I actually got a response from the author who verified what I was experiencing is actually a bug and will be taken care of in the next release.  (I'm using a beta release, r11b1 I believe...)

That said, it doesn't sound like anyone uses this addon.  Um, a word of advice:  USE THIS PLUGIN! :)  It's a LFG plugin that makes life SO much easier.  It allows you to keep track of lfg/m messages in a separate window and it filters out the garbage while muting the now over zealous LookingForGroup global channel.  It also performs a /who check on the sender of each lfg/m message and keeps the sender's level and class in the separately windowed list as well.

But in addition it allows you to CREATE a lfg/m message that will automatically go out every so often.  You say how many of what classes you want to be in your grp and the message that goes out says &quot;type '/w &lt;username&gt; details' for more information.&quot;  When peeps do that they get an automatic list of what level and types of players you want for your grp.  If they match the criteria they can type something like '/w &lt;username&gt; inviteme' to automatically join themselves up in your group or raid.  It's FANTASTIC!