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Most recent info / schedule... (by KC):

A follow-up "fairness hearing" for this case (Murillo vs. RCI) is currently scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on November 30, 2009 in Trenton, NJ. Objections can still be filed right up until November 20, 2009.

"Paper positions" taken to date by either plaintiffs or defendant RCI COULD become completely irrelevant IF the judge does not choose to accept or believe the "fairness" aspect of the proposal on the table. Clearly, there is very little (if anything at all) which is "fair" about this proposed settlement; it is nothing more than a handful of meaningless (and very temporary) minor changes in RCI procedures and a choice of ONE worthless little trinket being offered to RCI members in an effort to placate and quiet them. Sadly, many non-thinking RCI members have taken that "bait" already, thereby implicitly but very overtly giving RCI a basis on which to claim that there is "support and acceptance" for this absolute farce of a "proposed settlement".

The proposed settlement is a complete joke (...although devoid of any actual humor). In the end however, RCI will likely prevail anyhow, simply because the terms and conditions of RCI membership already very clearly state, in writing and on the record, that RCI CAN DO WHATEVER RCI WANTS TO DO WITH DEPOSITED WEEKS. As long as people continue to voluntarily choose to deposit their weeks with RCI despite this indisputable fact, RCI will ultimately continue to do whatever RCI pleases with any and all deposited weeks. The best weeks will be rented out directly to the general public by RCI for huge RCI profits and the "weaker" weeks and the "junk" weeks will comprise the mediocre "exchange inventory" actually available to RCI members.

I'd love to be dead wrong on this, but I don''t expect to be. I despise RCI and wish the likley outcome was different. However, all hopes, wishes and/or magic fairy dust aside, the facts still remain the facts.