Despite being kicked off the board and being banished from the convention, Kramer still owns 1/3 of its stock and refuses to sell it because of the huge income the dividends provide him. This is what has been financing his defense and allowing him to stall his case.
In light of these developments, I am also disturbed that stockholders are receiving so much revenue from this convention while the majority of its staff comprises unpaid volunteers. I have no problem with for-profit conventions, but when a convention starts generating this kind of money, it seems those making it happen deserve a little more than a free membership and t-shirt. Adrienne --- On Sat, 7/6/13, David Speakman <da...@speakman.com> wrote: From: David Speakman <da...@speakman.com> Subject: Re: [Basfa] DragonCon over Labor Day - Anyone else skipping TX and headed to ATL? To: "Deirdre Saoirse Moen" <deir...@deirdre.net> Cc: "Adrienne Foster" <ajfos...@pacbell.net>, "Glenn Glazer" <glenn.gla...@gmail.com>, basfa@lists.basfa.org Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 4:09 PM On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Deirdre Saoirse Moen <deir...@deirdre.net> wrote: On Fri, Jul 5, 2013, at 04:41 PM, Adrienne Foster wrote: Not going. Even if it wasn't conflicting with Worldcon, I'd be supporting the boycott against it. Agree with Adrienne. Context: http://www.atlantamagazine.com/agenda/2013/03/28/dragoncon-ceo-feeling-pressure-from-proposed-boycott tl;dr version: Kramer, the founder, still gets money from the con and has been arrested (more than once) for charges of molesting young boys. Deirdre Kramer was kicked off the DragonCon board 13 years ago and has had no ties with management or the con since then. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151304403328806&id=58381388805 -- -- http://www.davidspeakman.com
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