Message from @parrott
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All concern about IE leadership is just Admiral Doenitz historical curiosity bullshit at this point.
Yep, just the rubbernecking of the final collapse left. That’s about it.
Doesn't IE make any money scamming its members with dues and five dollar stickers?
Not enough to maintain its operation. Unlike TradWorker, they actually rely on salaried people who aren't going to work in a mold-rotted trailer 16 hours per day for free for the "vision."
wew
They've got around a thousand members, they can't be making *that* much
$10 a month per member
And I don’t believe the membership is that high
If dues are $5-10 they really aren't making shit for a large organization
That was their high water mark before the series of shake-ups.
Big outside money and sheepish well to do followers
IE was doing well
What do they spent it on? I have seen like two unique IE banners ever and they're like 20 euros a pop from Poland.
Pizza parties?
Renting unheated barns?
ITT was 10 a month and over the summer membership was sitting around 500 and some. Yes they ramped up after the 12th but they lost a lot too.
Implying they aren't pocketing some of it tbh
Lots of speculation about Damigo and money I’ve heard ....
It's like counter currents though. You get the money but by the time you are there your message is sooo watered down
That's what I mean, they don't spent it on shit but have gullible cucks paying them and still not managing to make ends meet.
Finances have probably improved dramatically after the grifting shitbag Damigo golden parachuted out of the party.
I guess being "salaried activist" is nicer word for pocketing d'nations.
Yeah, wasn't Damigo like unemployed living in SoCal for a while?
I stopped paying over the summer in hopes I’d get kicked out. Nope took me saying fuck IE the NF bled for you on the 12th and you still want to throw them under the bus....
I don't want to shit on how other groups handle their finances, as long as they're honest about it. Our Mormon-style policy where NOBODY gets a salary, even Heimbach, isn't the right fit for every project.
Damigo seems to live a pretty posh life, seemingly still at the compound that is his parent’s house.
Honesty and transparency are the best options.
This is actually the first time in my life I have heard about activists getting paid.
No matter how hard Damigo tries, victory will always lie just out of his reach, atop the refrigerator.
WLP having people running daily business in NA HQ and the radio and the records is a bit different thing.
Yes. There are valid cases for salaried employees.
But you've got to try to remain as lean as possible.
The way we're trying to manage that with Fash Emporium is with independent vendors doing their own taxes and paying themselves an appropriate profit from the merchandise sold.
TradWorker takes a processing and licensing cut of around 10% which goes straight to the general fund. And member dues (sans 10% general fund) go directly to local and regional officers.
At the end of the day, people need to flip the script when it comes to qualifying an organization.
"Do I trust the leadership to still be around in a few years, or will my activist investment go up in flames?"
The only organization which even compares to TradWorker's organizational maturity is the League, ...and the League isn't for everyone.
Matt, remind me never to get on your bad side
Grindr Greg still hasn't recovered from the sick banter
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Talking about going up in flames, we'll find out if NRM is getting proscribed the day after tomorrow.
Is there some sort of legislation going down?