to resend the email or file space blocks. As such, I am not able to provide the access you request.  

Best Regards,

Stan Waddell, PMP, CISSP, ABD

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Subject:

Re: restoration of IT access

Date:

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:15:07 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Waddell, Stan Adolphus <stan_waddell@unc.edu>

CC:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>, Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Thorp, Holden <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

Stan:

 

I have held off replying to you until now because of Holden's

current difficulties.  I understand your problem.  Never the less,

you have acted on a request from Leslie Strohm which directed you

only to disable only my "email account and affiliated web page".  It

may be that in view of your problem, Ms Strohm will decide to

rescind her order or she may decide to expand it to include all the

other services that are currently disabled.  If my email and

internet access services are not restored, I shall be compelled to

sue both the Chancellor and Ms Strohm for violation of my first

amendment rights.  Under the current circumstances I would have to

include you unless you receive specific authorization from Ms Strohm

for the expanded restriction.  I hope that this issue can be

resolved, at least in so far as you are concerned.

 

Elliot

 

____________________________________________________________________

 

 

Subject:

RE: restoration of IT access

Date:

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:22:53 +0000

From:

Waddell, Stan Adolphus <stan_waddell@unc.edu>

To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu <ecramer@alum.mit.edu>

CC:

Strohm, Leslie Chambers <strohm@email.unc.edu>, Thorp, Holden <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

Dr. Cramer,

 

I have received clarification regarding your access to electronic resources at UNC Chapel Hill. I have been given guidance that the block
 only applies to email and web space access. As you may recall from our previous communications, there is not currently a way to separate
 the type of access you seek (i.e. journal access) from email and web space access. I am continuing to have discussions with the relevant
 technical groups to see how we might accommodate you. I expect to have some news on that front next week. I will either call or send you
 an update via email before close of business on Friday August 19th, 2011. Thank you for your patience.

 

Best Regards,

 

Stan Waddell, PMP, CISSP, ABD

ISO and Executive Director ITS Security

 

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Response to Holden Thorp -  UNC Faculty Council  September 16, 2011

 

I am Elliot Cramer Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychology.  You will recall our conversations a few years ago in connection with my brief tenure as advisor to the conservative student group - Youth for Western Civilization. Following the distribution of scurrilous flyers on campus with my picture and home address, I replied in an email to the YWC President who was concerned for my safety. I was unconcerned but, to allay his fears, I referenced my background as a marksman.  You considered this lacking in "civil discourse".  My resulting resignation as advisor resulted in a great deal of negative publicity for you and the University which I regret.

 

More recently a false complaint by an animal rights activist in New York resulted in my emails being read by the University's general counsel Leslie Strohm, as I learned two months later.  Provost Carney approved her request without contacting me, saying "I recall the episode earlier that was a major problem."

 

Although Strohm never produced any evidence of my misuse of the University's IT system, she insisted that I remove from my UNC website a link to a link to a link which referenced this person.  On the same day she wrote him saying "This is not a University matter".  I wrote you, complaining about her demand, but stated that "Because of my esteem for you, I have removed the link".  I then asked her for a retraction of her false claims and an apology.  Two days later you retaliated against me, saying that you were ordering IT to disable my email account and website because I had supposedly "embroiled the University in (my) private issues", where in fact it was this other person who sent hundreds of Emails to you and other University officials which you and they foolishly responded to.  Your action also disabled access to Library E-journals related to my scholarly work. 

 

I wonder how you justify this invasion of privacy, which ought to be of concern to the Faculty Council and all Faculty members and students, as well as your punitive action which violates my First Amendment rights of free speech.  As you know I now have a private website with full documentation which I hope the faculty will review.

 www.ourpaws.info/strohm.htm

______________________________________________________________

 

 

Appeals Court opinion on free speech   - Mike Adams UNC-W    http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1562438.html

The First Amendment protects not only the affirmative right to speak, but also the "right to be free from retaliation by a public official for the exercise of that right." Suarez Corp.   Indus. v. McGraw, 202 F.3d 676, 685 (4th Cir.2000).

