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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>NEOHIOPAL members, someone chose to take a public
shot at me and my company, so I'd appreciate the chance to defend
myself/ourselves.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is the post:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Sadly, this isn't the first pitch I've seen on this site for unpaid work.
There is a Cleveland based company soliciting unpaid EVERYTHING on this site
constantly, and I KNOW that they have corporate backing/money, tv placement and
paid advertising in their time slot on tv. In lieu of actual payment, they call
their "training" session a free "camp" in which they show you how to do the work
they want you to do for free!! <BR><BR> I think all adverts for "unpaid"
work should be quarantined onto another page. <BR><BR> Mark Alan
Schulz<BR><BR><BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is a blatant cheap shot for
several reasons.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>First of all, our planned Boot Camp is a first,
we've never done it before. All attendees were to work on the exact same
footage and segment, so what exactly were we going to gain from it, other than
to see who had potential and could be offered paid
internships?</FONT></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
<DIV><BR>We have already hired several people through NOEHIOPAL to decent,
full-time positions. They enjoy the work, are helping the community and
even winning EMMYs. No one works for free.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Secondly, when we started our television show, we
were hanging by a thread, and were very clear about actors being
volunteers. It was a community service and the show has never been
profitable. Several local acting veterans and mentors even contacted
us about our posts, asking for further explanation for the unpaid roles, which
we provided. We even changed the way we wrote our posts based on their
feedback. Our actors are now paid and have been since last
year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thirdly, what corporate backing/money have we
had? You (Mark) walked into our office and saw us doing a commercial job
for my former employer (located downstairs in our office building) and developed
some sort of strange conspiracy theory, which is why...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(Fourthly) we didn't hire you Mark Schultz.
If you are going to take a pop shot, explain to the readers that you tried to
work for us but we were afraid of your paranoia. That sort of history
might explain why you would make these illogical leaps and assumptions now, two
years later.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Why take out your bitterness and regrets on a
public forum? We took great risks and are finally starting to reap
rewards. Is that a bad thing? The only thing we promised anybody but
haven't delivered on is IMDB credit - which we're still trying to figure out -
and we will figure it out. Other than that, our promises have been
kept.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I can't sit by and let you post this stuff based on
wild thoughts, bitterness and jealousy and not step up to defend
myself. I wondered why you posted a YouTube video of your music blaring
over our work - the day after the EMMYs. <A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yJXrC0_D1g">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yJXrC0_D1g</A>
Were we on your mind? Apparently so.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>