SFWA and SFF Net part ways

[james_davis_nicoll]

Steven Gould, President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and Jeffry Dwight, President of Greyware Automation Products, Inc. announced that they are severing the formal ties between the writer’s organization and the legacy SFWA discussion discussion boards still hosted at SFF Net (a Greyware service).

Comments

[nelc.livejournal.com]

Sounds like the SFWA decided to burn the existing boards to the ground and sow the fields with salt. A bit drastic, but....

[graydon saunders (from livejournal.com)]

Would I be correct in supposing that "legacy" would not have applied prior to the announcement?

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

The other "official" SFWA boards have existed for several years.

[graydon saunders (from livejournal.com)]

Ah, OK, that makes the announcement sound much less harsh.

Thank you!

[yendi]

The linked article says that the decision belongs to SFF.net.

[agharta75.livejournal.com]

Or that the SFF Net people decided to take their ball elsewhere.

[agent-mimi.livejournal.com]

Quite a few of the regulars on sff.net are publicly stating that they'll probably quit SFWA now, so even though this was apparently Jeffrey's idea, it doesn't seem like many people on sff.net are happy with it.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

So what happened to that whole "engagement" thing?