Following a post from one of the promoters showing his appearance on TV, I was shocked to see him use a terrible event to try to promote himself.
He tried to highlight workshops and educators, but when I worked for him a few years back, I was furious when I was giving workshops and he was giving the publicity to another group — simply to help his ex-girlfriend start her new venture. He was stealing visibility from the people actually doing the work. I was the workshop coordinator for many years for his main event, and he never invested a cent in that side of things. After a few years of demonstrating the revenue it brought in, we strangely began to disagree.
When safety was discussed, I pointed out that he preferred to use undercover DMs — people who reported things back to him, essentially informants. When he wanted to use that approach a second year with the DM team I had put in place the year before, I had had enough. He also preferred to hide any kind of play at events out of fear of incidents — and mostly concern about insurance, which he forgot to get for a few years. I never had the chance to find out if he actually had coverage.
A few years back I asked him to help me with a BDSM and law issue when going to court to defend my rights. He said yes, but never showed up at the bar. After that our relationship deteriorated. It is funny to see him pushing people to fight for BDSM rights while always promoting the cause but never actually acting on it.
The only fight he will engage in is when his revenue is threatened.
Just my two cents.
