Gordon Van Gelder Misses the Point
Jul. 1st, 2013 06:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendi"The recent Beale-Jemisin exchanges left me wondering if some of the people who have expressed concern about how SFWA looks to the outside world are also members who are blogging about SFWA matters."
There are (generally) two reasons someone might be concerned with how SFWA (or any organization they're a member of) looks to the outside world. One is the type who wants to ensure that no one outside the organization sees any problems, because that would be embarrassing. That's clearly the only definition Van Gelder's familiar with.
The other type wants to shine a light on awful behavior, because that behavior hurts the organization whether one or a thousand people know about it.
There are (generally) two reasons someone might be concerned with how SFWA (or any organization they're a member of) looks to the outside world. One is the type who wants to ensure that no one outside the organization sees any problems, because that would be embarrassing. That's clearly the only definition Van Gelder's familiar with.
The other type wants to shine a light on awful behavior, because that behavior hurts the organization whether one or a thousand people know about it.