Funny flouncing should come up. I asked elsewhere if Burt was planning to "flounce off Absolute-Write-Newbie-Style" over this. But since I'm not a member, I don't get to know what he said on the SFWA members-only forums and whether or not he's flouncing (I've got a spare boa I don't need, though, if that's what's keeping him).
I totally don't know this guy and I'm nowhere near knowing anything about SFWA politics--all I know about this situation is what I heard from Scalzi and Livejournal. There's really no reason for me to actually care, beyond the vague hope that SFWA will still be in existence and relevant by the time I qualify to join. But this is some tasty, tasty shadenfreude pie I'm snacking on here, I must say (I'll pixel-stain your technopesant wretch).