To the membership of Friendly Street Poets,
On Monday 4th of November, 2019 a reader at the Box Factory Meeting committed a serious breach of accepted standards by reading for about 11 minutes, far longer than the 3 minutes allowed at the Open Mic.
As the Convenor of FSP and the MC of the 2nd Half that evening, I want to apologise to the members who had to endure such behaviour. I chose to not confront the individual when that person passed the 3 minute mark and indicated intention to continue, because I did not want any escalation to ruin what was an otherwise wonderful evening of poetry.
The Committee has convened and a strong penalty has been agreed as we wish to send a very strong message to anyone who might think they can get away with such disrespectful behaviour in future.
Do NOT disrespect the rules or the other members!
The penalty is a ban on this person from reading at any FSP Meeting until the end of 2020.
Nigel Ford
Convenor
Friendly Street Poets
Supporting poetry in SA since 1975