Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:47:33 -0500 From: Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Good last-minute save, WSFA Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Mike B. wrote: > lees103 at verizon.net wrote: > [...] > > > It's rare that a truly offensive person offends only one other > > person. Therefore, a host who barred a WSFA member from his home > > for cause might well make the case that the cause also justifies > > WSFA revoking membership as Mike suggests. > > I'm sure that this idea is why WSFA's expulsion rules require a > number of signatures on a petition to get expulsion considered, and a > supermajority of the members present voting for expulsion, after > there has been time for everyone eligible to vote to consider the > matter. It isn't easy to eject anyone, nor should it be. There > needs to be serious cause before such action should be taken. Has it > ever happened? I can't recall it ever happening, but I wasn't continuously active throughout all of the club's history, either. Nonetheless, I'm sure I'd have heard about it. Something like that would generate stories for years, I'd think. --Ted White