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Speaking of protecting the children. I just received an email from a California legislator about a bill (AB 50) that is being discussed in Sacramento in the Assembly. I will need to spend time reviewing this today, so I will ony answer a few more questions for now and will get back to this Interview this afternoon. Thanks for your understanding

All very well said Joan.

My co-workers and I have felt strongly about what ASACP does for years. Enough that we run campaigns for ASACP wherever we can in our network.

Also, regarding the 4th question posed to Joan about the Board or Advisory Council only having members from the LA scene, I have to disagree as I am a long time member of this industry, an active member of the ASACP Advisory Council and am based out of Colorado. I either fly in or call in to attend meetings and like the work very much. The closest I have been to the LA scene in terms of living was San Diego.

This will be a good year for the industry and for movement on issues that groups like ASACP address for the benefit of many people in the business.

"12. What do you say to the charges that you're just Helmy's puppet?"

Once again, this is just a misconception and industry gossip (can you believe that people in this industry gossip?!). Plus, try to say this to the people on the Advisory Council which includes some very competent people with strong personalities; Aly for one.

Alec Helmy did establish ASACP in 1996 and he personally funded it until 2002. At that point there was such an increase in cp reports that ASACP needed FT management. Because of my background (more on my qualifications later) and my desire to work for a cause-based organization, I was hired to take ASACP to the next level.

Since November 2002, the ASACP Advisory Council members contribute to and approve the ASACP goals and direction, just as with any other non-profit. Also, since that time, Sponsors have funded the organization. In 2005, ASACP officially became a non-profit; this was a long haul and you wouldn?t believe the amount of paperwork. I believe that part of the hassle was that companies in the adult entertainment industry fund ASACP.

Most small non-profits have a donated office at one of their sponsors. This is true for the FSC and Digital Coast Roundtable. Alec Helmy gave ASACP an office to use. It?s great because there's equipment, technical help, etc. that a non-profit could not otherwise afford. This has allowed me to focus on ASACP business, not DSL and copiers.. and so on.

Since Alec is in the same office and has been in the industry for over 10 years, I do ask his advice; I?d be crazy not to! But I also call and ICQ other Advisory Council members; and for major issues, I've also asked for feedback and advice from our sponsors. In fact, for the last two years I've held a Sponsor meeting during Internext-Hollywood where I present the prior year accomplishments and the goals for the next year. Weve changed goals based on their feedback

I could not do my job and ASACP would not have grown as it has without all this support - thank you to all!

'Also, regarding the 4th question posed to Joan about the Board or Advisory Council only having members from the LA scene, I have to disagree as I am a long time member of this industry, an active member of the ASACP Advisory Council and am based out of Colorado. I either fly in or call in to attend meetings and like the work very much. The closest I have been to the LA scene in terms of living was San Diego.'


Scott I am sorry, I thought they asked from mainstream. Also, thank you for flying to the AC meetings on your own money; this demonstrates a true committment!

PS. Scott is another AC member I speak with a lot. I really appreciate his understanding of traffic/marketing and what is happening in both the industry and mainstream. Remember, this is not my area of expertise, I am an Association Executive. In fact, more trivia about me. I am a card-carrying member of the American Society of Association Executives.

13. Why does the asacp seem to take companies against it's own rules?

ASACP has a Code of Ethics (required) and also Best Practices (suggested) for its Sponsors and Approved Members.

We try very hard to be consistent. I depend on the Membership Coordinator who reviews and approves sites. I only review when there is a question. We are continually developing system to help in this process. Are we perfect - no!

If there is a segment of the industry such as Adult Dating Sites that want to join, we need to develop Best Practices for that segment. This is expected from a profssional association.

Since there were companies that were either non-adult, were smaller webmasters or did not fit with the Approved Member requirement, we added a
Supporter level. However, these sites are not listed on the Member page at asacp.org.

As I said,we are not perfect. If you see a member that you think does not adhere to the Code of Ethics, please send an email to Tim Henning, the Compliance Director at [email protected]. He investigates such situations.

I need to pause here for a few hours. I will be back this afternoon to answer more of the questions.

great answers so far Joan :thumbsup

Only if I get to come, too!

