The donations have been made under various names, mostly anonymously (as I said, less to explain to nonprofit boards).
Less to explain... oh my god. You are out of your mind. You can't run around soliciting and then saying "but we're not registered, have no credibility and you have no way of knowing that we've done what we've said we've done because we donate what we raise anonymously." Dude - you may have noticed that most of us are not strangers to charitable donations. We KNOW this is not how it works.
You'll see the donations have more than matched a reasonable percentage of sales - since sales during our pre-launch phase have been very limited. My company's donation of time and expenses (partially credited to Pinups4) to environmental charities has amounted to several thousand hours and approximately $1500.
Well, that's what we asked you to do - show us that. And you haven't. And really - this is not a sensible use of our time and money. Scarlett, Cally, CK and many others here could make WAY WAY more than $1500 off their pictures in several thousand hours. This would be an ass backwards way for us to contribute to anything. It's essentially taking a potential contribution and giving it to you so you can whittle it down.
I have no intention of profiting from the charities or from any of this. Should at some point a staff be required to run the operation, I will most likely NOT be the staff member, as it would remove me from my board position and thus would remove me from having a controlling interest (even if not complete control) of the mission I launched.
A controlling interest? Of a charity? That is usually language used associated with corporations. I don't think you get controlling interest in charities, because a) charities don't have stock and b) charities are not meant to be "interested".
I'm sorry you all see this as a scam. It is not, and in time you will see our work and understand.
Well, similarly WE'RE really sorry if you are for real and just really, really stupid. Strippers are jerked around all the time, and with a start like you had, you need something substantial to lend you credibility. All you have are [weak] reasons you can't give us anything. We are not a trusting group, and you are a stranger who has essentially come here and asked us to do a free car show, and give you free pictures. For crying out loud.
I'm saddened by the many of you that believe there's no reason a model should do anything for charity...I'm glad that opinion is shared by a (growing, but small) minority of the folks I've come accross in my 5 years of nonprofit service.
Okay, let's be straight. Nobody said that - not even Amylynne. The argument was whether a model should provide bikini shots, and what control she should retain over them - not whether a model should ever do anything. Frankly I think there is something weird about an operation like yours not giving the model rights to her photos.
I wish you all well. this is the last post I'll make here on SW about Pinups4. if any of you would like to shape the direction of Pinups4, we are open to considering members of our models' advisory committee - which reports to the board. Just PM me or email
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Are you serious?