tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84899333998670585852024-03-16T21:37:14.070-04:00Owl Eye ViewThe view from the owl nest; a blog about weird life, semi-liberty, and the pursuit of what should be happiness. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-63682071279603581892024-03-03T11:57:00.003-05:002024-03-14T17:39:48.990-04:00News Articles<p> <a href="https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment/2024/03/bethlehem-area-steampunk-convention-ends-contentiously-vendors-claim-organizer-running-scam.html?outputType=amp">Bethlehem area steampunk convention ends contentiously.</a> March 3, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://steampunk-explorer.com/news/wicked-world-s-faire-jeff-mach-responds-complaints-or-least-we-asked?fbclid=IwAR1LQGamC-IcwOhiA_c6i3NGiPtWHP94DtRmiOo4gWHdkgLNiz96YSlZyTM">Wicked World’s Faire: Jeff Mach Responds to Complaints </a> Feb 29, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://steampunk-explorer.com/news/inside-look-what-happened-wicked-world-s-fair?fbclid=IwAR3faffHRul8R7RB0X6uXZUmvw1FqjNn75oRDEdmFVgd1QcZQlzO6md_HBc">Inside Look: What Happened at Wicked World’s Fair?</a> March 7, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTeKSp6/">Niche Tea</a> (TikTok)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://steampunk-explorer.com/news/eventbrite-refutes-mach-s-claims-about-wwf-payouts-hints-possible-actions?fbclid=IwAR2Lf1Auj4EGYUlvF454-UI4llHa589rHdqQ9si19oDaeMpRjhsJRMP9GoM">Eventbrite Refutes Mach’s Claims About WWF Payouts, Hints at Possible ‘Actions’</a> March 14, 2024</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-14893383725319081892024-02-29T16:39:00.001-05:002024-02-29T19:33:58.909-05:00Timeline - from the inside<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Please note this is an email I received today, 2/29/24. I do not have all of the documentation, but this is one person's story. The only thing I have removed or edited is that I have removed any of the names that are not JM. **note/update I have removed one incident.**</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">So basically I’m break it down by time line. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">I started working with Jeff mach as vendor coordinator (volunteer not paid) may 2023 at his</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">spring event in East Durham NY. The first day of the event the coordinator before me quit. I</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">stepped in to help. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">I was added to Eventbrite, group chats for vendors and volunteers. Anytime any vendor</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">contacted the event I would get my email approved by Jeff and would send it with him cc on it.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">The upcoming Halloween event Oct 2023 was mostly damage control on my part. I did very</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">little to get vendors to join. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">This Feb event was another story. I spend 3 to 15 hours a week helping him. Looking for new</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">vendors, and making the vendors happy. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Dec 2023 a week before Christmas $8000 was removed from Eventbrite by Jeff to his</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">personal account. The woman he hired (and was to pay $100 to for their help) was hired to</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">write him a business plan and get his financial in order. She in our managers group chat and</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">the volunteer chat would ask Jeff where the money went? No reply from Jeff beyond</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">gaslighting and word salad. We have found out where the money went. Directly to Jeff. Pay</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">his rent, bills and Christmas, a trip to California with his now wife, and not one penny to the</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">event. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Jan. 10. 2024 I planned with Jeff to see the venue for the first time. Gather measurements</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">and get information so better to answer vendor questions. One hour before I was to leave</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Delaware, Jeff contact me to pick him up. His ride bailed. He calmed his car is not working</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">(he owns no car). I said yes so long as he pays my gas and what not. Two and half hour drive</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">to him, $18 in toll in NJ, then NJ to Pa another $28 in tolls and he paid $24 for my gas to the</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">gas station. The hotel answered all my questions and was very accommodating. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Jeff during the walk through states that the vendor spots need to be layed out with tape, and</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">vendors assigned their spots. Like they are in kindergarten. We have been telling vendors</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">from day one it was first come first serve. I was not happy. I went home same day $12 in tolls</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">2 hours drive, leaving him at the hotel. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">He stayed at the hotel for 3 nights doing whatever. On jan 13 I had drawn out the vendor</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">maps (I can provide) and crunched the numbers. 80 spots were sold at that point. We had</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">room for 60 to 65 depending on table rental size. I told him then we over sold. He said no he</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">had not and he would take care of it. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Feb 10. No map or update from Jeff about the vendor spots. I had a final count of 85 vendors.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">He has 28000 in his account. Jeff has yet to answer me, <i style="color: #ff00fe;">name removed </i>or others about their exact</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">duties. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;">Also during this walk through Jeff bride (21) </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>name removed</i></span><span style="color: #222222;"> was with us talking about their wedding to</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">take place at 6pm Sunday at the event. Of the 9 rooms available she wanted 4 for her</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">wedding. Jeff agreed to this. Jeff is 55. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">I sent notice to Jeff on the 10th of Feb I will no longer be working with him as vendor</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">coordinator after this event. He then took me off all chats and Eventbrite. I did not find out for</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">5 days. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="color: #ff00fe;">name removed </i>and other vendors are contacting me directly asking why the vendor meet and greet</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">dinner was cancelled. I asked Jeff directly and he said I&#39;m &quot;out&quot;. So I told him I needed to</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">speak with my husband and I would let him know if I will be coming at all. Jeff blew up</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">sending me 40 pages of text and one email from 8pm to 8am at all hours. I did not see til the</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">next morning. I told him I will not be attending and blocked him. I then started getting threats</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">from his bride that I made sexual assault threats to Jeff to some guy I have never heard of.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Then she blocked me. This was all done Feb 13.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Feb 19 <i style="color: #ff00fe;">name removed </i>also told Jeff she would not be there due to him not answering her and her</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">unable to help him. He blew up at her in 70 pages of text and several emails. I have access to</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">some. Jeff somehow convinced to come to the event. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">The event officially started Friday Feb. 23 at 3pm. Ends on Feb 25 at 6pm. