The Writers Guild's members-only "Candidates Night" was packed on Wednesday night as all 17 candidates for the WGA board  vacancies pitched themselves.

Guarded with a velvet rope presence that wouldn't have been out of place at a Hollywood hot spot on a Saturday night minus the eye candy but not the inevitable drama, the event was just the latest round in the ongoing bout the union has seemingly been having with itself since the strike during the winter of 2007/2008.