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Frameline Inc

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Dear Najirah <br> <br>Since your review and Happy2volunteer called me out I am returning the favor. I am guessing Frameline asked you and the only other reviewer, Happy2volunteer, to do your reviews which called me out. Happy2volunteer declined to state if she is a woman. You are deceitful in checking the box "volunteer" instead of the one "former staff" since you admit you have been an intern for two years <br> <br>Funny coincidence the only other reviews are all 5 stars and all appeared within 5 weeks after my review but there have been no additional reviews in the 2+ years since. It’s also dead give away when you can’t think of a single improvement to suggest to the organization for that question in the website’s survey. Also, just like on Yelp, reviews that call out other reviewers that are negative are almost always suspect. Who calls out neg reviewers in their review? Bogus reviewers. <br> <br>“How can they discriminate if we’re the ones who choose in advance and online the shifts we want to work for?” asks Najirah. Good question. You are either insincere in your question, which was no doubt rhetorical and thus insincere, or you are naive as I was. You won't be told at the orientation, but the team captains can do anything they want and there is nothing you can do about it no matter what assignment you signed up for. <br> <br>Since I wrote my review Frameline even got rid of their male ED as a figurehead. Najirah, I don't know if your internships at Frameline were paid or not or if you were just hoping to get a paid job in the future but it is not cool to even imply someone is a liar just to better your career or screening chances since you said you “would love to work at Frameline” and also that you are a filmmaker who wants to get your film(s) shown there. It is also not cool to give a glowing review to an organization you have worked for or are hoping to work for in the future. <br> <br>I had to sign up for shifts, as all are SUPPOSED to do. As a matter of fact the first year I volunteered late and was not familiar with the process so I signed up very, very late for the shifts. That meant anyone, especially veteran vols, really wanting to do the shifts that were still available had already had ample opportunity to get it before me and had no grounds for complaint if it was eventually taken by me. Well, that is how the system is SUPPOSED to work, but for women vols the rules are different. It was especially inappropriate for them to take away my assigned shift task and give it to someone, lesbian or not, who showed up very late as happened on two occasions. <br> <br>I admit I showed up 10 minutes late for an usher/ticket take position once because I unthinkingly sat in the middle of the row and was too embarrassed to walk out early in the part of the film Call Me Kuchu when everyone in the audience (well maybe not the director/producers who profited financially directly from it) was in tears over his murder, I was not even allowed to volunteer in any position and had to pay to get in to see the film. Ironically the next night when I was volunteering as a ticket taker, the same lesbian team captain who had been a stickler, with me, for the rules the night before showed up with her girlfriend/date to see the film and waltzed right past all of us ticket takers without even showing a pass for either of them. Clearly this is a person who likes to exercise her authority to make sure everyone knows she is important. When working with volunteer staff, that’s not a good idea. How did SHE get to be a team captain? <br> <br>My first year volunteering, a 5th year veteran fellow male volunteer asked the team captain one night “how do you get to be a team captain”. Volunteering for his 5th year you would think they would have told him already. “You have to be invited to apply” she replied. I was shocked. I wish he or I had then asked her if she tends to invite women or men to apply? Any business that won’t let you apply for a position unless you have been invited to apply for it is asking for an employment discrimination lawsuit from all sorts of protected classes. Yes, this is not a paid position but Frameline told me they prefer to hire people who have volunteered in the past, so it is linked to employment. <br> <br>Happy2volunteer states incorrectly that captains and house managers are supposed to assign tasks based on experience. This even contradicts what Najirah says in his glowing review. Frameline, get your story straight before soliciting positive reviews, no pun intended. If that were true the “Shiftboard” sign ups for specific tasks would be worse than pointless. Shiftboard is not free to use. <br> <br>I am not even sure if Happy2volunteer is speculating tasks were taken away from me because I had too much experience or not enough. Speculation that the reason the reason must be a valid one is just that at best. At worst, if Frameline is responsible, as I suspect, it is disgusting behavior. Every time, the only reason I was told the assignment was being taken away from me was that “(insert woman’s name) wants to do it”. Well if she wanted to do it why did she show up 50 minutes late and/or why didn’t she sign up for that task before I signed up at the last minute? In both cases the assignments were taken away from me and given to a woman after the time the film was supposed to start. I never saw an assigned task taken away from a woman and given to me or any man just because “he wants to do it”. These reviews seem to just be dictated excuses by the “powers that be” at Frameline. <br> <br>It is telling that Happy2volunteer states that “our superiors (“captains” and “house managers”) take our punctuality, openness, experience, excitement, and willingness into consideration when assigning tasks”. If you are truly just a subordinate to “captains” and “house managers” how are you in a position to know what they take into consideration? I never mentioned the term “house manager”. How do you come to know that term? You write like an insider, not a legit reviewer who worked as a volunteer. Frameline admins couldn’t even refrain and leave out all the routine hype in your review which is taken directly from their marketing materials. Obvious point here, except to Happy2volunteer, but it is always a good move as a director to rave about the festival if you want them to choose your future films for screening. Even Najirah knows to do that. <br> <br>Frankly, I was surprised that people hadn’t already taken some of the more interesting positions rather than just the usher and ticket taking positions that Najirah admits he chose. I signed up for and worked some positions that did not allow me to watch the movie. I was not there just to see movies for free like you said you were. I can guarantee no one ever tried to take an usher/ticket taker position away from me so I am not surprised no one took that away from you either. If you had common sense or read my review you would realize that is not the types of positions I am talking about. I can also assure you that if you had signed up for a position in hospitality like escort for the director, <br> <br>Najirah, it is telling you did not deny nor affirm my factual assertion at to the statistics of male/female. As a gay male (or even if you were straight male), I am sure you noticed the sex of the volunteers at the orientation was 80% male or that the sex of the paid workers and team captains at the festival was 80% female. <br> <br> <br> <br>

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