Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:50:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: WSFA and hosts
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Samuel Lubell <samlubell at verizon.net> wrote:

> But I like WSFA and I think it is worth preserving.  This means, as
> in any social interaction, making compromises so we don't all kill
> each other.

99% of the time I would agree with this sentiment, but some things
should never be compromised.  Do you disagree?

What sort of compromise did you have in mind?  That I should shut up,
sit down, keep working for the club, and act as if repeated libels
against me were a legitimate difference of opinion or a harmless
personal quirk?

> Every WSFA member can attend every WSFA meeting in either location.

Few people will attend a meeting in a house where they know they are
not really welcome, and where they are required to leave as soon as
the formal business meeting is adjourned.

A number of people who find Lee's behavior unacceptable have said they
will not return to that house.  As such, I don't think any vote taken
in that house should be regarded as valid.

> I'm not sure I understand what this ultimatum would be.  Either you
> _______ or we'll move, but what would go in the blank?

I don't think there is any point in further communication or
"ultimatums" with Lee.  She had a chance to apologize for calling me a
liar, to say that she did not consider me a liar, and to promise never
to do it again.  She refused to do any of those things.

In last night's phone call, you explained to me that Lee keeps
changing her story about what I lied about.  Originally it was telling
Mike Walsh that there weren't enough tickets to go around.  When
Mike told her that I had said nothing of the sort, then I had lied
in denying that I made threats about Fifth Friday during the last
meeting.  When I offered to play the tape of that meeting, suddenly
it was *some other* meeting when I made those threats.  Once she was
informed that I had preserved tapes of *all* meetings since I've been
secretary, my threat was made before or after a meeting, not during it!

I could ask Sam to point out to her that nobody except she and her
husband claim to have heard me say anything of the sort, but what
would be the point?  She'll never admit that she's wrong; she'll just
keep changing the accusation until she finds one I don't have an
airtight alibi for, and will then declare victory.

Since the club as a whole apparently considers this person a worthy
hostess and trustee, Friday will probably be my last-ever WSFA
meeting.  I do not wish to be associated with a club that believes
such behavior should be subject to compromise.