I've been having mixed feelings about how I should approach the situation with the below e-mail.

[citizenwind]

On one hand, I want to ask someone on the EC or someone involved with PSI for their opinion on how to proceed and lodge a formal complaint, but on the other hand I'd be a snitch.  And you know how much we hate snitches.

But seriously, it'd feel like I was tattling on the playground.  Oh no!  The big mean woman pushed me down digitally and verbally

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[theklute]

Can PSI actually do anything about this? When I was the Mesa slammaster, I don't recall having to sign any code-of-conduct stuff. And when I was having my little tiff with jbradley back in aught-one over some local issues with the Orlando scene (although me and J are cool now), the official position that PSI took was "That's nice. Sort it out amongst yourselves" (although admittedly that didn't involve any kind of folksy Southern racism).

[citizenwind]

yeah, that also something i've been thinking about. are slammasters not supposed to be held up to the same code of conduct as poets themselves? shouldn't that be considered standard?

[theklute]

I'd sign on to that. Maybe some collorary like that already exists though?

[citizenwind]

and if i don't say anything to PSI, what do you think is the best course of action? do i just tell everyone that south carolina is for fuckers?

[theklute]

Well, I'm not saying don't bring it to their attention, I just don't know that anything's going to be done. I don't think this kind of enforcement exists.