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Vendors were told to be there Thursday the 22 at 10 to get their spots and set up. Some did</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">show. No Jeff. He showed up at 8pm on Thursday. Some vendors just left. And the refund</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">request started. <i style="color: #ff00fe;">name removed </i>showed up on Thursday at 5pm and did her best to help the vendors.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">She found with help of the hotel staff 80 tables. (200 was needed for all spots) . Some</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">vendors picked their spot and did a pre set up. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">The vendor meet and greet for Thursday night was to give the vendors a chance to meet</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">each other, and some prizes were to be handed out for those who used the most coupons of</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">small things. Food and drinks was to be provided by the hotel at no cost to the event. This did</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">not happen. Mind you Jeff was in contract to fill 150 rooms and spend $5000 on catering. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Friday morning Jeff appeared at 1pm. Vendors items that were preset up some tables were</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">moved a few feet, some had their items completely packed up and moved to lost and found.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Vendors were forced to share spaces, not be given spots they were promised (ball room vs</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">hallway) and a few were turned away.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;"> a woman was running a Alice tea party paid $35 to be at. She was told 50 people max. They</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">sold 100 tickets. When she was at the event the hotel had been told by Jeff to cancel all</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">catering. There were no tables or food or water. Nothing. She ended up serving only 30</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">people and had to turn away others. If not for the help of other vendors that would have not</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">happened either. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">All other events and programming was cancelled or done with no help in the middle of the</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">hallway or where vendors were. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;">At the event the police were called three times. One confirmed arrest.</span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">**incident removed**</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Jeff was confronted by vendors and ran to his room. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">There is one volunteer who worked for Jeff for over 5 years who heart literally stopped and</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">was in the ICU in early Feb. She could not make the event. She sent word to Jeff and replied</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">with a vile remarks about her. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Sun at noon, the question and answers session happened. That was the original video I sent.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">I have more videos of that. I have videos of the hotel literally falling on heads of vendors with</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">water damage. Video on Saturday showing no customers. Jeff promised 3000 to 5000 people</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">. The final count of customers was 800 with 300 being directly from vendors. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">The customers who paid for VIP, were promised a snack room, panels and entrance to shows</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">like rocket horror, Cabrera (costume party) and scavenger hunt. None happened. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">But Jeff and his bride did get married using the fund of all these people. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Back in 2016 and 2019 Jeff was accused of sexual accusations against minors. This is</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">documented online. No charges were ever made. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Well the question and answer on sunday was crazy. If you did not see the video of the sword and yelling you would not believe it.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">The news is now looking at making a report about this as well. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">We are in need to file criminal charges and civil class action lawsuit against him. He has done</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">this to vendors for years. Now the vendors are banned together to get him to stop. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Also Jeff was removed from a larger event via a lawsuit in 2019. I believe that was in NJ and</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">is public record.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">Look on you tube and tic tock for jeff mach, and wicked would fair you will find videos. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-66517712428810373602024-02-29T14:31:00.003-05:002024-02-29T16:43:51.637-05:00Wicked World's Fair 2024 - information<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>I'm trying really hard to gather information and compile it in some way that makes sense. From what I can figure: </i></span></p><p>The (volunteer) vendor coordinator asked JM for a list of vendors, talent, etc. JM did not give this information to them. They also asked for a map with the potential event spaces. This did not happen.</p><p>Some "other event" was in the hotel and would be out by 5 pm on Thursday. Vendors told they can set up starting at 5 pm. </p><p></p><div>Vendors:</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Vendors coming to set up were left waiting for JM for 2-4 hours;</li><li>Tattoo artist requires unique space that was not accommodated;</li><li>Vendors who came on Friday were not given the spots they had paid for. Some had paid for ballroom spots and were given hallway spots:</li><ul><li>One vendor had booked a double ballroom spot (2 10x10) and was given a small space in the "fireside room."</li><li>Vendor paid for 10x10, had 6 ft table.</li><li>Vendor paid for 10x10, had 7x2 space near stage (hazard).</li><li>Vendor paid for 10x10, had 6x6.</li><li>Vendor paid for a space, waited 1.5 hrs, told there was no room to set up. </li><li>Vendor paid for hotel room vending, was placed in the bar, and then eventually in the hallway.</li><li>Vendor paid for a 10x10 in the ballroom, was placed in the lobby.</li><li>Vendor paid for 10x10 in the ballroom, given 6 ft table. </li><li>Vendor paid for 20x10, got 10x10.</li><li>At least 5 vendors were placed in the "Bar with No Name."</li></ul><li>Rumor has it that at least a few vendors who had paid for spaces were refused entrance. However, JM claims there were still open vendor spaces and sent out an email stating such. </li></ul><div>Performers: </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Xentrifuge did not perform because the sound engineer quit due to non-payment on JM's part.</li><li>One class never added to schedule, performed had to refund people due to this.</li><li>Navigating the Decline did not perform.</li></ul></div><p></p><div><br /></div><div>Sunday (final day): </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Sit down with vendors in one room. Information that came from this meeting has video proof: </li><ul><li>Some vendors had their tables moved to block emergency doors.</li><li>A member of staff / supporter of JM went to pull her sword to block JM from being spoken to.</li></ul></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Other information: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Part of the ceiling fell? / multiple leaks in the ceiling</li><li>Vendors were overbooked</li><li>Tea Party oversold</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Hotel maps: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIPoMRuoHRt1YphNvBkOJTevpcj8isAFnZVbDZ_5NgetCH8Iq_AayYUcswKpweIlqeasyBMooV3DRMQypemiMMy0VKz4givqyvp-uXzpNDgM_PXw-zAHGKYM-aNUy_slaMMM8v3-7f9cE7v2DiXHFzWUzdE4jSFqjrqkI_GsiNS94TFRdL86OnLpM2ZlP/s1080/facebook_1709229103157_7169026464288174802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIPoMRuoHRt1YphNvBkOJTevpcj8isAFnZVbDZ_5NgetCH8Iq_AayYUcswKpweIlqeasyBMooV3DRMQypemiMMy0VKz4givqyvp-uXzpNDgM_PXw-zAHGKYM-aNUy_slaMMM8v3-7f9cE7v2DiXHFzWUzdE4jSFqjrqkI_GsiNS94TFRdL86OnLpM2ZlP/w400-h180/facebook_1709229103157_7169026464288174802.