Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:55:24 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Friday will probably be my last WSFA meeting
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

I'm going to point something out here.  Keith said he wouldn't come back to
the Gilliland's *before* Lee kicked him out.  Sorta like "I quit!", "No you
don't!  You're fired."  Being banned from the Gillilands really *was* his
own fault.  Had he not "quit" I doubt he would have been "fired".

At 02:23 AM 10/18/2005, you wrote:
>Most Remarkably, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> >Sam Lubell wrote:
> >
> > > I spoke to the Gillilands yesterday.  They are not excluding any
> > > paid-up WSFA member from the meeting part of WSFA meetings.
> >
> >Who is going to come to a house where they clearly aren't welcome, and
> >aren't allowed to stay for the social hour?  For that matter, with
> >traffic and Metro as unpredictable as they are, the only way people
> >can be reasonably sure they'll be on time for meetings is to aim to
> >arrive early.  Are people expected to sit in their parked cars until
> >9:15?  Are those of us who arrive by train, bus, or bike expected to
> >stand out in the rain or snow until that hour?  The idea is absurd and
> >offensive.  No WSFA vote held in a house where some people are made
> >to feel unwelcome because of their stand on a WSFA issue should be
> >considered valid.
> >
> > > We don't all have to be best friends, but I think we can all get
> > > along with each other and work together as long as we remember that
> > > our fellow members are human too and have feelings that can get hurt
> > > and brains that can misfire, make mistakes, and sometimes fail to
> > > understand what we intended to mean.
> >
> >Because this attitude towards Lee's actions seems to be widespread
> >within WSFA, this Friday will probably be my last WSFA meeting.  I am
> >not ruling out the possibility that I will remain in WSFA, but this is
> >seeming increasingly unlikely.
>
>Like most WSFAns, I have wished desperately that the current fracas between
>Keith and Lee would blow over, and life could continue in a fannish comfort
>zone.  It's just not happening, and it's not going to.  Nobody involved can
>back down.  At this point I must state my agreement with the points raised
>by Walter Miles and Ted White, and insist that it is intolerable that Keith
>should be excluded from any WSFA activity because of this unhappy
>misunderstanding.  While I have, over many years, invariably supported the
>rights of WSFA hosts over contentious members and the parents of unruly
>children, this is a case where the host is plainly in the wrong.  And must
>not be permitted to drive a conscientious and hard-working member from our
>fold.
>
>Barry

Candy
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