Thank you for everyone's input, support and all the food for thought.
I must clarify that the use of my e-mail address by the mystery woman is not an issue. It is an e-mail address I print on all my labels attached to the backs of my quilts for the general public. So there was no wrongdoing there.
Right now, the RMH chapter is clearly guilty of silence and nonresponsiveness. Whether they are guilty of misrepresentation remains to be seen, and that's the purpose of seeking from this board the best way to extract those answers.
Quilters are generous and passionate people as evidenced by the responses on this thread, but I'm proceeding with deliberation and diplomacy, still giving the local chapter the benefit of the doubt until suspicions are proven.
I will keep you posted as this resolves, so please be patient.