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Lisa Waslis is no longer employed as the director of the Frederick Brown

Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City.

The city's Tourism Association met Wednesday night in executive

(closed) session and later voted to "end her employment" with

the amphitheater, according to association chairman Steve Rapson. The

association decided to give Waslis the chance to resign, which she has

21 days to consider, according to Georgia law, Rapson said.

Rapson said the association wouldn't comment further on Waslis' departure

because it was a personnel matter.

Waslis has served as the amphitheater's interim director. She replaced

Donna Romeo, who was fired by the Tourism Association in January.

The removal of Waslis from her position comes just before the last concert

of the amphitheater's first series, with performer Paul Anka slated

to appear Friday and Saturday night.

The association has received a high number of applications for the position

of executive director, Rapson noted. The executive director would oversee

both the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater and the Peachtree City Tennis

Center in addition to managing the marketing arm of the Tourism Association,

Rapson said.

The amphitheater and tennis center were formerly managed by the Development

Authority of Peachtree City. But the City Council terminated that contract

last year and created the Tourism Association to run the venues, which

are subsidized with funds from the city's hotel-motel tax revenues.

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