William Merrill

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William Merrill (probably William J. Merrill, III, though one writer says "as he calls himself nowadays") was a New York fan. He seems to have run for TAFF in 1957.

He seems to have made something of a splash at the NyCon 2 WSFS Business Meeting. In Null-F #5, Ted White reports:

Second, William Merrill, the villain of the business session, along with his two flunkies, made a special motion that the time limits on debate be junked. This was voted down. Merrill called for a division, so those who sided with him went to one side of the isle--the rest of us to the other. On every vote which followed, Merrill called for a division, and the room remain divided as before--with less on Merrill’s side. Merrill began delaying tactics--he thot if he waited, more of his supporters would show up. He called for points of order, points of inquiry, points of this that and the either.

And at Disclave 12 in 1968, Dick Ellington quotes an unknown speaker as saying

"They forgot to wake up William Merrill and he slept through the whole convention - what a shame." "Yeah."

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