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Originally Posted by pornlaw
Okay Mike.... complaining is every American's god given birth rite...
If you do not want to give me whom you think is the bastillion of fiscal responsibility of trade industry groups then ...
Perhaps a few suggestions as to what you think they should be doing would be great. We all now know what you think they are doing wrong.
Since you know... how much should lobbyist costs ? On a federal and a state basis ? Should they have lobbyist in every state or just California and DC ?
As far as fund raising goes, we know you wouldn't spend any money on it but then I am sure you would complain they were not doing it. You then come on the various boards and blog about how no one should give money to them and complain that no one does. Hmmm Cause=Effect ???
I can tell you that the FSC offices are in Canoga Park, a lower rent district, instead on Ventura Blvd in Encino. And their offices are basically the size of a closet. No bloat there. Also, instead of renting a board room at a local hotel to meet in, Diane has her staff meetings in my conference room which I donate to them. No bloat there.
Please enlighten me with the "How Mike South would Run the FSC ?" Be a part of the solution... if that means disbanding the current FSC so be it, but does that mean you would rather have no trade association or that it would be completely different ?
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The first thing I would do is dissolve it. Plain and simple.
Heres you a list of trade groups that are probably all better than the Free Speech Coalition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._United_States
But lets talk some specifics here.
Probably the single most important thing a trade association can do is to improve an industries image, admittedly that is difficult to do for the adult industry but hey its no more difficult a task than the American Bar Association has.
The FSC might start by educating the public about two issues that plague our industry; porn addiction and child pornography. For the former there is no such thing, as for the latter our industry has a way better track record than say teachers, daycare, police, politicians, clergy, coaches and family members.
But is that even what would serve the industry best? I doubt it.
Before we start trying to sell Sacramento or Washington DC on how responsible we are I would suggest we start acting responsibly. This industry would be far better served byan organization that actually invloves the people in it, the talent, the producers and directors, the crew.
When you ask me for money I expect something in return, something a lot more than saying we are using it help protect you, dont ask us how, just trust we now whats best for you.
Whatever org grows out of dissolving the FSC would START with clear objectives and timetables and a reasonable methodology for achieving those objectives, and accountability for those objectives would be the most important thing to be transmitted to the rank and file of the organization.
And as far as fund raising goes I think any idiot can see that spending 2.50 to bring in one dollar ( a 150% loss ) means YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG MORONS!
Now stop deflecting and start answering some of the questions that have been asked.