"Meet & greets," & showbar\showclub "socialising"
[quote=ixmeofne;1453484]we could probably all show up at a specific venue and wear a smiley face sticker non-descriptively as possible.[/quote][quote=jc4024;1453570][b]it's not like they're doing anything illegal at the time that they get together.[/b][/quote]members on another board, with a mostly regional membership, will often publicly announce that members (including newbies) & providers are invited to meet on a certain night at a given showbar / showclub. as long as the board doesn't arrange for or facilitate any gals doing any business during doing the get-together the risk to the board is minimal to nonexsistent & the risk to those who come to the bar or club would be only their own individual activities. if any newbies post publically asking to be invited: they're told the rules of attending &, if they agree, are told (via p'm') how to recognise the member hosting it. since these are always in showbars\showclubs in larger or major cities i've never had the time in my schedule to travel to attend.
[quote=jc4024;1453570]i've never participated in such a shin dig, but from what i've seen on other places there is a point person or two that does the bulk of the organizing and / or vetting and sends contact information and plans to people directly and not posted publicly.[/quote]if it's just acquaintances arranging to all meet at some bar / club to socialise it can be pretty ad-hoc, & even fairly public as to day_&_time & location; individual identities & group recognition are the discretion\security issues.
[quote=cooperman;1453688]since what we do is a misdemeanor, and a cop has to actually witness a misdemeanor to make an arrest, they don't care. a bunch of mongers getting together to discuss their crimes is about as useful to le as watching golf on tv. [u]nothing happens.[/u][/quote]even a "meet_&_greet" of clients & providers, attendance by invitation only after being screened\verified, would not be at risk if it is merely gals & guys meeting to get get acquaintted & socialise; as long as there is no illegal business being conducted where witnesses could overhear or see.
[quote=oneoftheguys;1453778]didn't work well in houston a few years ago. they called it a social and arrested guys and gals. the killer is "mongers and providers". it's an ivan ready to happen.[/quote]no: there are 7 risks that i can see: [b] (1) are any **** girls involved, or any children present? (2) will any convicted criminals, or any registered sex-offenders, who are prohibited by law or by parole\probation be there? (3) will illegal drugs be distributed or perscription-drugs used illegally? (4) [u]pre[/u]screening\[u]pre[/u]verification for [u]all attendees[/u]? [/b] (5) will gals be doing business where the wrong person could witness it? (6) was it announced (or even implied) that there will be sex-acts at it? (7) is the host recruiting gals to do sex-acts? most of those busts\raids were based on other issues: hosts were "pandering" by recruiting gals (in 1 case an **** girl: allegedly by giving her illegal drugs for free) &\or "soliciting" by arranging "dates" or "door prize drawing" sex-acts. if all these risks are addressed & precluded then there should be no basis for any raid or busts! besides, arresting or charging folks may be alot simpler than proving the charges in court!
legaleagle or anybody is welcome to prove me wrong.
sincerely,
ak
Ready Mix: Just pour and serve your sentence.
[QUOTE=Nobecz;1453681]I personally think it would be a blast. But, I also think LE might also be interested in using the occasion to develop confidants. I guess the real question is "Just how much time and effort is LE willing to spend on petty sex crimes?" I think it's possible that they would only have a passing interest in mongers and providers, with their main target being trafficking, money laundering, and interstate commerce issues. What do you think, Legal? Maybe a monger mixer would be fun and not all that risky! Now please, nobody better suggest a secret "handshake!" That could get really messy![/QUOTE]As much as I would like to meet many of our fellow mongers, it would be far too dangerous to do so. As OneoftheGuys points out, mixing with those unfamiliar to you or, alternatively, those with mixed motives, may lead to an "Ivan" of epic proportions (thank you for the new colloquialism, incidentally.) This is not owing to any explicit discussion of the basis for the mixer, but rather the source of the attendees. How and where the mixer would be advertised defines the risk. If you want to do this in the safest manner possible, it would have to take place at a privately-owed residence or facility not generally open to the public, would have to be by invitation only and involve heavy pre-attendance background screening. Otherwise, you run the risk of having attendees whose interests diverge from our own sneak onto the guest list. You may ask,"If we do not discuss (thus and so,) then we cannot get into trouble." Judge for yourself the likelihood of a mixer consisting of mongers and providers not addressing in some form or fashion the game we all enjoy.
Then ask Jimtrueblue and others why such a real-world meeting is probably not the best idea.
Socialising/"meet_&_greet
While I fully understand & validate the worries enumerated & expostulated by Legal Eagle, Nobecz, OneOfTheGuys, Slippery Dick, & Zomby the fact is that, as Great Cat Hunter & White have pointed out, members of other boards {incl' GBN, which I ref' to but didn't name} have been doing it without problems for years. While I'm sure that nobody who's hobby-interests must remain totally anonymous attends, the other issues of personal animosity don't seem to have ever occured. Now on GBN the guys who started doing the strip-club get-togethers obviously mostly knew each other from their area bars & clubs already so it apparently just grew informally from there as far as show-club meets. Their occasional other meet_&_greets, where more providers are formally invited, are more carefully done by invitation-only at locations that will give them the privacy to socialise without any uninvited "guests" or catering-staff overhearing private conversations or taking pics or videos.
I have no stake either way as usually only come to L'lle on KCR Machinegun Shoot weekends anyway, because where I live I'm anywhere from 2 to 5 hours (one-way) away from any of the major metro-areas anyway.
When & Where is this from?
[QUOTE=Joelouky;1457656]Where is that? The only one in the pic I recognize is Jozel. Is that the old Court Ave place?[/QUOTE]Yeah, I'm curious too. Where was this from? How long ago was this place active? It looks pretty nice.
Jozels basement / party room
[QUOTE=SteveF111;1457704]Yeah, I'm curious too. Where was this from? How long ago was this place active? It looks pretty nice.[/QUOTE]The one on the far left is Dani. This may have been the downstairs party room at Fern Creek.