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Originally Posted by KRosh
everyone that was there knew exactly what it was for and it was jam packed  |
They had camera footage which makes me think that they were there. I am only going by what I watched on TMZ's TV show. Harvey (think it was him who asked the kids) even asked what the party/gathering was for. None of the kids (twenty something staff members) knew what it was for, just had porn chicks.
So if the media that was in attendance could not tell the public what the show was for, something failed and failed in an epic way. Typically such an event would have some press kits available for the media. Something that would explain what the entire event was about. Especially if the event is about fighting a public agency (OSHA). Considering that the more information the press can give out the better off you are, after all they can and will reach more people than the event itself ever will. This is not a hard concept to understand.
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Originally Posted by xxxjay
Half the money went to AIM. Half goes to LATATA. To be in LATATA you have to pay 2k in "membership dues".
I'm not sure what LATATA does with the money except "fight OCEA".
So if you think you smell something fishy, you do!
And it ain't just all of the porn girls!
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OK I understood the OSHA ordeal and also know OSHA has not pursued it after the small press event. They just fired a warning shot. No lawyer will save your ass if OSHA really declares war against the industry. You either comply or they shut you down and bankrupt you. Not only is the law on their side, the laws are so fucked up in giving them power that they conflict with each other so that nobody can really comply.
Really feel the OSHA thing is a smoke screen.
I had to look up LATATA. Fuck me, it is a union for the talent agencies. All of their scare tactics page is about OSHA and things OSHA has talked about. I remember when the union material leaked. It is an obvious money and power grab by the talent agencies where they get to control the producers and the talent. If I recall outside talent would be black listed, so the Internet guys would be fucked as they want to be able to fine models and prevent them from getting work. Plus there was other issues I seem to recall about outside talent. Think it was something along the lines of if a model was not registered and booked through one of the agencies that producer could end up fined or blacklisted from hiring other models through them. There seemed to be a lot more mentioned in a post on here a couple months back.
Looks like this party raised all of $3,408.00 towards the "fight". The rest of the $19,628.00 they raised ($16,220.00) was raised by mailed in donations, roughly $7,500.00 of that was anonymous donations, plus a good chunk of the large donations were from talent agencies. Sort of donating to themselves.
Now I am not no professional fund raiser so excuse this question. Wouldnt you want to raise a set percentage above your cost of the fund raising event? I mean if I was to hold a fund raiser and I had a budget of $10,000.00 I would want or expect to raise at least 10% in my mind. Anything less would seem like way to much of a risk if things went wrong. 10% may even be to small of a number as there is not that much of a buffer there just in case.
I may not understand how much events cost to throw in LA and I would hope someone would chime in with a basic figure. What sort of percentage return is $3,408.00?
Also would be curious if all the porn girls "donated" their time, perhaps in exchange for possible union dues (guessing), were they paid to attend, or did they just agree to show up for the fuck of it. Were they given free drinks? Actually was anyone? What about food or other gifts?
Just sort of curious as I am not a fan of any union, especially one that if I recall properly would basically be self appointing power over all producers.