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeqGxg8DZDDaETfdamQqMrI1Ik9mS-i0AO7t8wgpmnvfkq-SVPyd4jWaD87zOWEACWf1avQ_YN9KOc5CPDchENr5PCEdl7MAZ24-2CtIAqbF9b0dNfkpktvaCB_s48gfBpWgt3FkzeP9_RxMQzOcU7avtRSFqNQ2gJPVwVAxropEZq9QsSt6jGyLIjFsi/s1434/facebook_1709234553879_7169049326274122269.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeqGxg8DZDDaETfdamQqMrI1Ik9mS-i0AO7t8wgpmnvfkq-SVPyd4jWaD87zOWEACWf1avQ_YN9KOc5CPDchENr5PCEdl7MAZ24-2CtIAqbF9b0dNfkpktvaCB_s48gfBpWgt3FkzeP9_RxMQzOcU7avtRSFqNQ2gJPVwVAxropEZq9QsSt6jGyLIjFsi/w301-h400/facebook_1709234553879_7169049326274122269.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-85019223354026194792024-02-27T13:49:00.007-05:002024-02-27T13:49:59.237-05:00A reminder about vendors<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>I can't believe I'm saying this again... </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Many of the vendors who worked with JM in the RECENT PAST do not know who he is. His events <b>sound cool</b> and sound like they should be fun. Not every new vendor has the time, ability, or knowledge to look him up. Some of these vendors who went to Wicked Worlds Fair are newer than this blog. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Don't trash the vendors. Don't trash their ratings. If their stuff looks cool, maybe even buy something from them to help them recoup losses. Or just ignore them. </b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Back in 2018 when all this first went down, I created a list of vendors who were pulling out of Wicked Fair and Steampunk Worlds Fair because of all the allegations in order for people to be able to support them and help them make up for lost revenue. </i></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-85398252032630181112024-02-27T11:42:00.007-05:002024-02-27T11:51:25.782-05:00The Wicked World's Fair - one of the videos<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>I want to shout-out all the vendors who are making information public regarding the failure of Wicked Worlds Fair. You all found yourselves in a very bad situation and you are taking control of it. I'm sorry that no one warned you before you got involved with JM but I am so glad to see you all raising awareness!</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>This is the most enlightening video with the best angle that I've seen. Many thanks to "The Nail in the Coffin" for posting the original. I apologize for the screen recording.</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YnPGB7spt6s" width="320" youtube-src-id="YnPGB7spt6s"></iframe></i></span></div><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /> </i></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>More videos can be found: </i></span></p><p><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3sroRN/&source=gmail&ust=1709137857460000&usg=AOvVaw0RFhZzs0Tl393lNRy_Iy_I" href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3sroRN/" jslog="32272; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6ci00OTAwMjQ2Nzg4ODE3OTAwMjU0Il0.; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci0xMTY4MTg5MTU1MzI2NDg3Njg4Il0." style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/t/<wbr></wbr>ZPR3sroRN/</a></p><p><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTL1SDMYC/&source=gmail&ust=1709137857465000&usg=AOvVaw0QEGxRK39K05KyYW4Wg-bz" href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTL1SDMYC/" jslog="32272; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6ci00OTAwMjQ2Nzg4ODE3OTAwMjU0Il0.; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci03Nzc1MjI5ODkwNzA2NDQwNDg3Il0." style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/t/<wbr></wbr>ZTL1SDMYC/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-25363664193488445492024-02-26T14:51:00.001-05:002024-02-26T14:51:07.528-05:00The Wicked Worlds Fair <p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>I am compiling and will update soon. It sounds like this past weekend went very poorly. </i></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-49028379235919794022024-02-15T21:39:00.002-05:002024-02-15T21:39:27.691-05:00New association <p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Just be aware. </i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QQXYg8kqloTc1aNhLf2VU4_ABwkhns53N7nCCUyECFIzNgC5lwweTbNFvKhnufiObkzH3VItMTEmYBamIb9lh8BbM_0CI5U1rfvP0Hs9H4O2a0DkSuL1zQeITXd6xRSLLyGCpWXxSYCF5LlGz1F-SqU7Qu2v-R3PtxrSrtQ_IkvYfAxMkMEUwYjILNL4/s2048/FB_IMG_1708051088099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QQXYg8kqloTc1aNhLf2VU4_ABwkhns53N7nCCUyECFIzNgC5lwweTbNFvKhnufiObkzH3VItMTEmYBamIb9lh8BbM_0CI5U1rfvP0Hs9H4O2a0DkSuL1zQeITXd6xRSLLyGCpWXxSYCF5LlGz1F-SqU7Qu2v-R3PtxrSrtQ_IkvYfAxMkMEUwYjILNL4/s320/FB_IMG_1708051088099.jpg" width="94" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFgAwq6koA8l1-dwLUaLiwwsp5MqJ-gy4wZqN42mwa9bfOWcq5s-bIea8sSB5TvvWb32ExNqO2o8BbFDZCG8uASIj4KvNFnmJPMdFJXJNQTuXaOXkPALGibJg846uhfeLPCCNzBTHt0cmJKL7oKHn95NfXD1SH4KMqt79Xs24Aqky2BIUkXBG9dNwnDk3/s1978/FB_IMG_1708051085082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1978" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFgAwq6koA8l1-dwLUaLiwwsp5MqJ-gy4wZqN42mwa9bfOWcq5s-bIea8sSB5TvvWb32ExNqO2o8BbFDZCG8uASIj4KvNFnmJPMdFJXJNQTuXaOXkPALGibJg846uhfeLPCCNzBTHt0cmJKL7oKHn95NfXD1SH4KMqt79Xs24Aqky2BIUkXBG9dNwnDk3/s320/FB_IMG_1708051085082.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-61367542954662080702024-02-10T09:34:00.002-05:002024-02-10T09:34:13.997-05:00Do not support Paladin Project<p> "203.6K likes, 5,374 comments, TRIGGER WARNING: SA This video was incredibly difficult to make but I couldn't stay silent about this issue. Please do not send any hate to the creator, but if you could interact with this video in order to get it to the right people, I would be incredibly grateful. Again, thank you for being here and I will be back soon. Until then, stay golden:)"</p><p> https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3Dvfgg/</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-25218745889225408352024-01-14T17:38:00.001-05:002024-01-14T17:38:14.250-05:00SureStay Bethlehem<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Interesting sales tactic... </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Reminder: friends don't let friends attend JM events. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrZcdKGBCLyajETJYRxDyY2OFqkfSHBafpPWR2Y0DD4efiAQCJU3EOf7SY4luNPAcrOh8bQXFUr2kjpa1K3tz6C5LFwtgkmRsuvxOieHngEwLL5gMgnG19JonHaKoibwJLLK1yDs5dXSTDlnNWuKk_9fhGk3YTjLu8m0utSkVWLKaJDkE49LJD50FQIt3/s1081/FB_IMG_1705271626808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="1081" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrZcdKGBCLyajETJYRxDyY2OFqkfSHBafpPWR2Y0DD4efiAQCJU3EOf7SY4luNPAcrOh8bQXFUr2kjpa1K3tz6C5LFwtgkmRsuvxOieHngEwLL5gMgnG19JonHaKoibwJLLK1yDs5dXSTDlnNWuKk_9fhGk3YTjLu8m0utSkVWLKaJDkE49LJD50FQIt3/s320/FB_IMG_1705271626808.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdFJKjQ3tlWnbOVAwGao0rpZMf33xRhaFItyznV8RyWM7nt8rB-NIWiypFObg-4dxsTa_-8ynBdGdEJiblFWS_XHLyxiokMsAwqk3GbSCIK7TpnuMb55AQTM7RQf3fcn4fqlBSDMiymnvMtmNEPPrcVc6Ra_4istRX5Wd_YY6SGqe7Hp5CWkFNwDXpv8l/s2048/FB_IMG_1705271629142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="955" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdFJKjQ3tlWnbOVAwGao0rpZMf33xRhaFItyznV8RyWM7nt8rB-NIWiypFObg-4dxsTa_-8ynBdGdEJiblFWS_XHLyxiokMsAwqk3GbSCIK7TpnuMb55AQTM7RQf3fcn4fqlBSDMiymnvMtmNEPPrcVc6Ra_4istRX5Wd_YY6SGqe7Hp5CWkFNwDXpv8l/w186-h400/FB_IMG_1705271629142.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82Rux4yVF1rxCGffK2vhE8UtHp3mMr1ubJbu_uRDH5-YuvU0Xs7F2No_f2L47xawpggG3jfJVWaLOdnObtxOkcDXNWpYAqGpTyXZv9TodabZ-Qlfdy8BJi5J5pves5mcbkWsfAaTuis1pvFWHMXuBVqWpgLcX75cedeHFv0wgmdxFGf9RSLUzcg-Gqr9y/s2048/FB_IMG_1705271631337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="684" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82Rux4yVF1rxCGffK2vhE8UtHp3mMr1ubJbu_uRDH5-YuvU0Xs7F2No_f2L47xawpggG3jfJVWaLOdnObtxOkcDXNWpYAqGpTyXZv9TodabZ-Qlfdy8BJi5J5pves5mcbkWsfAaTuis1pvFWHMXuBVqWpgLcX75cedeHFv0wgmdxFGf9RSLUzcg-Gqr9y/w134-h400/FB_IMG_1705271631337.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpw5vmSxd3vmqJ7O17GRvgH9ceUvZbalFUZ18OgQWrGahqHrIbJp3MX2iF9kjm3DI3Gwlv6PHfPEvdxwL3Gsw8YAnLDzxHsNzf0hOgeOitmjYThK_TmyF79A7WS3z-vTclvG_MckgN1_1QUqr7YFK7smpUcBnQYVkNfhkXK5_FoMP6SBR_9azOs87dKjo8/s2048/FB_IMG_1705271633807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="713" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpw5vmSxd3vmqJ7O17GRvgH9ceUvZbalFUZ18OgQWrGahqHrIbJp3MX2iF9kjm3DI3Gwlv6PHfPEvdxwL3Gsw8YAnLDzxHsNzf0hOgeOitmjYThK_TmyF79A7WS3z-vTclvG_MckgN1_1QUqr7YFK7smpUcBnQYVkNfhkXK5_FoMP6SBR_9azOs87dKjo8/w139-h400/FB_IMG_1705271633807.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-67763155957578334222024-01-06T07:45:00.000-05:002024-01-06T07:45:26.935-05:00A Reminder<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Quick reminder: friends don't let friends attend, vend, or perform at JM events. