Free Speech Coalition - who to vote for 2006 Board of Directors?

[ConnorYoung]

Originally Posted by Bill

Connor, thank you very much for stopping by and writing.

One of the weaknesses of the online adult business community is that we are so used to being able to do EVERYTHING online, that when online communications are missing, it just doesn't seem natural to us to pick up phones or write letters.

A lot of our dynamic towards the FSC is based on this. At a critical time, when we were all very interested in the FSC, we felt shut out by an older school organization that was built on phone calls and letters.

When I joined, I had to make a phone call and give my credit card info over the phone. I think that was the only phone call credit card order I've made in the last 3 years.

We are craving a better online experience with the FSC.

There are a lot of people ready to give more money for lobbying and legal war. I think there are a lot of people who would help pay for a better online presence, including board spokepersons whose job it would be to visit the boards, post updates, and try to answer questions.

I guarantee you we appreciate your stopping by and telling us something about your experiences and opinions.

Thanks for the kind words.

And yup, I was pretty amazed that online credit card services hadn't been set up... but turns out that was partially because of new FSC staffers who weren't up to speed yet on the website, and partially because what they thought initially would turn out to be a solution was not in fact a solution. Eventually CCBill stepped up to help, but it was very unfortunate that online credit card payments weren't set up back in, say, June. I saw the design of the new website... it's a step in the right direction, but there's still some refinement that needs to be done before it will be ready for prime time, so to speak.