Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:21:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Worldcon - attendance vs. membership
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Nicki wrote:

> You're clearly confusing having a membership with actual attendance.

In that message I should have written something like:

  Of course just because someone had an attending membership doesn't
  mean they were there.  I had one, I show up at that URL, and I'm
  pretty sure I wasn't there.

And I should have sent the list of members to this email list so
people can tell me who was and wasn't actually there, rather than
going ahead and printing it unchanged in September's WSFA Journal.

No, wait.  I did both those things.

> If you can't vet it any better than equating an attending membership
> with actual attendance, then it is not an accurate list.  Why
> publish an inaccurate list?

I was hoping people here would help me turn it into an accurate list,
as I thought was clear from:

  Please tell me if any of those people were not at the Worldcon, or
  were never WSFA members.  (I only have WSFA attendance data, not
  membership status.)  Also please tell me if I missed anyone.

And several people have done exactly that, for which I thank them.