Reg,

I hear you. While you do not have to be sanctioned to put up a website that features local businesses, what you call that website does matter. If I refer to that website in some manner that could possibly offend the HVLA, I have no doubt they will take action against me. I work for this association. I do not like how they think. But, like it or not, I have to comply with their rules.

Now, I have a SquidVid up called "Lake County, CA Video Showcase." If the Lake County Chamber of Commerce feels my showcase interferes with the new website they created to promote their "shop, stay and play" theme for the county, I would not be the least surprised if they tried to shut my site down.

Look, back in 2007, the Greenview Restaurant hosted a mixer in honor of our area's only western festival. When the folks in charge of the festival discovered what the restaurant was doing to bring honor to this event, they called an emergency meeting that same evening. Why? To prevent their own members from attending an event that was designed to honor them. I have never experienced anything quite like this - people purposefully attempting to sabotage the efforts of others trying to help them.

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
707-709-8605
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