Hello, gentlemen,
      I hope your holidays are going well.  I also hope that the Jim
 Butterfield DVD I sent was well-received at the World of Commodore
 Show.
      However, though I'd like to discuss happier matters, something
  more
 serious has come up.  This is in regards to Golan Klinger, who may or
 may not be a member of TPUG.
      Let me start from the beginning.  Many months ago, Golan made
  himself
 known on various chats and forums and seemed respectful and
 interested in all things Commodore.  I felt no need to feel anything
 amiss, and in fact, we traded a few C= items.
      However, his behavior started changing.  First, he started
 contradicting my statements on the forums.  Well, o.k., he is
 entitled to free speech, but I thought it was odd that his friendly
 behavior had suddenly spun itself 180 degrees.
      His behavior has gotten worse over the months, attacking me at
 various points.  The worse of it was when he ordered me to stop
 posting C= news at the Denial (VIC-20) forum and insulted me by
 saying I was "talking to myself". He confronted me at the #c64friends
 chat, and we exchanged words.  I accused him of trying to censor me. 
 (I can provide his Denial e-mails and a #c64friends chat log to show
 what happened.)
      Now he is becoming even more vociferous, as I try to ignore him on
 the #c64friends chat and on comp.sys.cbm.  He is crying out that
 everything I am putting out, all the C= news I pass out, is spam. 
 Here is his latest --
 Golan Klinger
 Dec 19, 9:01 pm
 Sam Gillett wrote:
 > Now, now.  Cut Robert some slack.  After all, he is the closest thing
  we
 > have to a Current Events Reporter.
 Right, because we need to read the same thing in five or six
  newsgroups,
 two or three mailing lists and a three or four web forums? He should
  start
 a blog to which interested parties can subscribe. I politely suggested
  it
 to him once and he threw a hissy fit. I'm looking forward to having a
  face
 to face chat with him about it in Vegas. It could get interesting.
 -- 
 Golan Klinger
      First of all, the above was not a polite request.  Second, he
  began
 what he says was a hissy fit.
      However, I'm not into "he says... she says".  I take the last two
 lines of his statement seriously.  I have talked to and e-mailed my
 club members about the above statement, and they tell me not to worry
 about it.  As a teacher, though, I look upon it as a sign of future
 trouble.
      I have stated on the #c64friends chat that I will not go to the
  World
 of Commodore Expo because of Golan's behavior.  Why should I go to
 such a show if I will be treated with abuse when I go there?  I have
 advised my other friends, like Jeri Ellsworth, to also steer clear of
 the WoC.  But if Golan intends to come to Commodore Vegas Expo to
 confront me, that is a different matter.  Must I get hotel security
 to watch our entrance door?  That would cost our show money.  Must I
 look into other legal means to prevent such a confrontation?
      I am calling on you to help me out on this.  I have nothing
  against
 the WoC; I'd like to attend, but the behavior of Golan has cancelled
 any plans.  CommVEx is a *friendly* show, full of friendly C= people.
  If Golan were to make good on his idea to confront me, then it would
 not look good for our show.
      Thank you for reading this letter and thank you for your time.
           Sincerely,
           Robert Bernardo