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RedShoe · 08-27-2001, 03:14 AM

Here's an idea. There seems to be some debate about the membership fee. I know there are much deeper issues that are involved, but some still seem caught up on fees, and dues.

I'm a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Our dues are based on your yearly salary, with a base fee. So if you didn't earn a dime all year you still have to pay a small amount (the base fee). I think it's like $48.00 per year. (That's $0.80 per work week)

That .80 cents gives me dental, and medical coverage. The reason my fee is so low is because big time actors like Tom Cruise, or Nic Cage, pay huge fees, since for them it's based on a % of their yearly income. The beauty is, that they can afford it, because they made a ton of money that year.

For the AWG (Adult Webmasters Guild) you would have a base price of $5.00 or $10.00 (If you can't afford $10.00 a year, you should really change professions) Once you reach a set amount you would fall into a bracket.

If you make more than, 75K a year, and are in the union, and if that 75K a year was made thru the aide of the union, then you should pay a small percentage as your membership fee. (.75% or 1% to start with)
I think you get the idea.

But that's a small part of the bigger picture.

I can certainly see the benifits of a union. I've enjoyed being in SAG thru the good times and the bad times. I would love to part of the AWG. But where do we start?

What if the union was formed, and for the first few months membership was free? You would get a lot of people to join, with the knoweledge that after 6 months it will cost $10.00 per year. Once they join for free, and see the benefits of a union I'm sure most would stay and help recruit more people into the union. Just a thought.

I wonder what most Adult Webmasters would think is the biggest advantage to being a member of a union?
For me it would be a sense of community, and comfort in knowing that my fellow webmasters are practicing a certain level of quality, that I would hope will eventually be the standard in the adult industry.

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RedShoe 赤い靴 call me 202-456-1111 Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The Valley Posts: 14,831	Here's an idea. There seems to be some debate about the membership fee. I know there are much deeper issues that are involved, but some still seem caught up on fees, and dues. I'm a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Our dues are based on your yearly salary, with a base fee. So if you didn't earn a dime all year you still have to pay a small amount (the base fee). I think it's like $48.00 per year. (That's $0.80 per work week) That .80 cents gives me dental, and medical coverage. The reason my fee is so low is because big time actors like Tom Cruise, or Nic Cage, pay huge fees, since for them it's based on a % of their yearly income. The beauty is, that they can afford it, because they made a ton of money that year. For the AWG (Adult Webmasters Guild) you would have a base price of $5.00 or $10.00 (If you can't afford $10.00 a year, you should really change professions) Once you reach a set amount you would fall into a bracket. If you make more than, 75K a year, and are in the union, and if that 75K a year was made thru the aide of the union, then you should pay a small percentage as your membership fee. (.75% or 1% to start with) I think you get the idea. But that's a small part of the bigger picture. I can certainly see the benifits of a union. I've enjoyed being in SAG thru the good times and the bad times. I would love to part of the AWG. But where do we start? What if the union was formed, and for the first few months membership was free? You would get a lot of people to join, with the knoweledge that after 6 months it will cost $10.00 per year. Once they join for free, and see the benefits of a union I'm sure most would stay and help recruit more people into the union. Just a thought. I wonder what most Adult Webmasters would think is the biggest advantage to being a member of a union? For me it would be a sense of community, and comfort in knowing that my fellow webmasters are practicing a certain level of quality, that I would hope will eventually be the standard in the adult industry. ------------------ <A HREF="http://usexfan.com/ebonypink/index.html" TARGET=_blank>RedShoe is: </A> BoneProne Family Member