PS We're proud members of asacp

Great Interview Joan.

nice replies

not to hijack the interview, but I would like to throw the idea of ASACP starting a free parental control software that would benefit and have the support of everyone.

great interview joan! looking forward to reading more, and seeing you again in Phoenix.

Tom's investigating the situation for you, Peaches! :winkwink:

"not to hijack the interview, but I would like to throw the idea of ASACP starting a free parental control software that would benefit and have the support of everyone."

Good question: ASACP will be researching parental control systems this year to learn what is available. I am attending a maintream roundtable about ICRA this month.

I checked in the reality of .kids. It seems this could not happen for years. Plus, since .kids.us was not successful, it is less likely to even be addressed by ICANN. In addition, from my understanding because .kids does not translate globally, it would not be a global solution which is an ICANN requirement

As far as starting one, this would be expensive and time-consuming and ASACP does not have the financial or staff resources for this. However, some people in the industry are the preliminary stage of determining what they could develop.

14. who are the people/companies you respect in the industry? disrespect?"

The list of the people I respect would take too long to input as I have been lucky to have met many professional and concerned people! Many of whom have helped me in the last 3 1/2 yrs.

Disrespect - I wouldn't touch this question with a 10-foot, make it a 100-fot pole! Do you think I'm crazy!!!!

"15. Discuss and talk about your background with hypnotherpy."

As I mentioned before, my BA is in Psychology; behavior modification to be exact.

When I stopped smoking over 20 years ago, the program/therapist I went to used hypnosis and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) - way too hard to explain this technique in a few words.

After 3 sessions in 4 days, I stopped a 22-year habit where I was smoking 3 packs/day. To say the least, I was impressed and amazed at how easy it was.

So when I wanted to make a career change, it was just a natural fit as hypnosis
can be similar to behavior modification. I wanted to help other people as they were making changes in their lives.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

"With your extensive background, why did you decide to work for the asacp? Did they pay more than your last job?"

More money than my last job you must be kidding! It was less money and a lot more work. But it was a caused-base association which was one of my requirements. Even though I have to support myself, at this point in my life - money is not everything. I don't want to sound like too much of a bleeding heart here. Money is important!

If I am going to work as much as I normally do, I have to believe in the cause and know that I am making a difference in the world - this contributes to my personal satisfaction with life. Plus, I didn't need to wear a SUIT to work. Many of the association jobs are in DC where you need to wearsuits and I had no desire to leave LA.

The job prior to ASACP was as VP-Membership for the Virtual International Community (VIC) - an association for professionals in new media (now this is digital entertainment). As many of you know, the height of the dot.com days were lucrative for many companies including th supporting associations.

parential control software amen , that and taking the computer out of the bedroom and into the family room are the only ways to truly protect kids.We also have to remember which seems to be forgotten naked pics dont hurt children, monsters who hang out in chatrooms, blogs , myspace etc hurt kids. That has to driven home.

"17. What online adult conventions do you attend a year? Which are your faorites? Least Favorites?"

ASACP only goes to a few conventions a year once again: a combination of money and staff limitations.

We usually attend: Internext-LV; The Phoenix Forum; Cybernet, Internext-Hollywood, and Webmaster Access- LA. This year because we have a staff member in Canada, we hope to attend 1-2 shows there, and will be at the XBiz Summer Forum.

In addition, as we are trying to get the word out about the industry's effort to protect children and that it is not involved in CP, it is important for me to attend a few maintream conferenes. Last year I attend the Virtual Global Taskforce Conference in Belfast (http://www.morrowcommunications.com/vgt/) and in prior years International Association of Internet Hotlines (INHOPE.org) meeting in order to learn how other hotline are doing plus to inform them about ASACP.

Each show serves a different purpose for ASACP. Internext last month was good for ASACP.

On a personal basis, everyone knows that I'm not usually a major partier and I'm asleep by midnight. So I enjoy the smaller shows.

'monsters who hang out in chatrooms, blogs , myspace etc hurt kids. That has to driven home.'

I SO AGREE!!!

I was thinking of writing two public service spots on this, would your org be interested in them. I would produce and shoot them and give them to you as my contribution to your cause.

I'm loving this interview. Keep them coming Joan! How's the shoulder?

