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Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 18 March 2011 02:45:34AM 15 points [-]

Were there people who rejected the group or who the group had to reject?

Comment author: Mycroft65536 18 March 2011 06:36:05AM 13 points [-]

There are people who show up once or a few times and fail to continue coming. They rarely give explanations for why they stop showing up. I imagine some move, some find other ways to spend a Tuesday, and some don't like what we do. Good data on this is unavailable to me.

The group has rejected one person. This person had been drinking too much, and disruptive over several weeks. The process took several hours of discussion before the person was asked to come on the condition that they stayed sober at the meetups. The person decided not to come back.