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If a flash update doesn't work then you'll want to try another browser. I like http://www.google.com/chrome .
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I'm trying to be polite, can we please terminate discussion on this thread. I will lock it if necessary.
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@KelliBecks – The discussion should be over as the situation is largely based on hearsay and it was stated in distinct anger.
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You can use the search on your friends page to find some friends in Boston, there are quite a few.
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The offending user's account has been locked. There is no need to continue this discussion any further. Thank-you for your understanding.
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@ErinMarieOMG – Veena was not being argumentative she was being diplomatic. It is important that we all understand that there is no singular definition of what constitutes quality pole dance. Perhaps the judges made a bad decision and perhaps they didn't, but to outright call the competition a scam in a public forum with no empirical data is libelous. What the judges were looking for in the pole dance segment is going to be very subjective, especially when the competition is held at a gentlemen's club.
We want StudioVeena.Com to be a positive supportive community. Please refrain from lashing out at those who upset you and provide thoughtful commentary. Also refrain from trivializing the statements of any member of the site including Veena. Your previous statement was rude and uncalled for, Veena works hard to support the members of this site and she did not deserve the statement that you made.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, we've got all kinds of features coming over the next year 🙂
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We have alot of features that will be coming out over time. I will say that editing posts will not be part of that. Editing posts can have a tremendous effect on the meaning of a thread, generally this change in meaning will negatively affect subsequent posters.
Thanks for you suggestions.
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@Chemgoddess1 – As with nearly all search engines, search results are returned in order of relevance regarding your search terms. Relevance can be a subjective thing as well so the engine does its best job but just like Google you have to search sometimes.
The forum threads with no posts are a bug, I will look into this one immediately.
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@PolefitFanatic – I believe the difference is that he is using it as his donation for the CBCF "Weekend to End Women's Cancers". I don't believe he is giving it under the name Pink Pole Power but under Sean O'Connor. Were he to try to give as Pink Pole Power I am sure he would run into the same issues as several studios have reported the inability to donate to the CBCF under their tradename.
From Sean's website
I also ask for a donation that currently goes directly to the 60km walk event I'm attending called "Weekend to End Women's Cancers"
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@Empyrean –
The NAACP is an organization and a charity in and of itself, similiar to NCBF, that I'm sure has it's own set of rules and regulations. It will most likely not accept funds from certain businesses even though it is a charity for furthering equality.
LGBT is a set of initials that describes a segment of our population and it is not an organization. I do know for a fact that many LGBT based organizations do have to give anonymously to certain charities they benefit.
I make these points not to prove you wrong, but instead to insure that we are being realistic in our argument.
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It seems to me that much of the offense is taken at the requirement of anonymous giving. Let me assure you that by giving anonymously we are in all kinds of great company, churches, educational organizations, political organizations, and even fortune 500s such as Apple, Oracle and Microsoft have had to give anonymously at times. This is certainly not a roadblock to collecting or giving donations to help a cause that you believe in.
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@STL – In this case money wasn't just money. If it was, Tinu would have given it with no strings attached. In this case money came with strings, a requirement that the NBCF accept a platform and a name that they have not pledged to support. The NBCF pledged to support breast cancer education and free mammograms not the acceptance of pole. Educating the world about pole is our job not that of the NBCF.
This really isn't about the NBCF understanding pole, the NBCF simply couldn't accept the donation under the name that Tinu was requiring them to accept it under. There are many reasonable explanations for this. Tinu, however, could have easily donated under another name or anonymously, but rather than understand that charity is about helping people and not about ones own pride she turned it into a platform and demonized a charity that has done alot of good work and saved alot of people, and in no way caused harm to Tinu.
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@amy – This is unfortunately what we are talking about. You shouldn't back a defamatory article with assertion and assumption. You can read the full article at Pole Spin Magazine, you will have to google for it as we won't link to the article. You will notice the header graphic on the front page of their site reads "No Stripper Money Allowed". Which immediately leads a person to believe that the National Breast Cancer Foundation made this statement.
If we are to be taken seriously as an industry we have to put on an air of respect. We have to show people generosity and kindness, and when we are misunderstood or mis-categorized we need to kindly educate.
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Charters and donation requirements are not usually published, because they can be complex documents. Generally the best idea if you want to put on a charitable event of any kind is contact your potential beneficiary and ask them if you can donate under the name of your company, what their rules are as far as using their name, and anything else specific to your event.
It is also important to remember that there are many, many organizations that experience similiar responses. In these cases they will often times give anonymously or partner with another company such as a radio station who can submit the donation, because they know the cause is much more important than their own pride.