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Side note: a kids ticket for an event called Wicked World's Fair, plus a Steampunk For All (ages) panel? This feels like a recipe for disaster. In general, yes, kids can be part of the Steampunk and alt communities... but this feels very wrong at a JM event, especially one with the "Wicked" name. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOcbwcxo-rbjaRRracB9iiSxyI0taaTNw9ySShc_3TSw7ObQeSBZ52ShiibTL4K6-fawf2LbhT_GjctPE_grvpzJ52ntOAzbmmbMEPS-eqBLJ3RhyplnNYbhU1qglKQRSZYJN4ubuxO-4gaTNkbd8XJ94LGI5BGOmJoiSfxVgvt8FYxX_ms7n_XJIOrXz/s2400/Screenshot_20240106_073346_Chrome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOcbwcxo-rbjaRRracB9iiSxyI0taaTNw9ySShc_3TSw7ObQeSBZ52ShiibTL4K6-fawf2LbhT_GjctPE_grvpzJ52ntOAzbmmbMEPS-eqBLJ3RhyplnNYbhU1qglKQRSZYJN4ubuxO-4gaTNkbd8XJ94LGI5BGOmJoiSfxVgvt8FYxX_ms7n_XJIOrXz/s320/Screenshot_20240106_073346_Chrome.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"></div></div></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Evil Expo Villain Convention POSTPONED</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Evil Expo Villain Convention, scheduled to take place this summer, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. The hotel that was to host the event has refused to honor key parts of the contract, making it impossible to provide the experience that our guests deserve. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>are currently looking for a new venue that can provide the necessary facilities and amenities to make the event a success. We are aiming to reschedule the event towards the end of summer or early fall. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. We look forward to seeing you at the rescheduled event. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">For more information, please contact us at info@evilexpo.com.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6ry1cNdRUfGlXi0_F-e7qcPhMVkKmFonDtODqubedI6HxWBfQlmaXR6cYaKnSWalR12sX9WtaHymLT-VBQeL26QJkLrWUeh-qmhPfu5P1Ri1HxnYuHqJ-BnVTb116eHVu_fjLnNzMTbbBGc78NBBFhgmV8aJFTPvr-gLTOYaVtrWpdmfqD9VTm7rBg/s684/jmee.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="684" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6ry1cNdRUfGlXi0_F-e7qcPhMVkKmFonDtODqubedI6HxWBfQlmaXR6cYaKnSWalR12sX9WtaHymLT-VBQeL26QJkLrWUeh-qmhPfu5P1Ri1HxnYuHqJ-BnVTb116eHVu_fjLnNzMTbbBGc78NBBFhgmV8aJFTPvr-gLTOYaVtrWpdmfqD9VTm7rBg/s320/jmee.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>However, the most recent post on the Evil Expo Facebook page is from May 11th, announcing a new performer. No update as to postponement. </i></span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwcvnbeOOulfaloD2Tr6dsgqUfnlf7i4MtJ-mRHW04nt5qJ4aCSLRWOkYhAOSAe03uEV3cBGuMsphOxJ0jukfdmrFZtirZDjpL-QgLTmGhy8aYWiJJpqykBlc8ueBCE86vOfiZJuC5kuFuJHAVQULMXVECSxnH5euUPQrEd-Mx7ki6GVuj9d6DDtuVw/s957/EEjune23.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="957" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwcvnbeOOulfaloD2Tr6dsgqUfnlf7i4MtJ-mRHW04nt5qJ4aCSLRWOkYhAOSAe03uEV3cBGuMsphOxJ0jukfdmrFZtirZDjpL-QgLTmGhy8aYWiJJpqykBlc8ueBCE86vOfiZJuC5kuFuJHAVQULMXVECSxnH5euUPQrEd-Mx7ki6GVuj9d6DDtuVw/s320/EEjune23.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Also as of May 22nd, the EventBrite page is still up and one can still purchase tickets: </i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8bNBhuA33Uqk-W6FcWmxCon1AgEcwmvX27_0MAXGvuSP-u4JPRKzD10uJ0_PAYkHahWqdu4Jz4qIW9iHh9jq9-d19V69IG8oYt_Ek-A-J4u0jYYnNIJggw_1lj2y9byMDH8jrtCw_KwRUnfNx1aCoA5vDLIdtePKzjdGYbNT6zK-OSgjKRshkxD2hA/s1082/eetickets.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1082" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8bNBhuA33Uqk-W6FcWmxCon1AgEcwmvX27_0MAXGvuSP-u4JPRKzD10uJ0_PAYkHahWqdu4Jz4qIW9iHh9jq9-d19V69IG8oYt_Ek-A-J4u0jYYnNIJggw_1lj2y9byMDH8jrtCw_KwRUnfNx1aCoA5vDLIdtePKzjdGYbNT6zK-OSgjKRshkxD2hA/s320/eetickets.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pro7WiXEoXBbMP5Gh4mHgK55D-5lcb4KW9ARTIHlmpOUgO-Myk7TEtGwhY_RlEt8vVrkRU5og3L8oqkpV_pDdtp_BNZvlMDpKUQN3GSBdvDelDFMwYAiJr_vSWogwBXq7bgOMMDGDR2O9f48R2RgCNGOBQQhAFTWpSuHr8yLJyPfo716vBEkldNBKA/s1272/eventbrite%20ee23.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1272" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pro7WiXEoXBbMP5Gh4mHgK55D-5lcb4KW9ARTIHlmpOUgO-Myk7TEtGwhY_RlEt8vVrkRU5og3L8oqkpV_pDdtp_BNZvlMDpKUQN3GSBdvDelDFMwYAiJr_vSWogwBXq7bgOMMDGDR2O9f48R2RgCNGOBQQhAFTWpSuHr8yLJyPfo716vBEkldNBKA/s320/eventbrite%20ee23.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Please be careful out there, friends. </i></span></div><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b>**update May 23rd: there is a "report event" link on the EventBrite page where you can let them know the event is cancelled.</b></i></span><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-47631318242348501002023-05-15T16:05:00.000-04:002023-05-15T16:05:01.973-04:00Mad May Market - Vendor review<p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Forwarded to me by a friend who had asked a vendor how Mad May Market was...</i></span></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0unW3HuaIVP-ww34kEqyG93jJMzTfw6X2DF0zsQfwlbwmQe2CLW4RTNnSG1mtL8CFXMnBe7PjQMZWgTRRzl5M6-vwlLniGtS5Qe13H2ufiVbNecUTDxCUTUJroBIm5VvpHCeAn5Nx8c-0oRc-SyXHuBhwoKfvMr56X7hogmm_QGAFL_Q_D5KKcZu_9w/s1863/received_763997731834089.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1863" data-original-width="1021" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0unW3HuaIVP-ww34kEqyG93jJMzTfw6X2DF0zsQfwlbwmQe2CLW4RTNnSG1mtL8CFXMnBe7PjQMZWgTRRzl5M6-vwlLniGtS5Qe13H2ufiVbNecUTDxCUTUJroBIm5VvpHCeAn5Nx8c-0oRc-SyXHuBhwoKfvMr56X7hogmm_QGAFL_Q_D5KKcZu_9w/w219-h400/received_763997731834089.jpeg" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"There was zero to no traffic, most of the people I saw were staying at the camp grounds. The regulars at the bar had no idea that there was an event going on. Zero to no signage for the event. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If they sold 100 wristbands that day, I'd be shocked."</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotsx4EdrlPaLM3kEPt69ubt3moI1rkyBXJut8cu4lqvkHhKSsVEnr7x6Zf4Q5_wz0n54xfe5aouxM-Zk-PXan065lmNOdm2ftCloMsJ62_x3INyA-ORYf1Ljk7GMN-gCwVa7rnlj_L4hP5Mi5p-S5sArwvgAa_-2x4b_z-eCnmyBIFF4hf75GTbRWxA/s991/received_1281674552747042.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="991" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotsx4EdrlPaLM3kEPt69ubt3moI1rkyBXJut8cu4lqvkHhKSsVEnr7x6Zf4Q5_wz0n54xfe5aouxM-Zk-PXan065lmNOdm2ftCloMsJ62_x3INyA-ORYf1Ljk7GMN-gCwVa7rnlj_L4hP5Mi5p-S5sArwvgAa_-2x4b_z-eCnmyBIFF4hf75GTbRWxA/w400-h189/received_1281674552747042.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />"I feel bad, I met this one woman who traveled from Philly and paid to stay at the resort, hoping to make a profit. No one made any money." <p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>As per usual, if anyone else has more information about this event or others, or about Blackthorne as a venue (I'm hearing some interesting rumors currently), please feel free to comment. All comments are moderated before posting. </i></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-60737315966877304052023-03-30T11:58:00.000-04:002023-03-30T11:58:18.962-04:00Moderated comments<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Hi friends, </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>I recently received a comment on a post and I am asking that person for more information. <b>Crafty Fairy</b>, please email me directly so I can gather some more information, or comment on this post with your email address and I will reach out. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Thanks! </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-88998933398559864552023-03-27T13:24:00.001-04:002023-03-27T13:24:11.974-04:00Philly Faire<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Quick note and something I'm keeping my eye on: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/phillyfaire">Philly Faire</a>. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b><u>This is NOT the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/phillyrenfaire">Philadelphia Renaissance Faire</a>. </u></b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>It is being held at the same location. From what I have heard, there are some names attached to this new Philly Faire that are unsavory. Details have not been released yet, but please tread carefully, friends. </i></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-26432855773079135872023-03-13T12:26:00.000-04:002023-03-13T12:26:48.739-04:00Resources (RAINN, TheHotline, Suicide Prevention)<p style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Some of this information is a repeat of older information; some is newer: </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.rainn.org/">RAINN</a> </span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit;"><i>National Sexual Assault Hotline</i>. 