Meeting was fine. Too much yakking and following Robert's Rules of Order, but good energy and some very positive stuff. I have been pushing for this meeting to happen for the past eight weeks. I have been relentless about it on the Pro-99 Facebook page. The leaders of the group castigated me, made light of me, said a meeting would never happen for security reasons, but in the end way too many people agreed with me that some transparency was needed right about now. When they saw they ware losing the battle they actually lied and said the only reason a meeting hadn't happened was because no one had organized. I think you can imagine that I was not letting that lie stand - then the leaders all tried to rewrite history and say they weren't really the leaders, when there'd been a vote early on making them the leaders, which they'd accepted. But several folks came up to me and said that this never would have happened without me, even though others took on the task of organizing it - and they're right. I was a rabble-rouser. I wasn't even invited to the meeting at first because a couple of people, including one of the leaders thought I was going to be a loose cannon and a troublemaker. When I found out about that I think you can also imagine the fireworks I caused. I had people calling me, PMing me, and I told them that since I was completely responsible for the meeting happening that it was rather foolish to then try and keep me out. A few people had my back and I was invited. And the joke, of course, was I didn't really even speak - just listened. And the ONLY time I spoke was when one of the leaders who would like you to think she's not really a leader made a point about not posting inflammatory remarks about people on the other side, you know personal put-downs, which I agree with. But this woman has been horrible with me from the beginning. I PMd her early on in this thing trying to straighten out a point she was incorrect about - and instead of replying privately via PM she replied publicly on the page, which I found really bad form. I called her on it, and ever since she's done nothing but attempt to deride me and minimize everything I post. Well, just seeing her in person told me everything I needed to know about her - and she's the one person in that room of about thirty, who didn't come up and introduce themselves.
