                 notifySeatedness(false);
             }
             // now let the observer know what's up
-            _observer.tableRemoved(tableId);
+            _tableObservers.apply(function (to :TableObserver) :void {
+                to.tableRemoved(tableId);
+            });
         }
     }
 

    /** The field name of the distributed set that contains our tables. */
    protected var _tableField :String;

    /** The entity that we talk to when table stuff happens. */
    protected var _observer :TableObserver;

    /** The table of which we are a member if any. */
    protected var _ourTable :Table;

    /** An array of entities that want to hear about when we stand up or sit down. */
    protected var _seatedObservers :ObserverList = new ObserverList();

     * managing.
     * @param observer the entity that will receive callbacks when things happen to the tables.
     */
    public function TableDirector (ctx :ParlorContext, tableField :String)
    {
        super(ctx);

        // keep track of this stuff
        _pctx = ctx;
        _tableField = tableField;
    }

    /**