800-656-HOPE (4673)</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs">https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs</a></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To report sexual abuse of a child or teen, whether it </span>occurred<span style="font-family: inherit;"> in-person or online, visit </span></span><a href="http://childhelp.org/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">childhelp.org</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit;"><i>National Domestic Violence Hotline</i> – 1.800.787.7233 or </span><a href="http://www.thehotline.org" style="font-family: inherit;">www.thehotline.org</a></span></li></ul><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;"><i>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline</i>, Available 24 hours, 800-273-8255</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Responding to Gaslighting</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">When possible, don't engage</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"We remember things differently"</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"I hear you. That isn't my experience"</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"I'm stepping away from this conversation"</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"If you continue to speak to me in this way, I'm not engaging"</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"I'm open to discussing a solution with you. I'm not open to debating my feelings."</span></span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Responding to a Gaslighter</i>: </span></span><p style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"></p><ul style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">We remember things differently</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">If you continue to speak to me like this, I'm not engaging</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">I hear you and that isn't my experience</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">I know my truth and I'm not debating it with you</span></b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'm stepping away from th</span><span style="background-color: #f0eeff;">is conversation </span></span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPsrgtDQ4RU6fraNj3xuRs8Rz8a3mM0oxlptzVn8o1k215SqloHHgkZp7GlN3wh9I32Cl2b5v31nxXTwp5EJ0TInDFiG-4lU2rKpwIPU898cXH4xzp-eE9atYvRB-SHeTZCKkZoz9oWM2/s960/f9356b4922a323cbf30bb894652ea4b1605d30bb4155e241cfcf5cdbb89de977.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPsrgtDQ4RU6fraNj3xuRs8Rz8a3mM0oxlptzVn8o1k215SqloHHgkZp7GlN3wh9I32Cl2b5v31nxXTwp5EJ0TInDFiG-4lU2rKpwIPU898cXH4xzp-eE9atYvRB-SHeTZCKkZoz9oWM2/s320/f9356b4922a323cbf30bb894652ea4b1605d30bb4155e241cfcf5cdbb89de977.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;">Better Business Bureau <a href="https://www.bbb.org/ ">https://www.bbb.org/ </a></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-61011915139566857522023-03-10T13:47:00.001-05:002023-03-10T13:47:09.687-05:00Tell me with whom you associate, and I will tell you what you are.<p> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0.7); font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Tell me,”</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0.7); font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 22px;"> we say, </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0.7); font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“with whom you associate, and I will tell you what you are.”</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0.7); font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 22px;"> “Che dorme co cani, si leva col le pulci,” those who sleep with dogs rise up with fleas, and “La mala compagnia, e quella che mena huomini a la furca,” it is bad company that brings men to the gallows.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0.7); font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 22px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0.7); font-family: Noto Serif, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 22px;"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/04/04/company-keep/#:~:text=Here%20are%20three%20versions%20of,tell%20what%20life%20you%20lead.">Quote Investigator</a></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-13305587765485584932023-01-03T10:14:00.002-05:002023-01-03T10:15:32.906-05:00SCA signal boost<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Signal boost, from<a href="https://www.facebook.com/jess.vanhattem/posts/pfbid0g4roV2zxB8YmDL3jf6kxijcDLiaTJi3nSS9SvsXipYUi28JWMdvVaL7yT3LPT3u4l"> public Facebook post</a>: </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">For the last 3-ish years, I have been the corporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer of the SCA. Now, there is no official SCA DEI officer at all. I <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>think it’s important that I share why. This will be long, but if you are involved with the SCA, I urge you to read it. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">As a note: the Board of Directors in the SCA is ever-changing. Members come and go every six months, and there are only 7 (the Board does not include the President or any other Officer). There have been Board members in my time I was proud to work alongside. I have enjoyed my work with all the Officers I have worked with. Society and Corporate offices are some of the most thankless jobs you can imagine, and I cannot say enough about the fabulous work I have seen. Any references to the Board are references to a collective institution.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">A year before the end of my warrant approached, I put forward my suggestions for what I believed needed to happen to move DEI forward in the SCA. I believed that a Society DEI officer should be made in addition to the Corporate, that the DEI office should be made a greater office, and that training should be created and provided to all those serving in high level positions in the SCA. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">My proposal was not implemented, with what I felt was general dismissal. The following year felt like a series of artificial roadblocks and microaggressions. I was miserable and disheartened, but DEI is dear to me, and I stayed the course, despite feeling increasingly excluded and disrespected. I was concerned about succession planning. More generally, I did not feel that communication was adequate - I felt constantly out of the loop. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">My warrant expired. I offered to extend my term (a practice I had seen multiple times in my years volunteering in the DEI office), and the President and I eagerly began to make plans to ensure that the office continued to thrive. At what turned out to be my last meeting, my entreaty to the Board was to pinpoint what they wanted from the DEI office so that true progress could be made. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">On Monday, November 29th, I was informed that the Board of Directors would not be extending my warrant, which had, at this point, ended two months prior. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The speed with which I was removed afterward was startling. Though I had requested a week, my email and share point access was immediately removed, preventing me from accessing my own documents and work. I had no time to reach out to those who I worked with, and no time to note their emails for future collaboration or share my own personal email to stay in contact. The disdain with which I was treated by the Board after three years of faithful service was hurtful. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I have had no negative feedback from the Board. I have had next-to-no direction. I have, in fact, been commended by a previous iteration of same, and performed consistently - despite feeling constant pushback on almost all of my suggestions, ideas, and questions. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I was not afforded the dignity of a last meeting, a goodbye, or a thank you, though other outgoing Officers during my time generally were to the best of my knowledge. I was not even afforded the true reason why I was removed, though it’s not hard to guess.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">If I wrote this last month, my pain would have penned a different missive. But I will not allow the problematic and narrow minded viewpoints of some to inhibit my pride in the very real progress we have made. The introduction of DEI in the Society was necessary and good, and I’m proud of all who have contributed to it. But in my mind, there are two very serious issues to address here. