Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:10:51 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Minutes of the November 5th meeting are online
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 06:05 PM 11/11/04, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>The minutes of the November 5th meeting are online at
>http://www.wsfa.org/minutes.htm
>
>Please email me any additions or corrections before the next meeting,
>which will be at the Madigans' in eight days.  Thank you.

Under Capclave '05

"Elspeth did a walkthrough of a newly built Marriott near White Flint, and
checked out two other Marriotts."

Actually, Elspeth, Michael, and Ben Yalow had a walkthrough of the Bethesda
North Marriott and a meeting with the sales rep there, and then checked out
another Marriott because, well, we'd seen a Marriott sign . . . After we
finally found that one Michael sensibly went home rather than joining
apparently crazed facilities wonks on the trail of the third one.

That didn't get said at the meeting so doesn't go in the Journal.  But I
hope that I did say, or at least mumble, "we" had a walkthrough etc. as
there were certainly other people there and working on things.

Under new business

"Elspeth said that we had been stressed by Capclave and by the election,
both of which were now over, and that certain people's messages should be
taken with a grain of salt. Trying to moderate for tone is extremely
difficult."

I read this as my meaning that certain people's messages should be taken
with a grain of salt because of Capclave and the election, which wasn't my
intent.  Instead, I was making -- or hope I was making -- three separate
statements.  One was about recent stresses, one that sometimes you have to
take people with a grain of salt, and one that "trying to moderate [a list]
for tone is extremely difficult."

You have the tape and can tell if I did or not.  If the former, perhaps
joining each of the parts together with "also that"?  Or something like
that?  If the latter, don't change it; I hate the thing with the
Congressional Record where people can go in and do all sorts of things that
don't reflect what actually happened.

Oh, yeah.  Under announcements it says:

"Elspeth has adopted a new Seal Point Birman cat."

I've adopted her, but she's not here yet.  I found her through
Petfinder.com and met her on election day but since I was taking the train
home couldn't collect her then.  But I'm heading up to New York for the
weekend and will be bringing her back with me early next week.

(This isn't a correction, just me being really excited.)

Other than the correction about my having company at the Bethesda North
Marriott, and being confused about what I actually said concerning the
list, the minutes look very good.  And those are based upon my intent and
may not in fact be what I said.

Thank you, as always, for not only doing the minutes but putting them up
where we can read them and comment!

Elspeth