Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:08:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: File 770 #152 is out
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Keith F. Lynch wrote:

> File 770 #152 is out.  It's available at efanzines.com.
>
> Mike Glyer, the editor, promises that no more will be published on
> the WSFA situation.  For over two years, starting with #146, Alexis
> had been publishing libelous letters about past and present WSFAns,
> including me, in that fanzine, knowing that it would be up to half
> a year before the next issue appeared, and that his libels would
> therefor stand unrebutted for months.
>
> In #151, about three months ago, Alexis had falsely claimed that WSFA
> was considering suing me.  The January 4th minutes contain:
>
>  Cathy Green needs to write a letter as club president stating that:
>   * Alexis Gilliland is not a current WSFA member
>   * WSFA is not considering any legal action against Keith Lynch
>
> This was never done.  So readers of that widely read fanzine only have
> Ted's and my uncorroborated denials to contrast with Alexis's claim,
> unless they want to spend hours hunting randomly through WSFA's old
> online meeting minutes.
>
> I can understand why not.  Sending a short email is a lot of work,
> especially in a mere 12 weeks.  It's good to know how much esteem the
> club holds for me.

Yeah, it's so difficult.  A different organization took over a year to
bother to send an email saying thanks for the donation, and they lumped
it together with someone else's so only one of us can use the tax
deduction.

> I now feel better about my reluctant decision to cease attending
> Capclave.  I'd only been attending, and helping with, Disclave and
> Capclave for over half my life, so it's not like I'll be missed
> or anything.

If I were going to Capclave again, I'd miss your presence, but since
it's been going steadily downhill, I'm not planning to attend.

=Tamar