 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Subject:

Re: statement to the Faculty Council

Date:

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:26:32 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

To:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>


Holden:

It was good to talk to you after the Faculty Council meeting.  Attached is the statement I left for the Council members.  I'm sorry I was not able to present it orally.  I was told by Dr. Boxill that there would be an opportunity for faculty to make statements rather than just ask questions.  I did not have an opportunity to say much in the question period.  Your statement that the University has accommodated me is incorrect.  It is true that I can now access other ONYEN services such as Library e-journals (after two months) but that is only because I told Stan Waddell that he had exceeded his authority in going beyond your order to disable my Email and my website and that I would be obliged to include him in any lawsuit against the University if these services were not restored.  I have been told that something will be done about emails addressed to me at Cramer@unc.edu but this has not happened as yet.  From January until recently such emails were forwarded due to my relying primarily on my Bellsouth account after discovering that Ms Strohm was reading my emails.

With regard to your claim that I have "embroiled the University in (my) personal issues", you may wish to look at this abbreviated record of emails which clearly shows that this is not true.  Key Correspondence with UNC
A pretty much complete record is on Correspondence with Leslie Strohm and UNC officials

I understand that the Daily Tarheel will have an article on these issues on Monday.  I don't understand why you would want to subject the University to still more bad publicity.  I have offered to meet with you (or anyone else) to resolve our issues on a number of occasions and I repeated that offer to you personally this afternoon.   The University has been involved in two disastrous lawsuits recently involving the Newspapers and Bonnie Yankaskas which has cost the University hundreds of thousands of dollars; Ms. Strohm's mismanagement is responsible for this and she is responsible for our difficulties, relying as she has on Joseph Villarosa's false claims which have not been substantiated.  I cannot understand why you have chosen to involve yourself in this issue after I met her unreasonable demand.  Sooner or later the University will be obliged to restore my e-mail access and website;  I hope for your sake that it is sooner.

With my best wishes,

Elliot

 

 

Subject:

Will Threat of Legal Action Spur UNC to Restore Emeritus Professor's Rights?

Date:

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:07:50 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

CC:

Tom Ross <tomross@northcarolina.edu>, whargrove@brookspierce.com, bhyde@pittcomanagement.com, plclay@mit.edu, wlcaud@email.unc.edu, dcurtis@curtismedia.com, blount2@aol.com, alstongardner@yahoo.com, slerner@bluehillgroup.com, russell@blackrock.com, eddiesmith@gradywhite.com, Johntownsend829@msn.com, washington@klgates.com, macoope@live.unc.edu



As I told you last week, I'm still willing to discuss resolving this issue.  There would have been nothing to resolve had Leslie Strohm told Villarosa initially (as she did on April 20) that

"I have looked at Dr. Cramer's personal webpage, which is mentioned in your email.  I see no reference to you whatsoever.   I am sorry that your ongoing dispute with Dr. Cramer has caused you great distress.  Your recourse is directly with Dr. Cramer.   He alone is responsible for his words and his actions.  This is not a University matter. "

Yesterday, on First Amendment Day at the University, there was considerable discussion of Ms. Strohm's stonewalling the newspapers on release of what were obviously public records.   Dan Kane of the N&O suggested that the University would have engendered considerable good will had she advised you to promptly release those records.   She is the source of many of your problems and has cost the University many hundreds of thousands of dollars.

You will recall that you wrote me on April 22 saying "I know you will be disappointed in me for saying this, but I need to ask you to comply with Ms. Strohm's requests.  We cannot afford to be drawn into your disagreement with Mr. Villarosa when we have so many important matters facing the university.  If you cannot comply with Ms. Strohm's requests, I will ask IT to disable your email account and web page.  I'm sorry that we were not to able to come to an amicable solution, but I'm very disappointed that you disparaged our general counsel in the newspaper, and I completely disagree with your assessment. "
 
On April 24 I wrote you saying "Because of my esteem for you, I have removed the link www.ourpaws.info" and, on the following day, wrote Ms. Strohm asking her to "apologize for reviewing my email files without first asking me for an explanation".

Despite my complying with Ms. Strohm's unreasonable demand to "remove - immediately -- from any University resources any links to material referencing Mr. Villarosa, either directly or indirectly.",  you directed Ms. Strohm to disable my It access.  On April 27 she wrote Stan Waddell saying "Holden and I are in agreement that Cramer's email account and affiliated web page need to be disabled".

