What can I do about someone causing trouble at my book group?

Asked by Stinley (11525) November 17th, 2015 from iPhone

I run a book group. We meet once a month and discuss a book that one of our members has chosen. We had about 16 members on the list last Christmas to choose books and this takes us up to May 2016. The trouble is that one member is saying that she thinks it’s unfair that people who rarely come to meetings get to choose a book. This week I asked the January person to let me know her choice and got the reply that she wasn’t going to make a choice because she didn’t want to get caught up in all the backstabbing. I have persuaded her to make a choice so that is fine. I also said quite firmly last meeting when the troublemaker started on about this that We were an inclusive group and I would be giving people the choice to choose a book or not. I just want a nice group that chats about books and don’t want any of this hassle. What can I do? Don’t forget that this is England and we are not as direct or outspoken as other nations!