[ Oulipo Compendium ]

a) The Oulipo is not a closed group; it can be enlarged through the co-optation of new members.
b) No one can be expelled from the Oulipo.
c) Conversely (you can't have something for nothing), no one can resign from the Oulipo or stop belonging to it.
d) It follows that, once a member of the Oulipo, always a member. This has particular implications:
d')The dead continue to belong to Oulipo.