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Originally Posted by pornlaw
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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OK, I'm not Mike South but I'll offer up a few ideas and anyone can feel free to play devil's advocate with anything I suggest. I won't claim to know all the details of the FSC, but maybe that's a good thing as that places me on the outside looking in...
Let's start at with the basics and ask some questions:
- What Is The Role Of The FSC? You can't form an organization and use a broad stroke pen when writing out what role the organization will play. To simply say "We want free speech yadda yadda yadda... won't cut it. Be specific. You can't measure success without pinpointing issues that the FSC will address. The members of the FSC will measure success and failures based upon the defined issues and will expect the efforts (and dollars) to be used for those specific issues.
- What Segment Of The Industry Will The FSC Represent? Deciding this can be a little tricky because when you say Free Speech with a broad stroke, that can be interpreted to be free speech for sites such as PirateBay - but - PirateBay (and other such sites) aren't operated in the U.S.A. and as such do not qualify to be represented as Free Speech is a right for U.S. citizens. We need to be able to separate us from them - or at least the negative inpact they carry.
- Who Is Going To Run The FSC? The people don't decide, they only choose the people who do - so, who do we entrust our faith to take our issues to "the man" and accomplish our goals? What are the qualifications we need for that position? Who decides those qualifications?
- How Do Board Members Get Appointed/Elected? Who are these people and how did they arrive on the board of directors? Did they get 10 of their best buddies to suggest them? Are they qualified? The "Bro Club" has its' place, but this isn't the place for it. This needs to be a serious organization with serious people who focus on industry issues.
- What Input Do We Have? How much of a voice will we have? Does the board listen to our issues or will it turn into an organization that decides what our important issues are (or should be)?
Start with those questions, kick em' around, add to and move on from there
