Does b-roll have over 6000 members? Those would be people who take their career seriously enough to invest $110 in it?
Given the topic we're discussing right now, your statistic is an incredibly misleading statement. I traded a few emails with Mindy Hutchison a little over a year and a half ago on the exact same topic:
Mindy Hutchison said:
We currently have about 7500 members. ... I'd say that about 16% of our members currently choose "video" as their category, about 5% currently choose "multimedia" or do not list a category, and about 79% list "still" as their primary interest.
Your comment is grossly negligent as it pertains to this conversation.
And I don't see the NPPA as a sinking ship. I wouldn't work as hard as I do for it if I saw it that way.
That's too bad. Most everyone I know and most members here at B-Roll would agree with me. Can you tell me three ways you've benefited from the NPPA in the past year
personally?
Did b-roll help journalists get access to the Gulf oils spill? No.
Prove it. Show me someone who directly benefited from NPPA's intervention at the Gulf.
Does b-roll advocate for members who have trouble with law enforcement? No.
Prove it. Show me someone who directly benefited from NPPA's intervention of law enforcement abuses.
Does b-roll hold a week-long storytelling workshop? No. How about 3 of them every year like the NPPA does? No?
You're boasting about four events that only a very small fraction of members can attend. Why is NPPA better because they hold in-person events
only and completely ignore the fact that most of their members can't afford to take a week-long trip to one of these events?
Why should high-income video members be allowed to reap the benefits of low-income video members just because low-income video members can't afford the trip but still pay $110 a year?
It makes more sense to me to use a well-organized website
for its educational resources and constant member input for free.
By the time I could afford a trip to one of NPPA's events, I already left the organization because I'd outgrown it.
Does b-roll get you a discount on Apple stuff? Buy a laptop and save the cost of your membership? No.
No, but that's because I already get discounts through my business. I don't need a third-party organization to cancel out its own membership cost by "saving me money" at Apple.
I shouldn't let your negativity get to me Dog. I'm sure you'll howl about what I wrote but that's ok.
I'm sorry you view my points as "negativity."
The way in which I present my views certainly doesn't make me popular. So be it. I don't contribute to this forum to make friends or impress others.
I'm here to help further a profession many of us depend on to make a living. One of the first things I learned from my favorite college professor was that candy-coating simply doesn't get **** done.
Like I've said before: I appreciate the efforts put forth by you and people like you. Unfortunately, it's my view that NPPA doesn't take your efforts seriously. It's my view that people will blindly follow them without realizing what's really going on. Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, as it were.
We're supposed to be
happy that NPPA is
finally using the internet as a resource for competition?
Why? So the still guys can feel better about themselves?
