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From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom,rec.music.filk
Subject: Re: Balticon code of conduct
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 12:56:42 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: United Individualist
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Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
> I used to go to Balticon semi-regularly, since a lot of filkers went
> there.  I have good memories of those cons.

As do I.  But that was when Ellen Caswell, Jack Chalker, Hal Clement,
Martin Deutsch, Jeannie Dunnington, Dick Eney, Marty and Bobby Gear,
Erica Ginter, Hal Haag, Dan Hoey, Irv Koch, Yoji Kondo, Keith Marshall,
Joe Mayhew, Mark Owings, Paul and Aly Parsons, Don Sakers, Peggy Rae
Sapienza, Charles Sheffield, Ellen Vartanoff, And Martin Morse Wooster
were still alive.

Many of the above-mentioned fans and pros worked hard to create,
maintain, and improve BSFS, Balticon, and the BSFS clubhouse.  They're
lucky they didn't live to see the actions of the current crew.

Several people have noticed that the current board's wrath seems to
be strongest against those who do the most work and against those who
attract the most fans.  On theory is that they're confused about how
non-profits work, and think that if they can get everyone else to
drop out, they can divide the clubhouse and other club assets among
themselves.
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