tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735034449493105270.post1996130417941950405..comments2023-07-20T05:58:03.649-07:00Comments on IA4thefuture: Aren't You Ashamed?IA4thefuturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902638447096995408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735034449493105270.post-85827917356820653262011-07-10T09:59:11.492-07:002011-07-10T09:59:11.492-07:00This attitude is one of many reasons VFX workers a...This attitude is one of many reasons VFX workers are turned off by the iA's ham-handed and outdated "organizing" methods. There are some shop owners like that. The majority of small-shop owners, however, are not -- they are in fact VFX workers who have struck out on their own, taking immense risks to do so. For the IA to fail to recognize that the artists they are trying to get to sign rep cards are the same kind of people as the ones running small shops is amazingly short-sighted. In fact, sometimes they are the same people. I know a lot of people who have their own small shop who continue to freelance at the big companies when work dries up. There is a big difference between a publicly- or privately-held $200M/yr corporation and shop that's owned by people who are right there on the workstations doing the work, billing maybe a $1-2M a year. The people you lump in with the abusive minority are the same people you're courting -- you offend a lot of your best prospects that way.etmthreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532069867091506250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735034449493105270.post-31250113057060374972011-07-08T07:57:30.045-07:002011-07-08T07:57:30.045-07:00If the IA is really interested they have to start ...If the IA is really interested they have to start getting real information out to VFx workers, the people who sign up. Trying to shame a couple of small time owners is not going to do it.Scott Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.com