Mike B

'I was thinking of writing two public service spots on this, would your org be interested in them. I would produce and shoot them and give them to you as my contribution to your cause.'

Let's talk about this as PSA are among my goals for 2006.

[email protected]

"18. How many people does the ASACP employ? What do they all do?"

I'm try to upload a PDF file as we now have an OrgChart. I will email it to Sleazy to see if he can do this for me.

"19. Are you married? Discuss your private life.
21. Where have you lived thoughout your life? Where do you live now? Discuss in detail and why you lived in each place.
22. What do you do for fun and recreation other than group sex?"

I was married for 18 years and have been divorced for at least that long. I choose not to have children since most of my jobs included travel and I felt I could best contribute to the world by working. A Desperate Housewife I was not! I knew I couldn't do both and do both as well as I would want.

I was born in Detroit, raised in Roslyn, Long Island, NY. I went to 13 years of parochial school; the last four at an all girls school. Obviously, the nuns would consider me a failure! I went to the U of Kansas because I refused to go to a 'good Catholic Girls College" on the East Coast; to say the least, my mother was not happy about this. But I think she was more disappointed when I refused to be a Debutante (sp?) plus I was accepted at Kansas. One of my few regrets in life is that I did not go to college in California.

The summer after college I hitchiked around Europe for 3 mths. Met my ex south of Munich. Moved to Kent, Ohio as he got an early out from the Army to return to school - Kent State. A few years later we moved to Denver; lived there for 13 years. I moved to San Francisco because ADP promoted me to there. Lived in SF for a few years. After my divorce I took five months off to travel, SCUBA and sail. Returned to Denver for about 9 months and then moved to LA.

Why LA? It is warm, NO SNOW, liberal and by the ocean (I missed the ocean and hated being landlocked) plus don't you know that California is the land of opportunity.

I live near Marina del Rey.

I used to run 10K at a sub-8 mile pace, but injuries stopped my running. Now I am excited that I can just jog again; gee, I'm up to 2 miles and down to a 16 minute mile. I also bike ride (not a motorcycle, still SCUBA if I'm in a good place for diving which means warm and clear water!

"I'm loving this interview. Keep them coming Joan! How's the shoulder? Mike B"

It's doing so much better,finished with physical therapy after six months 3x/wk. As long as I stretch and do the PT exercises everyday, I'm OK. If not, I know it!

23. Talk about the first three jobs you ever had in your life.

I babysat for neighbors

I worked in a factory where I packed 'index tabs" one summer during college; it was a great experience and was a imputus for me finish college (plus my parents would have killed me if I didn't get a degree)

I was a checker at a supermarket.

24. Why did you get your PhD? already answered

25. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? will answer in more detail later

26. What kind of car do you drive? pics"

Until last summer I was driving a 10 year old Geo Prism (can you tell I'm not into cars!) plus I had no car payment. But my sister was so embarrassed that she forced me to buy a new car. So now I am driving a silver Chrysler Sebring convertable; it's my first convertable. I have to admit I like it much better than my old car and my sister will be seen with me again.

Have a good night - I will finish the last few questions tomorrow.

Great interview! Excellent read!

I look forward to the rest of the answers tomorrow :-)

Matt

Interesting answers Joan, good job. :thumbsup

wow - almost done!

27. Talk about your home/apartment/condo. post pics

I live in an apartment near Marina del Rey, CA. I don't have any pictures plus it is nothing compared to many of the pictures of people's home that I'v seen GFY.

However, I do live 1 1/2 miles from the ocean, it has 30 foot ceiling in the living room area and two LA 'fake' fireplaces (you push a button and the gas turns on).

Ho Tebe, WHere are You ;-)

"28. Discuss "The View" where you were interviewed by Barbara Walters, NBC's "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" and Dick Clark's "The Other Half"."

Actually, The View was the scariest. I had never done live TV before.

But some background first: the networks only pay for one's airfare if u are a celebrity or famous, but they did pay for a hotel for one night and a limo to and from the hotel. Or at least that's what they told me.

I was supposed to be on for two segments, but when I arrived at the studio, I was told it would only be one because they added Connie Chung.