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The first is this: We have an issue with our corporate infrastructure. We have outgrown the framework that supported us for so long. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">A system through which -</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">1. people are nominated to the Board, </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">2. the existing Board then selects who they will go on to interview, and then, </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">3. must unanimously agree on</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-is rife with bias and abuse. I believe that a robust Board is one that will encompass a variety of personalities, opinions, and schools of thought, and the very process we use is in opposition to this. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I am certain there was a time in which this process (which feels so much like our peerage circles in practice) was effective. I believe this time has firmly passed. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We must push for better. We deserve a Board that will give due consideration to all. There are many different strategies we could use to select Board members that would serve us better. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The second is this: we have a very serious issue with DEI when the DEI Officer is begging to be included. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There are many misconceptions about the DEI Office. A popular one: it was not a society office, which meant I had no power or even necessarily knowledge of kingdom, regional, and baronial DEI officers unless they chose to engage with me. Many did, and we happily collaborated. Many did not, and their work and teachings may not have been consistent with the corporate level DEI vision. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Another: I was not allowed into the session of each meeting where sanctions are discussed. I wanted to be available to give information to help identify when or if something may have been influenced by the principles of DEI. It is important that DEI is integrated into all parts and levels in an organization - without a knowledgeable entity in the room to determine when DEI is relevant, opportunities may be missed. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I have experienced problematic behavior throughout the length of my term. Not just from the public, from whom I received everything from derision to anonymous death threats, but from the people I had hoped would be the most supportive. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It has been pointed out to me that it is an almost textbook example of what happens to POC working in DEI in problematic corporate spaces: an excruciating amount of (often invisible) labor until the changes suggested are unwelcome or optics are potentially poor, and then gaslighting and a sharp dismissal. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The sad reality that I have come to is that the corporate DEI position in its current iteration is becoming superficial and performative. Change is still happening - but not from the top, and it is because many of those at the top choose not to recognize the need for it. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The way that the DEI Office has been treated, and indeed, the entire concept of DEI, is a problem. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">DEI work is about addressing disparities in race, gender, and sexual preference, yes, but DEI is also about endeavoring to keep our site accessible. DEI is about making sure folks in rural communities are not forgotten. DEI is about creating an environment that is safe and welcoming to families with children. The list continues, but the heart is the same.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">DEI is about everyone, and if we wish to grow, survive, and thrive as an organization, we cannot allow it to fall by the wayside. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I am only one SCAdian who loves what we do a bit too well. Please use your voices to advocate for the change we need.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-48331044680948355692022-07-27T09:57:00.004-04:002022-07-27T09:57:51.626-04:00DSotC - claims?<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>I have no details here; sharing for informational & documentation purposes (public FB posts, 7/26 & 7/27):</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ895cYulSbZuEooTtEiEFsagRlebktAbPX4h-yvUaqpC6hCbHInG_PntADZNYWk3Vcmykf-8FvEiX_TlDkJC50HhKtiMjwfVBNuRU41K70Te5rgZTZCmbOCYY7iI41C5peYDB20mdLiagEK6EqPul__bbE3f9EDltNcyFVPWWAqMO77D5Xo-iKfXn8g/s2400/Screenshot_20220727-073758_Facebook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ895cYulSbZuEooTtEiEFsagRlebktAbPX4h-yvUaqpC6hCbHInG_PntADZNYWk3Vcmykf-8FvEiX_TlDkJC50HhKtiMjwfVBNuRU41K70Te5rgZTZCmbOCYY7iI41C5peYDB20mdLiagEK6EqPul__bbE3f9EDltNcyFVPWWAqMO77D5Xo-iKfXn8g/w288-h640/Screenshot_20220727-073758_Facebook.jpg" width="288" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-41725721053472801202022-07-19T14:27:00.001-04:002022-07-27T16:09:25.126-04:00Photos of past events<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>It has been brought to my attention that JM is posting images from past Steampunk World's Fair events as part of promoting his upcoming events. While he is within his rights to use any photos from his previous events (as long as taken by a staff photographer, or the photographer has given him permission), YOU have the right to comment on pictures of yourself with a statement informing any viewers that it is a past event, and you can share your current opinion of said events and event runner. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Hubris said it well: </i></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="ll8tlv6m j83agx80 btwxx1t3 n851cfcs hv4rvrfc dati1w0a pybr56ya" style="align-items: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: row; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; padding-top: 12px;"><div class="buofh1pr" style="flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit;"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; 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display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">On January 28, 2018 we released a statement that HVBRIS would no longer be performing at Jeff Mach Events (JME) events that JM is involved with or profits from. TL;DR, that statement stands.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It has come to our attention that JM, and events he is affiliated with, are using photos of our past performances at his JME events for promotional purposes. Just to clarify, we (and likely every other performer at his events) signed releases for images and video to be used for future events and promotional purposes. Legally JME is within his rights to use most media, taken at his events by staff photographers, for these purposes without any additional consent.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">That being said, we have continued to monitor events in the Northeast and will continue our support of the community by not supporting JME and affiliated events. If there are questions, please send them our way.</div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-4290088987061778742022-07-19T14:22:00.001-04:002022-07-27T16:11:31.676-04:00Halloween Oddities Market<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Yet another JM event: </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-halloween-city-vendor-oddities-market-2022-tickets-187060231187?fbclid=IwAR39IS9Y6FxTBkp21iQT-jq60uDvVW2FAnn6E4KNf6Hh8Yj4AEsNtZ1r59I" target="_blank">Halloween Oddities</a></p><p>Halloween Oddities Market, at Blackthorne Resort. </p><p>Please be aware, friends! </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-4811737542442018992022-04-07T11:56:00.001-04:002022-07-27T16:10:08.251-04:00CTRF (public FB post)<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>This is an awful tale. This also shows that even when authorities are contacted and involved, it doesn't always work out. (published with permission)</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">CW: Rape, Child Abuse</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">TLDR: We won’t be returning to CTRF, and the Judge Declined to sign the warrant to arrest Shiloh’s rapist. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">We have been silent regarding this issue for the last two years, putting our faith in the “System”, but well aware that the system would more than likely let us down. What we did not expect was for the people we trusted, such as the owners of the The Connecticut Renaissance Faire, to also let us down. