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Three SFWA Directors Resign

SF Scope extensively reports on the pending resignations of three members of the Board of Directors of the Science Fiction Writers of America:

  • Secretary Catherine Mintz, just re-elected while running unopposed, will decline the new term when the Board takes office on July 1st
  • Western Regional Director Sheila Finch, in the middle of a three-year term, will resign effective June 30th
  • and Eastern Regional Director Diane Turnshek will also resign June 30th.

Turnshek's resignation is for personal reasons; it was long expected and anticipated. But the resignations of Mintz and Finch are apparently related to the recent disputed SFWA election, and in particular to some of the issues around Vice President-elect Andrew Burt.

SF Scope's report has quotes from incoming SFWA President Michael Capobianco and Finch, which express regret and unhappiness but do not exactly explain what the specific problem is.

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