longtimers said:
Ok, since I pop this question, I suggest a place that:
- Rooms are available
- You can find food / booze / music
- Lots of privacy
- Not on the island of Montreal (45 minutes)
- We (merbite) will be the only people at that place
- It's a brand new place, the place is still virgin (no visitor has put down a step in it)
- No fee for the entry
In fact I know the owner of such place.
Guys I need yours inputs!!!
I have noticed a lot of posts along these lines and you guys need to think through these things a little bit more carefully.
First of all, there was a problem attracting SPs to recent parties. Do you really think that by posting that we'll have it at a place where there are "rooms available" you will increase SP participation? You'll likely cut it in half. The SPs who come to this party are not coming to do business AT THE PARTY, but to meet people and perhaps, based on these meetings, do some business in the future. If this is anything more than getting together for drinks you will end up with only a few SPs at this party. Now if an SP comes to the party and under no pressure decides she wants to leave with someone, that's her choice. But you don't advertise this party as an invitation to come to a brothel or what LE might consider a "bawdy house."
Second, if you do adverise it in that fashion it is a lock that you will draw the interest of LE. There is nothing illegal as far as a group of people getting together for drinks. However if you add to that a purpose of conducting business AT THE PARTY, please don't invite me because I have no interest in interacting with Canadian LE.
Third, there was a big problem at the last party caused by certain hobbyists who came to the party with this attitude. I personally observed one hobbyist fondle and grope an SP who did not wish to be fondled and groped, and the behavior continued for an uncomfortably long period of time. Do you really think this SP or any other SP is going to show up if she thinks she is going to be ogled, fondled and treated like a piece of meat? If you send the message that this is going to be the tone of the party, watch what will happen - you'll get less SPs showing than ever.
I agree with you that privacy is a major issue. Stripper Lover, a/k/a Mr. Montreal Rendevouz, had some concerns about the HDLM as a party site because many SPs were concerned about going there for various reasons. SL had envisioned future parties taking place at a different location, on Island. I think if you go off Island you will turn off the out of towners and probably a lot of SPs as well, because out of towners constitute a big part of their business. By the same token you need to avoid the Crescent and St. Denis areas because those areas are heavily congested with tourists and some SPs are concerned about running into former clients and people who will recognize them.
The best place to do it would be at a restaurant on Island away from tourist and congested areas that caters for weddings and the like. I am hoping that such a restaurant owner reads this and perhaps will contact the party organizer to donate his/her facilities and in particular a certain area where this can be conducted. We would all have to pay for our own food and drinks of course, and what the facility owner would get in return is tremendous free advertising.
