thanks for this explanation of why the WSFS uses the rules as they/we do. I vaguely remember some of this history, but I don't regularly attend the business meetings unless I know there's specific issues I want to propose/defend. then I'll drag myself out and hunt for tea and sugar no matter how late the night before was for me. I generally trust the WSFS to be democratic and pragmatic.

Maybe we should set up a "Ask a SMOF anything" Q&A period online and at cons. Of course, we'd need 3 SMOFS and 4 moderators to present various philosophies and knowledge sets.....damn, another good idea shot down by the details of how to set up such a event, too bad we don't have people experienced in choosing interesting topics and appropriate panelists. Oh wait...