Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 23:39:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFAList at KeithLynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave Still Happening
Cc: mike.nelson at seahunt.org, leeandalexis at hotmail.com,
    macbuccfo at msn.com, ccah at earthlink.net, jtsapien at bellatlantic.net,
    jekindell at aol.com, Bungalow at radix.net
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Once again I'm CCing WSFAlist.  Is there any particular reason others
aren't doing so?  Is any of this supposed to be secret from most WSFA
members?

I'm puzzled by the implication that P.G. County asked Lee Gilliland
to cancel Capclave.  Lee is not a contact person for this year's
Capclave.  Where would they have gotten her name?  It's not on
our website or flyers.  And, as Elspeth points out, the con is in
Montgomery county anyhow.  If Lee has received such a request from
either county, has she forwarded it to Michael Nelson?

In the unlikely event that the sniper shoots a Capclave member, I
can't imagine that they or their survivors would sue *us*.  Has anyone
been suing gas stations, Michael's stores, schools, etc.?

Nor would we have in any sense helped to cause a murder.  If this SOB
decides to shoot someone, he will do so, and if there are no Capclave
members handy, he'll just shoot someone else.  The total body count is
the same either way.

I don't know why we're even discussing this.  It's far more likely
that a Capclave member will be killed by traffic while traveling to or
from our convention.  Who ever heard of canceling a convention because
of that tiny risk?

As Elspeth points out, the cancelation clause in our hotel contract
would leave us just as bankrupt as a successful lawsuit would.
--
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