an update and an apology
demolitionred, 07 Mar 2006 17:20:39
You may well have guessed by now that our second fundraiser was not as successful as our first one and far from raising money..it made a loss.
Given I made the final decision to go ahead with the concert and given hard work everyone put into it and to raisng money before this, I will be making up the shortfall.
I apologise for any disappointment and any negative impact this has had on the campaign.
demred
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Mick, 08 Mar 2006 08:33:13
Red,
There is no need for you to make up the shortfall, you are not responsible for every mistake made by anyone in the name of backlash.
Every member knew the event might be a flop and we all had the opportunity to stop it beforehand but we did not. I refer to the vote on whether or not backlash funds should be used to finance the insurance for the night due to lack of tickets being sold prior to the event. If the organisers hadn't raised enough funds to front the £275ish required a week before the event then the outcome should have been obvious. It was pointed out in the vote that the event could not go ahead without insurance so we, the backlash members, could have stopped the event two weeks ago. The fact that only three people bothered to vote shows that most members have either given up, don't care or have found other 'more important' things to do .
There are many reasons why the event failed but all we can do now is to learn from the mistakes and move on.
Mick_H
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You may well have guessed by now that our second fundraiser was not as successful as our first one and far from raising money..it made a loss.
Given I made the final decision to go ahead with the concert and given hard work everyone put into it and to raisng money before this, I will be making up the shortfall.
I apologise for any disappointment and any negative impact this has had on the campaign.
demred
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devilrob, 08 Mar 2006 18:27:58
For what it's worth I think putting up the funds for the event was the right thing to do.
Cancelling it would have been much worse than going ahead. With the gig going on there was at least a chance of some money and/or awareness being raised.
"Better to light one candle in the darkness..etc,etc."
Regards,
Rob
victa, 13 Mar 2006 18:22:20
I?ve come to this debate too late , but some disjointed thoughts:
1. You need someone high profile to ?come out? and champion the bdsm cause.
2. Have these HO grey suits ever been introduced to a site such as LFS which
extols the joys of bdsm? Get them to read the Articles / Reviews. Yes, these
are real people enjoying themselves in a 100% consensual way and loving it!
Yet images of some the scenes would no doubt fall foul of this law. Better
still, drag them out to a suitable club one night! And this would certainly
disabuse them of the lie that it?s primarily a M-dom / F-sub thing.PS Amelie is doing sterling work with her new book J
3. Amazon have just emailed me an ad for Princes Spider?s book. I expect
there?s some pretty ?brutal? [but delicious!] scenes described there. Their
ad also refers to ?Whipped: 20 stories of female erotic dominance, with DVD?
- bannable also?
4. Classics like Dossie Easton's ?The Topping book/ The bottoming book?
, SM101, the Compleat Spanker,l ikewise are brilliant at conveying the joy
of bdsm play. Will these fall foul?
5. We need to understand what motivates these junior civil servants. Further
up the greasy pole if they get legislation through? If so, are they not
irredeemably compromised? Can any dirt be dug up on them [or are they squeaky
clean? [Nasty i know, but ends justifies the means....]
6. A year ago I went to a fascinating talk by the Foundation for Intelligent
Living [I?ll try to find the exact title]. Ranting against stupid gut-reaction
?protection? laws sponsored by pressure-groups with no scientific justification.
10 years ago I rewired my own house. Now it?s illegal without a certified
electrician. Why? Is the measure of a civilised society the breadth of
its statute book?
7. There?s a growing backlash [sorry!] by business against the spiral or
red tape. Could be wrong, but I thought there were at last moves by HMG
to contain this and seriously question proposed new laws. At the very least
you should treble their regulatory ?costs?
8. Doubt there?s any scope to openly challenge the submission of the nutters/
lunatic fringe. If there is, go for it!
9. Last but not least - I?m sure I?ve seen several press stories of suicides
directly attributable to the operation oar [?] thing. If true that must
be the tip of the iceberg of all the stress, anxiety and depression caused
to many innocent ?pillars of society? - schoolteachers, policemen even. Are
these do-gooders prepared to have similar tragedies on their conscience?
[apologies if this is posted in the wrong place - don?t understand smart
groups L]
Best of luck. Keep fighting!
strange-ways
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mick h , 13 Mar 2006 18:22:20
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Paul C. Dickie, 14 Mar 2006 00:32:22
In message <29382940.1141806246498.JavaMail.www@wwinf3203>, mick h
wrote:
>Red,
>There is no need for you to make up the shortfall, you are not responsible for
>every mistake made by anyone in the name of backlash.
>Every member knew the event might be a flop and we all had the opportunity to
>stop it beforehand but we did not. I refer to the vote on whether or not
>backlash funds should be used to finance the insurance for the night due to lack
>of tickets being sold prior to the event. If the organisers hadn't raised enough
>funds to front the £275ish required a week before the event then the outcome
>should have been obvious. It was pointed out in the vote that the event could
>not go ahead without insurance so we, the backlash members, could have stopped
>the event two weeks ago.
And thereby limited the losses to the money stumped up by someone to pay
for the hire of the hall?
>The fact that only three people bothered to vote shows
>that most members have either given up, don't care or have found other 'more
>important' things to do .
Or that the email telling them about it didn't reach them until the vote
had closed...
>There are many reasons why the event failed but all we can do now is to learn
>from the mistakes and move on.
Quite. Perhaps it should have been a tobogganing party? ;-)
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< Paul >