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">In the fall of 2019, at 14 years old, Shiloh worked as an unpaid volunteer for the for-profit institution of CTRF. He had been working there since he was nine, and like most rennie families, felt comfortable and safe there. I often switched off with his father, Eric Fair, or a few trusted friends to chaperone him on these weekends of volunteer work. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">On the grounds of the faire that year, Shiloh was sexually assaulted, multiple times, feet from his father, by an 18 year old man known as Anthony “TaterTot” Hoffman.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">In April of 2020, amid the pandemic, and years of therapy, Shiloh came forward. Anthony was in the middle of a *different* sexual assault of a minor case, and that gave him the strength to come forward and tell us what happened. We immediately called the state police in Connecticut and opened a case. We notified the owners of Hitting and Stabbing Emporium, where Shiloh volunteered, as well as the owners of CTRF, who were ‘mortified’ that it happened on faire grounds and promised us he would be banned immediately. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">In the fall of 2021, as the pandemic restrictions were easing, things were changing in the faire scene. While <span style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/OhMyHSE/?__cft__[0]=AZWfqgbMvQ47Yj_O09pLotkzKcTkIT3IpdpbpFhCYdV9S6y9zWai6Htppxq7Pb4J2ehNZ5AUp1ywX0xtGJ9jKbckNDJCL_7o7AUmfyWxdMkpWoa_rfVCF8yXiQ3s9eMmLTKkWWsrwXgFzolO5In2alW6&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="animation-name: none !important; display: inline; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">The Hitting & Stabbing Emporium</span></a></span> would not be returning to the faire for the season, many of Shiloh’s friends were, and he wanted to return. We were faced with the problem: do we allow our now 16 year old to not be punished for being a victim, or do we protect him. We discussed it as a family, and decided to put our faith in “Our faire family”. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">We were betrayed. The second to last weekend of the faire, Shiloh calls me in hysterical tears. Not only was Anthony on the grounds of the faire he was working, but he had been invited back to work security. We immediately removed Shiloh from the situation and got him to safety. When the Faire management was questioned, we were told that *they* were told by Anthony ‘the case was closed’. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">It was not. The *first* assault case against him had been closed. Ours was still open. We had not been consulted, asked, or warned. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">In fact, on 1/18/2022 we received the best news in two years: the Detective on the case had submitted a warrant to be signed for Anthony’s arrest. For those of you who don’t know how this works: A case is opened. It’s worked on for as long, and with however much resources are allocated to it, a warrant is submitted to the court with evidence for arrest, a judge signs the warrant (Or not), then the perpetrator is arrested, then prosecution begins. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Unfortunately, two months later (yes that’s how long it sat on the judge’s desk) we were told that the judge declined to sign it. Case… closed. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">But it isn’t closed. My son was sexually abused by an adult who will be working *Security* at the Connecticut renaissance festival this year. Who was working security the year he raped my child. And CTRF’s response was not what we expect from a ‘faire family’. Shiloh has all of the support and love from his real friends and family, has been in therapy and will continue to have those supports. My fear: our fear, is that this man will hurt another child. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">This is our truth. Shiloh will be posting his own statement on his page.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Signed:</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/egifford?__cft__[0]=AZWfqgbMvQ47Yj_O09pLotkzKcTkIT3IpdpbpFhCYdV9S6y9zWai6Htppxq7Pb4J2ehNZ5AUp1ywX0xtGJ9jKbckNDJCL_7o7AUmfyWxdMkpWoa_rfVCF8yXiQ3s9eMmLTKkWWsrwXgFzolO5In2alW6&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="animation-name: none !important; display: inline; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Erica Gifford</span></a></span>, <span style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/pyrate.king?__cft__[0]=AZWfqgbMvQ47Yj_O09pLotkzKcTkIT3IpdpbpFhCYdV9S6y9zWai6Htppxq7Pb4J2ehNZ5AUp1ywX0xtGJ9jKbckNDJCL_7o7AUmfyWxdMkpWoa_rfVCF8yXiQ3s9eMmLTKkWWsrwXgFzolO5In2alW6&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="animation-name: none !important; display: inline; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Eric Fair</span></a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075104212609&__cft__[0]=AZWfqgbMvQ47Yj_O09pLotkzKcTkIT3IpdpbpFhCYdV9S6y9zWai6Htppxq7Pb4J2ehNZ5AUp1ywX0xtGJ9jKbckNDJCL_7o7AUmfyWxdMkpWoa_rfVCF8yXiQ3s9eMmLTKkWWsrwXgFzolO5In2alW6&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="animation-name: none !important; display: inline; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">William Gifford</span></a></span> <span style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/kismet.fair?__cft__[0]=AZWfqgbMvQ47Yj_O09pLotkzKcTkIT3IpdpbpFhCYdV9S6y9zWai6Htppxq7Pb4J2ehNZ5AUp1ywX0xtGJ9jKbckNDJCL_7o7AUmfyWxdMkpWoa_rfVCF8yXiQ3s9eMmLTKkWWsrwXgFzolO5In2alW6&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="animation-name: none !important; display: inline; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">Kismet Cherie Fair</span></a></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;">If you have anything to say that isn’t support, please PM it to me.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-87483956736390224002022-02-22T16:03:00.003-05:002022-07-27T16:10:22.593-04:00DSotC 2022<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Since people are asking about Dark Side of the Con, I figured I'd post something. </i></span></p><p><i style="color: #ff00fe;">Jet of Vampire Freaks has been directly asked if JM is involved with DSotC. Jet's quote that I received via a third party is: </i><br /><br /><b>"You are correct we want nothing to do with Jeff Mach. It is true that Madame X has frequented Jeff Mach events in the past (as many other people have), and I did have a talk with her about that when we first hired her as part of our staff a few months ago, because you're right we do not want any connection with Jeff Mach. Madame X understands that now that she is working for Dark Side of the Con, she will not be involved with Jeff Mach events."</b></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Yes, Madame X was a presenter/performer at Evil Expo in 2019. Yes, she has hosted JM at Iron Garden events as recently as 2019, as far as I can tell with some quick research. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>The cynic in me wants to distrust everything until proven otherwise. The baby bat in me who remembers the VampireFreak message boards wants VF to be a safe, spooky space. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>That all being said, people can and do grow with time. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>If you are attending DSotC, as with <b>all </b>events, please support the vendors (they are locked in at this point), keep an eye on you and yours, don't leave drinks unattended, and don't be afraid to contact hotel security if need be. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Edit/Update (Feb 23, 2022): I am compiling information about any involvement of <b><a href="https://owleyeview.blogspot.com/p/madame-x.html" target="_blank">Madame X</a></b> with JM and his events. If anyone has further information, on either side, please let me know. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Edit/Update (Feb 23, 2022): Please note that <a href="https://owleyeview.blogspot.com/p/baron-voltage.html" target="_blank"><b>Baron Voltage</b></a> is performing at both Evil Expo events and at Dark Side of the Con 4. </i></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-9093670167144028082022-01-25T14:42:00.003-05:002022-07-27T16:10:41.978-04:00THE vs. JME lawsuit update Jan 2022<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>I have no details, but, as far as I can glean, the case was <b>settled. </b></i></span></p><p>Case Number: BER L-000644-19 </p><p>Case Caption: Turtle Hill Events, Llc Vs Widdershins, Inc </p><p>Court: Civil Part </p><p>Venue: Bergen </p><p>Case Initiation Date: 01/25/2019 </p><p>Case Type: Contract/Commercial Transaction </p><p>Case Status: Closed</p><p>Case Disposition: Settled-While Scheduled
For Trial</p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>This was filed in Oct 2021 on THE's behalf: </i></span></p><p>I represent Plaintiff in the matter named above. I am pleased to tell the Court that the parties
have reached a settlement in principle.
