Can the Poetry Society go back to the beginning?

George Szirtes has delivered a petition to the Poetry Society signed by more than 1,000 concerned poets, novelists and publishers. "Without apportioning blame", it calls for the immediate restoration of former director Judith Palmer, and for "the trustees and the Society to work with all parties concerned to identify and resolve the underlying problems which led to the breach, using all appropriate processes of the constitution and recognised good practice for mediation". Like anyone who has watched the unfolding crisis at the society with increasing dismay , I welcome any sensible suggestion for ending the current imbroglio, but will it ever be possible to return to year zero, even with the support of "recognised good practice for mediation"?