From Carol Spooner
(Immediately upon her return from D.C.)

It's difficult for me to sort out the nuance from the background noise from the impressions from, whatever. I have a class this evening so this will be brief. More will come.

Yes, Mary Berry's thugs did try to escort Tomas from the room when he insisted on sitting at the table during the governance committee meeting on Saturday. But they backed down when they saw Tomas would not leave quietly.

The 2 women from NY, Leslie Cagan and Beth Lyons, were great -- not quiet at all. Two feisty women who have their acts together and are solid sanity in an insane setting. The circus on Saturday had the normal affect on them -- they were shocked and outraged. At Sunday's meeting, they both & Tomas, Pete Bramson & Rob Robinson, all sat together at one end of the table -- moving place settings around to accomplish that. At every opportunity during the meeting this group of 5 asked reasonable questions, made points of clarification, put motions on the table, and generally disrupted the meeting by behaving like they were at a normal board meeting where people are permitted to do such things! It was pretty funny, really, to see Berry and Acosta reacting to it with such hamfisted barbarism for all to see.

Berry did chair the meeting, but she left before the last 2 committee reports and Acosta chaired the last part of the meeting.

My sense was that Valrie Chambers, the new Texas director, came prepared to fall in line with the tyrants, but was very disturbed by what she saw. She came up to me after the meeting and thanked me for my remarks during the public comment period. She said she was very troubled, didn't know how to respond, and would have to take some time to "find peace" for herself before she could know what to do.

Bertram Lee was not there for any of the Saturday meetings, but did come on Sunday. It was clear he is in excruciating pain.

Aaron Kriegel (Rabbi) was not there -- Dave Adelson said he had some services he had to perform on Saturday.

I will add to this as I can over then next day or two. Liam taped and should get it up on his website soon.