With that said, there is a motion pending and the parties need some additional time to finalize
the terms of the settlement. I spoke briefly with Chambers today and was told a letter requesting this
adjournment was the appropriate path to take. Thus, I write — with Defendants’ consent — to
request the pending motion and scheduled trial both be adjourned <i>sine die</i>.
We thank the Court for its time and consideration. </p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-50996188871934849222022-01-25T14:07:00.000-05:002022-07-27T16:11:01.193-04:00Gaslighting and Suicide Prevention Information<p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Information from a now-removed post (at contact's request). </i></span></p><p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /><br />National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, </i></span><i style="color: #ff00fe;">Available 24 hours, </i><i style="color: #ff00fe;">800-273-8255</i></p><p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><a href="https://njhopeline.com/" style="color: #001999; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NJ Suicide Prevention Hopeline</a></i></b></p><p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>I don't think JM has owned up to <b>any </b>of his mistakes; I don't think he <b>regrets </b>anything he's done to <b>hurt </b>other people; and I really think he needs to <b>stop </b>running events. But I still don't think suicide is an answer. (Yes, I am also aware that he has threatened suicide before in order to get attention, but every suicide threat should be treated as credible and professional help is never a bad idea). </i></span></p><p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b>3) </b>Two images to help handle gaslighting: </i></span></p><p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #f0eeff; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUJ8tpXC9zYeWa0PLqCiZW-pONtzCMJnl4J9LDnkeXMrxUSBMa4tUCHWZRJCuhowBUC03LrTIvpsJVFs2SFJH9-aewuWpy4nbsBkEz2Q722hPceBL0777W8HDqdk_7TL3OtmAi0DDwuId/s828/3xy06de22zu51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #001999; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUJ8tpXC9zYeWa0PLqCiZW-pONtzCMJnl4J9LDnkeXMrxUSBMa4tUCHWZRJCuhowBUC03LrTIvpsJVFs2SFJH9-aewuWpy4nbsBkEz2Q722hPceBL0777W8HDqdk_7TL3OtmAi0DDwuId/s320/3xy06de22zu51.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #f0eeff; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #f0eeff; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Responding to Gaslighting</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #f0eeff; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">When possible, don't engage</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"We remember things differently"</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"I hear you. That isn't my experience"</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"I'm stepping away from this conversation"</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"If you continue to speak to me in this way, I'm not engaging"</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">"I'm open to discussing a solution with you. I'm not open to debating my feelings."</span></li></ul></div><span style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #ff00fe; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPsrgtDQ4RU6fraNj3xuRs8Rz8a3mM0oxlptzVn8o1k215SqloHHgkZp7GlN3wh9I32Cl2b5v31nxXTwp5EJ0TInDFiG-4lU2rKpwIPU898cXH4xzp-eE9atYvRB-SHeTZCKkZoz9oWM2/s960/f9356b4922a323cbf30bb894652ea4b1605d30bb4155e241cfcf5cdbb89de977.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #001999; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPsrgtDQ4RU6fraNj3xuRs8Rz8a3mM0oxlptzVn8o1k215SqloHHgkZp7GlN3wh9I32Cl2b5v31nxXTwp5EJ0TInDFiG-4lU2rKpwIPU898cXH4xzp-eE9atYvRB-SHeTZCKkZoz9oWM2/s320/f9356b4922a323cbf30bb894652ea4b1605d30bb4155e241cfcf5cdbb89de977.jpeg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div><br />Responding to a Gaslighter: </span><p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p><p style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p><ul style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">We remember things differently</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">If you continue to speak to me like this, I'm not engaging</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">I hear you and that isn't my experience</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>I know my truth and I'm not debating it with you</b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">I'm stepping away from this conversation </span></li></ul><div style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></div><p><i style="background-color: #f0eeff; color: #ff00fe; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">I hope that information is helpful. </i> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489933399867058585.post-83507037088675882222021-11-02T09:20:00.000-04:002022-07-27T16:12:04.724-04:00Vendor gift certificates<p> <i style="color: #ff00fe;">I was recently contacted by someone who was considering vending at the Oddities Market at Blackthorne. Since they were on one of the email threads, they got a chain email called </i><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">"</span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Good luck getting Jeff to Pay you"</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>This email brought up the vendor gift certificates (formerly known as "Jeff Bucks") and:</i></span></span></p><p><b><span style="background-color: white;">"</span>In this email it details how he's telling vendors there's no money left to pay them, trying to get them to roll over their credit to next year, threatening to ban them from every even in the north east, etc."</b></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>According to JM, he paid out $13,000 in vendor gift certificates. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Per the email snippets I was sent, it sounds like some people were paid and others were not. </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><b>Can vendors please confirm this information? Were you paid? </b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>I would also like to share this snippet from a conversation on the Discord server:</i></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #ff00fe; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkYPTq_2kADTGULodoesqZUSmO0QwOD6lbCYLW6qGHEw5SgbO7wUKOQukjCl3tIQ6MXPf3dNv4rPyfV3QAa5ZJBAzMMbYLY99DWl2RmgBOqGDAgfrCMUxUbycc88TRYMFmYrqQ1oxMbWW/s1013/MessageJM.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="1013" height="74" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkYPTq_2kADTGULodoesqZUSmO0QwOD6lbCYLW6qGHEw5SgbO7wUKOQukjCl3tIQ6MXPf3dNv4rPyfV3QAa5ZJBAzMMbYLY99DWl2RmgBOqGDAgfrCMUxUbycc88TRYMFmYrqQ1oxMbWW/w640-h74/MessageJM.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Handler:<p></p><p>you helped spread the message that we were short on cash and wanted people to roll over their gift certs into next year. </p><p>which is exactly the message I wanted you to spread. </p><p>but I love catching you people and dissecting you. The wounded innocence. The pretended noninvolvement. The coincidental nonanswers. The way you say one thing to me, then I have screenshots of you saying other things to other people. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0