Just Another Member Now

Effective earlier today, upon the election of my successor (Donald Eastlake III), I resigned as the Chairman of the WSFS Mark Protection Committee and as Chairman of the Board of Worldcon Intellectual Property, the California non-profit corporation whose directors are the members of the WSFS MPC. I did not resign as a member of the MPC/WIP Board. I am no longer an officer of either the MPC or WIP.

As detailed in the official announcement from WIP, I was "reprimanded for public comments that mistakenly led people to believe that we are not servicing our marks." I elected to resign to allow WIP to continue with its important activities without people continuing to assume that I officially spoke for WIP.

I was not part of the 2023 Hugo Award Administration Subcommittee, and this matter is not directly related to the 2023 Hugo Awards, but to possibly intemperate public statements that people interpreted as official WSFS or WIP or MPC policy.

While I remain an MPC member/WIP director, I am no longer in a leadership position.