Re: Guild? (was: ISP needs Flash site, chance for exposure)

[trotter]

>I haven't either - but I *have* seen LOTS of other industries with

>  guilds, associations, whatever you'd like to call it - that assist its

>  members in creating a united front in order to inform the public and

>  mold its perceptions.

That's the scary thing about them--guilds, I mean.  They all start out 

with good intentions, like the Writers' Guild or Screen Actors' Guild of 

America, but they invariably come closer to resembling unions than groups 

dedicated to nothing more than advancing the particular art form and 

presenting a unified voice.  And that hurts any of us.  


It's a natural evolution, and that would ruin one of the most attractive 

aspects of the multimedia industry, namely, that it's not unionized, and 

if you can get your abilities presented to a prospective client, then you 

can get the job, theoretically, with no concern over whether the client 

is obligated to consider any existing lists of due-paying members before 

they can hire you.


In other words, it's more substance-based hiring than non, like I think 

somebody already suggested becomes the case, where unqualified or average 

developers get more creedence than perhaps they deserve by virtue of 

belonging to such an organization.  


I think it would better serve us if we were to accept the responsibility 

of molding the public perception on an individual, and not unified, 

basis, and avoid the host of problems that comes along with support 

group-type organizations.  


In my opinion, of course, and it should be taken for what it's worth--an 

opinion.  


Dave T.  


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