Tempe, Arizona – March 9th, 2007 - The Forums, LLC announced today that due to scheduling conflicts with the upcoming GAYVN Webmaster Retreat set for the fall of ’07, they would not proceed with plans for a 2nd Annual Gay Phoenix Forum in 2007.
The 1st Annual GAYVN Webmaster Retreat has been scheduled to take place in October, 2007 in Los Angeles; while the 2nd Annual Gay Phoenix Forum was set for September of 2007 in Scottsdale, AZ, just four weeks prior to the GAYVN event.
With these events ultimately targeting the same Gay Adult Webmaster Community, it was determined that the challenges associated with travel to each site might create a difficult scenario for companies wishing to send representation to both shows.
“As the hosting committee for the Phoenix Forum, it was our goal when we introduced the 1st Annual Gay Phoenix Forum, to create an event that would bring together Gay Online companies and provide benefits for this business community as a whole. It is our belief that having two gay-business focused events within such a short time frame will ultimately be counter productive to this goal, creating a situation which would serve to divide rather than unite this group. In order to avoid this negative scenario and keeping the best interests of this business sector in mind, we have decided not to host a separate Gay event in the fall of ’07,” said Ron Cadwell, CEO, CCBill, Cavecreek Web Hosting and DRM Networks.
“From our understanding of previously-written contracts between AVN and Epoch, AVN had named Epoch as an exclusive billing sponsor for their upcoming GayVN and AVN events, specifically prohibiting our participation. However, today both companies (CCBill and AVN) recognize that the best option for all parties is to work together to ensure the success of a truly productive event for the Gay Community and Adult Online Industry at large, and we are currently working with AVN management to determine how we can best support these initiatives with joint efforts moving forward.”
The Forums, LLC truly appreciates the support received for the 1st Gay Phoenix Forum, which took place in the fall of 2006, and are extremely pleased that the success of that show set the stage for similarly targeted events. We look forward to supporting the Gay Community throughout this year and those to come.
The 1st Annual GAYVN Webmaster Retreat has been scheduled to take place in October, 2007 in Los Angeles; while the 2nd Annual Gay Phoenix Forum was set for September of 2007 in Scottsdale, AZ, just four weeks prior to the GAYVN event.
With these events ultimately targeting the same Gay Adult Webmaster Community, it was determined that the challenges associated with travel to each site might create a difficult scenario for companies wishing to send representation to both shows.
“As the hosting committee for the Phoenix Forum, it was our goal when we introduced the 1st Annual Gay Phoenix Forum, to create an event that would bring together Gay Online companies and provide benefits for this business community as a whole. It is our belief that having two gay-business focused events within such a short time frame will ultimately be counter productive to this goal, creating a situation which would serve to divide rather than unite this group. In order to avoid this negative scenario and keeping the best interests of this business sector in mind, we have decided not to host a separate Gay event in the fall of ’07,” said Ron Cadwell, CEO, CCBill, Cavecreek Web Hosting and DRM Networks.
“From our understanding of previously-written contracts between AVN and Epoch, AVN had named Epoch as an exclusive billing sponsor for their upcoming GayVN and AVN events, specifically prohibiting our participation. However, today both companies (CCBill and AVN) recognize that the best option for all parties is to work together to ensure the success of a truly productive event for the Gay Community and Adult Online Industry at large, and we are currently working with AVN management to determine how we can best support these initiatives with joint efforts moving forward.”
The Forums, LLC truly appreciates the support received for the 1st Gay Phoenix Forum, which took place in the fall of 2006, and are extremely pleased that the success of that show set the stage for similarly targeted events. We look forward to supporting the Gay Community throughout this year and those to come.
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