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The WSFS Mark Protection Committee issued a statement yesterday. I think the statement is accurate. Please note that despite what some news coverage and individuals have stated or assume, I did not resign as a member of the WSFS MPC, and I continue to serve as a member of the MPC (and consequently as a director of Worldcon Intellectual Property, whose membership is defined as the members of the MPC).

Do not expect me to discuss this in detail or to provide "juicy details," as some people call them.

In this particular case, I very much am speaking personally. I am not even the member of the newly-created WSFS Marketing Committee who posted the statement and the three sets of meeting minutes referenced in the statement.

[This post is my personal opinion. It does not reflect the official position of any organization of which I ever have been or currently am a member, officer, or employee. Despite what some people seem to think, not everything I say is the Official Position of some group or another. Maybe I should be flattered that some people seem to think that I'm the King of WSFS, Duke of Worldcon, and Boss of the Hugo Awards, but I am not, and I would ask people to stop assuming that somehow I'm an absolute ruler whose Word Is Law or something silly like that.]
kevin_standlee: Logo created for 2005 Worldcon and sometimes used for World Science Fiction Society business (WSFS Logo)
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.

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