There can be no question but that this is retaliation for speech, in violation of my First Amendment rights.  You may wish to review a brief chronology on http://www.ourpaws.info/history.txt
The main link is http://www.ourpaws.info/strohm.htm

Elliot

 

Subject:

The current situation

Date:

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:06:18 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Tom Ross <tomross@northcarolina.edu>

CC:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>

 

President Ross:

As Ms Luger had requested, I want to keep you apprised of my situation.
Today's program on the "Speaker Ban" plaque was certainly

wonderful.  I had a chance to chat briefly with the Chair of
the Board of Trustees, Wade Hargrove
,
about his comments on the Tancredo affair; as you may know, I
was so appalled by that disruption that I agreed to be the
advisor to Youth for Western Civilization which sponsored
Tancredo's talk.  I also had a chance to chat with Holden,
suggesting that this day would be an appropriate time to resolve
our differences.  I do not believe that he has been getting
proper legal advice about his First Amendment obligations and I
suggested that he might talk to Ms Luger.  He agreed to do so.

I admire Holden and I would prefer not to add to his legal
problems; he is correct that I have outside access to Email and
a website which I have now reorganized -
Dispute with Leslie Strohm - UNC Vice Chancellor and General Counsel Regarding Harassment by Joseph Villarosa
 
That is not the issue; the issue is the right to be free from
retaliation for speech.  I believe that Holden is much more inconvenienced by all this

than I, but it is a matter of principle with me as much as the
Speaker Ban was with those students.

FIRE clearly believes that Holden is wrong (FIRE Press Release and Correspondence with UNC )
as does a former UNC law professor whom I have consulted.  The key points
are summarized in a DTH letter to the editor.
  My Response: UNC retaliated against Cramer’s free speech
  Documentation for above


Between January 20 and April 16, my only email is my email to Strohm
on March 14 noting that I had not yet received a reply to my January 19
email to her.  Villarosa sent many emails to multiple UNC officials. 
It is difficult for me to understand how Holden can say that  I have
"embroiled the university in (my) personal affairs". 
He gave this as the basis for revoking my IT privileges.


Actually the First Amendment issue could have come up two years ago
when Holden asked me to resign as advisor to YWC because of my email
reply to a letter of concern from the Chapter President.
  Correspondence Related to Youth for Western Civilization 
That was an even clearer case of retaliation for speech.
I felt then that I did not wish to remain as advisor without
Holden's approval.  That resignation created a great deal of
public disapproval for the University.  I was defended by a
distinguished First Amendment Scholar.
A Law Professor's view

This situation is completely different and I hope we can resolve it now.
I am sure that Ms Luger will be familiar with the UNC-W precedent.
"The First Amendment protects not only the affirmative right to speak, but also the
 "right to be free from retaliation by a public
official for the exercise of that right."
Suarez Corp.  Indus. v. McGraw, 202 F.3d 676, 685 (4th Cir.2000).
 See  http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1562438.html

Thank you.

Elliot

 

 

Subject:

Re: The current situation

Date:

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:35:18 -0400

From:

Elliot M. Cramer <elliottcramer@bellsouth.net>

Reply-To:

ecramer@alum.mit.edu

To:

Laura B. Luger <lbluger@northcarolina.edu>

CC:

Peter Bonilla <peter@thefire.org>, Tom Ross <tomross@northcarolina.edu>, Holden Thorp <holden_thorp@unc.edu>



I understand that Holden has been involved with the NCAA complaint and I have held off pursuing my issues with him.  I have not heard anything resulting from his telling me that he would discuss the First Amendment issues with you.  You should know that on January 19, Leslie Strohm wrote Brenda Kirby saying  "Thanks.  We did look at his emails, with permission from the Provost.  We did not just rely on the allegations of Mr. Villarosa."   That is a lie and is a violation of ethical standards of the North Carolina Bar; I understand that UNC officials have avoiding putting things in writing (according to the N&O) and nothing related to this was sent to me in response to my public records request.  In fact there could be nothing confirming Villarosa's accusations since these allegations were false and Ms. Strohm did not refer to them in her later Emails to me or in her response to FIRE. 

I wonder if you have had a discussion with Holden regarding the violation of my First Amendment free speech rights.   I had hoped that, given the dedication to free speech represented by the "speaker ban" plaque, Holden might decide to restore my Email access and website without further action on my part.

Thank you.

Elliot