???? - It is brought to Bruce's attention that LifeMirage was claiming to be a doctor in various posts in the forums, or at least hinting that he was a doctor and not correcting himself when questioned. This information was provided by a couple different people, including Adam Kamil.
Feb 5, 2006 - Bruce brings the misrepresentation issue to the attention of leadership. The initial tone is somewhat accusatory, which puts LifeMirage on the defensive and brings many leaders, including some Directors, to LifeMirage's defense (or at least moral support).
Feb 6, 2006 - Bruce is pressured to reveal that Adam Kamil is the source of the misrepresentation charges. Many in the leadership distrust Adam Kamil's motives and therefore again feel the need to vigorously defend LifeMirage. LifeMirage, already hurt (or at least faking being hurt) by the way this was started, increasingly distrusts Bruce.
Feb 6, 2006 - LifeMirage claims he does not want to reveal his real name for personal reasons, including work-related reasons.
Feb 7, 2006 - LifeMirage beat around the bush about the "doctor issue" until Bruce asked him to make a new disclaimer. The new disclaimer fulfilled Bruce's request but still left open the question of whether or not he was a licensed doctor.
Feb 7, 2006 - LifeMirage was asked to explain the instances where he was claiming to have "patients" and whether or not his M.D. meant a "degree in medicine" or "licensed doctor".
Feb 8, 2006 - LifeMirage accuses Bruce of releasing his personal information to Adam Kamil. Later, published emails from Adam clearly show Adam thought LifeMirage's real name was Edward, not Lee. There was no evidence Bruce passed anything personal to Adam.
Feb 10, 2006 - In order to help explain his medical degree and his identity LifeMirage faxed a photo ID and college registrar's statement to Mind. The photo ID LifeMirage provided was for Lee Crost. However, the name "Lee Crost" was not disclosed to leadership at this time, because LifeMirage did not trust Bruce (due to the Adam issue).
Feb 13, 2006 - Prometheus does some googling and finds "Lee Crost M.D. (LifeMirage)" listed on Sherwyn's website. Bruce immediately points out the hypocrisy of requesting Mind to protect LifeMirage's identity if it is publicly availabled on the website of the company LifeMirage apparently works for.
Feb 14, 2006 - A vote is started to remove LifeMirage from ImmInst Advisory for misrepresentation, after it became clear that LifeMirage was beating around the bush under direct questioning from leadership, and was apparently doing the same in the nootropics forum.
Feb 16, 2006 - Prometheus and Jaydfox asked LifeMirage to make an unequivocal statement that he is not a licensed doctor. After much, much, delay, LifeMirage finally updated his disclaimer. (He deleted the disclaimer on Mar 1, 2006, just before his editing privileges over his own posts were suspended.)
Feb 16, 2006 - With the new disclaimer in place, the Chair (jaydfox) halted and rescheduled the vote. The justification (verbatim) was:
As the Chair, I'm exercising my authority to veto (i.e., table) this motion.
Emotions have been high on this one, and we need time to consider things in a more rational perspective.
LifeMirage has modifed his disclaimer to meet the requests of leadership
He has also, for the most part, been patient and understanding throughout this process. Issues of misrepresentation and intent may still remain, but we can address these in a few weeks if necessary. For now, let's get to the task of healing the divisions this has raised between us.
Feb 16, 2006 - A vote was initiated to remove the advisory position from the nootropic forum. The motion was not to target LifeMirage, but the position in general. This motion passed Feb 25 (see below) and has been published.
- During all of this, there had been an open question regarding true identity of LifeMirage. Some directors were satisfied that LifeMirage was Lee Crost, others were not. No one had ever met him, and the internet trail left by LifeMirage was conflicting. There was some evidence pointing to the fact that he was Edward Younan. Bruce was becoming increasingly vocal on not believing that LifeMirage was Lee Crost.
Feb 25, 2006 - The vote to suspend the Nootropics Advisory position passes. Immediately prior to its passing, LifeMirage resigns, trying to paint ImmInst in a bad light. Then LifeMirage realized that the vote wouldn't remove him from leadership, so he takes back his resignation, edits his post to make it look like he was not resigning, deletes posts by leadership members who had accepted his resignation, and begins other abuses of moderation powers.
Feb 25, 2006 - Due to LifeMirage's resignation, as well as abuse of moderation powers, his account is returned to Lifetime Member. Not all leadership had seen the original resignation, and LifeMirage lies about having resigned. Prometheus remedies the situation by placing LifeMirage in a special group called "Lifetime Member - Special", which had access to the leadership forum so that LifeMirage could continue to participate in leadership proceedings, but moderation powers are still suspended due to abuse.
Feb 26, 2006 - LifeMirage's account mysteriously is downgraded to Full Member. LifeMirage plays innocent and sows distrust among Directors, who are the only ones with power to change account groups. It is later determined that LifeMirage caused his account to change status due to a software glitch he exploited.
Mar 1, 2006 - The question of his true identity was a matter of hot debate among the directors and Imminst members until the day JustinRebo and Donspanton called Sherwyn's Health Food Store in Chicago, where LifeMirage claimed to work. Justin and Don both seperately talked to Lee and Lee claimed he was not LifeMirage.
Mar 1, 2006 - A follow up call was made by Prometheus and Lee again denied he was LifeMirage and claimed his ID was be used fraudulently. key point here: LifeMirage was in the Imminst chat room at the same time Prometheus was on the phone with Lee at Sherwyn's.
Mar 1, 2006 - Justin and Prometheus confronted LifeMirage in the Imminst chat room with the information that Lee Crost claimed he was not LifeMirage. The text of the chat is in the next post.
Mar 1, 2006 - The vote to remove LifeMirage from Imminst's advisory board is reopened and passed.
Mar 2, 2006 - LifeMirage again exploits the software glitch and converts his suspended account to Full Member status. Quick action from Directors fixes the situation, though it is unknown how many posts LifeMirage was able to edit/delete during this time.
Feb 25, 2006 through Mar 2, 2006- When LifeMirage was caught in his many lies, many of you probably witnessed him becoming abusive in the forums. He was also going back and changing forum threads to cover his trail of anything that was inciminating. Flame wars, ad hominen attacks, and abusing moderation powers are all criteria for being banned.
Mar 2, 2006 - A vote to suspend/ban the member "LifeMirage" was opened but failed due to questions about returning $500 for LifeMirage's lifetime membership.
-It is still undetermined who LifeMirage really is and/or how many people are involved.