You never know if you will get cut even at the last minute. I didn't get cut, but you sit in your own private green room waiting and hoping.

The worst of me was when I finally was going onto the set, I was told to forget everything we worked on (for the last three weeks) and to only answer Barbara's questions. It was an amazing feeling (fear) - being interviewed by the most powerful female TV journalist in the country.

I have a question...

What makes you qualified to head the ASACP?

The ASACP represents the industry - and many times is the gateway to the gov't. Being the leader of that group is a pretty heavy task. I'm not familiar with your past work experience relating to the adult industry, education, etc. And also how you got to be the head of the ASACP - did someone hire you, were you put in place years ago, are you the founder? Is there any review period where your work is analyzed, etc. Could you shed light on any and all of this?

A person with this kind of responsibility should be constantly scrutinized to ensure the right person is in there doing a good job. Thats not to say you aren't the right person, but I honestly am not sure what makes you qualified, hence the original question.

"What makes you qualified to head the ASACP?

The ASACP represents the industry - and many times is the gateway to the gov't. Being the leader of that group is a pretty heavy task. I'm not familiar with your past work experience relating to the adult industry, education, etc. And also how you got to be the head of the ASACP - did someone hire you, were you put in place years ago, are you the founder? Is there any review period where your work is analyzed, etc. Could you shed light on any and all of this?

A person with this kind of responsibility should be constantly scrutinized to ensure the right person is in there doing a good job. Thats not to say you aren't the right person, but I honestly am not sure what makes you qualified, hence the original question."

Once again, a good question and I agree it can be a very heavy task; especially those days when we need to view images of children being sexually abuse in order to verify a site contain CP before we investigate further and pass on the information to law enforcement.

Many of your questions were answered in one of the 142 posts, but I will summarize in this post. Plus, I have been available to talk with people at many tradeshows in the last 3 1/2 years and usually on a panel.

I am am Association Executive with over 30 years of business/technology experience; I belong to the American Society of Assocation Executives. In addition over the years I have been active as a member in many associations, more recently: Women in Technology International, Digital Coast Roundtable, Industry Relations Council, National Speakers Association, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce. In addition, I am on the board of FSC and was a consultant to Women In Adult.

I worked for large companies such as L'Oreal, a company that was bought by Unisys, ADP (Automatic Data Processing), and then a few smaller companies. My clients included Fortune 1000 companies, medical insurance providers and major banks, including First Interstate and Bank of America.

And yes, there is oversight. No one has any job without oversight. I develop goals and plans each year and report on the progress. These and my performance are reviewed by the Advisory Council.

I want to thank Scott for this opportunity. I had agreed to answering questions for two days and I have gone over this. Plus, speaking of a job, I need to get back to mine.

I hope that this Ambush Interview has provided you with the information about ASACP that our Sponsors and Approved Members are kept updated about.

If you have specific questions, please contact me at [email protected]. Also, I will be attending the Phoenix Forum, so I will be available to talk with people there.

Have a fun Super Bowl weekend.

29. How many infomercials have you been involved in? Discuss
Ithahaha8217;s been years - I think that the only done that aired was a testimonial for a Jane Fonda exercise video. However, I also provided testimonials for a few skin care lines and a Heart CAT scan. As a therapist, I was the co-host for a few relationship enhancement programs which never aired.

30. How many magazines/newspapers have you been quoted in? What for?
Luckily because of the support of the industry and outreach for ASACP, I have been quoted in dozens of magazines.

31. How old were you when you first had sex? Did you use a condom?
Not a question a ED of a nonprofit should answer, but I did use a condom

Kickass interview

haha, exactly what crossed my head lol!!!

Great ambush so far :thumbsup

fo shizzle :thumbsup

I have a question
I wanna state this first
In no way am I attacking ASACP or even hinting any negative and i feel they are a great asset to the indsustry
BUT

you said all you do is report the sites to the proper people - cant the people who are finding these sites do that there selfs just as easy ? Why the needs for an organization to do it ?


Also - the people who are reviewing the site to check for CP ... who are they? Can't they be in trouble for having child porn? I'm not up on the laws of viewing child porn but isnt that illegal??


Also .. when are you guys going to let the penis enlargement industry in asacp? We are just as part of the industry as the next company