Dennis Palmer was removed from the Ohio LinuxFest, another Columbus-based conference, for basically not doing his job and for taking credit for other people's work. The final straw was when he sat at the registration desk and told a racist joke. He was supposed to be the security chair that year.

He did not take his removal well. He threw a tantrum. He threatened to sue. He claimed he was going to report the organization to the IRS for failure to follow 501c3 rules. There was nothing to sue over – he had no idea what the bylaws were – and there were no 501c3 violations.

I'm no longer with that org, either, but by my own choice. I was never a board member of that org, thank deities. I've long wondered how MarCon survives with Palmer around.