Comments on: Breaking News: SFWA Changes Entry Criteria for Membership

By: Dear The Internets: I Am Running For President of SFWA « Whatever

Dear The Internets: I Am Running For President of SFWA « Whatever — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:05:54 +0000

[...] certain very public comments I made about fourteen years ago. (Well, that and my suggestion that SFWA membership should be dictated by cartoon character impersonation.) However, I’m perfectly willing to get myself incorporated so I can contribute unlimited [...]

By: Friends

Friends — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:48:27 +0000

[...] school, I would have worried about the future of the organization. I may still be cheering on its new membership requirements, but I wondered how many friends and former cohorts from my writing days would leave the [...]

By: they must need bears - SFWA: It's like a housing association for the specfic community....

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:28:34 +0000

By: james_nicoll: Meet the New Boss

james_nicoll: Meet the New Boss — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:35:00 +0000

[...] you think?:)(Reply to this)(Parent) sclerotic_rings 2007-11-30 03:29 pm UTC (link) Either that, or they’re getting ready to change admission requirements.(Reply to this)(Parent) heron61 2007-11-30 09:00 am UTC (link) As I said in a comment in [...]

By: Co-conspirators and Co-defendants

Co-conspirators and Co-defendants — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:20:13 +0000

[...] ask for that protection. Me, it makes me laugh: every time I think I might be a little unfair in portraying SFWA as the last refuge of egomaniacs and Cat Piss Men, I discover that the SFWA board is going out of its way to prove that satire is dead. Again, if [...]

By: nihilistic_kid: Schmeative Schmommons, or Asimov Moves Under Silverberg

nihilistic_kid: Schmeative Schmommons, or Asimov Moves Under Silverberg — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:37:50 +0000

[...] to this) sclerotic_rings 2007-08-31 04:34 pm UTC (link) Go for it. I’d also recommend that changing SFWA’s membership policies might have prevented this, but I think it’s too late.(Reply to [...]

By: the_flea_king: Andrew Burt and Michael Capobianco should resign immediately

the_flea_king: Andrew Burt and Michael Capobianco should resign immediately — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:33:47 +0000

[...] to this) sclerotic_rings 2007-08-31 04:31 pm UTC (link) Oh, dear. And here I thought that SFWA changing its entry requirements was going to be enough. (I’ve had dealings with Andrew Dennis in the past, and as I related to [...]

By: The Esoteric Science Resource Center

The Esoteric Science Resource Center — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I was asked to keep quiet until the changes were done, but now I can let the world know that 101 Reasons to Stop Writing has moved to its very own URL. It won’t affect me much at all for the most part, butEdgar Harrisis going to be very busy.