Merb get together

[DetectiveDavidMills]

Most girls know a lot more about us than we think
Merb names
Real names
On linkedin I’ve seen girls look up my profile within a few days after our meeting

I no longer have a linkedn profile for privacy purposes

 

[LeDodo]

I no longer have a linkedn profile for privacy purposes

I still need it to work lol

 

[urquell]

Most girls know a lot more about us than we think
Merb names
Real names
On linkedin I’ve seen girls look up my profile within a few days after our meeting

Well yes, of course they do. During the screening process for some SPs guys happily give them their real names, addresses, birthdates and photos when they send copies of their government ID. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to get the rest from that, provided the guy has an online presence at all. For the life of me I can't understand why some men are willing to do that, having absolutely no idea what happens to their info afterwards.

 

[Halloween Mike]

If it happens again my first advice for organizers ‘Dont try to recreate what it was', you can’t times have changed .. back in the days we did not have GPS and cameras in our pockets.
For the girls attending… having their faces posted on social media was not even possible .. (circa 2005) InstaWhat ???


My advice for anyone who did attend back then .. dont expect it to be what it was .. kinda like going to see a SP with high expectation … recipe for failure

Huh... I know these events happened before my times too but there was a huge boom of them around 2013-2014 and times didn't changeed much since that. There was cameras, GPS and all the other stuff that exist today.

Now should anyone expect something as great as the bigger ones then? I dunno. The main issue that we would face would be participation of agencies. I think for a an industry party to be succesful you got to have on board at least ONE major agencies and said agency having about 50% of their roster represented (at the least). Then you add indies and you got a nice ratio of women. But as i said many times, what is the incentive for agencies to participate if they are already always fully booked? Another solution could be to have "smaller agencies" tag along... but in my opinion, you would need at least 10 ladies from various agencies to consider it a succes... But of course im just speculating.

After that you need a good crew to organize and thats another major roadblock.

@Flyingby Well technically it was actually a major failure last time lol. Not sure if you were joking (irony) but it really didn't worked out. That said, to my defense, as i mentioned many times it started more as a "who want to hang with me that night for a few hours" and really grew faster than anticipated. My intention at the start was not to make a "true GT" of old or anything. It was just to meet a few fellow merbites. I supose in that regard it kinda work as i did meet a few new guys but anyway i digress.

 

[Enjoying life]

I’ll throw the party, but only on one condition: I’m doing it with @Flyingby , since we get along so well for all these years. We’re definitely the perfect example of what it means for members to respect each other, no one does it quite like us. Honestly, I think we’d make a pretty awesome team, but that’s just me.

Obvio would be the best host and would make sure everyone is getting along

 

[Enjoying life]

Huh... I know these events happened before my times too but there was a huge boom of them around 2013-2014 and times didn't changeed much since that. There was cameras, GPS and all the other stuff that exist today.

Now should anyone expect something as great as the bigger ones then? I dunno. The main issue that we would face would be participation of agencies. I think for a an industry party to be succesful you got to have on board at least ONE major agencies and said agency having about 50% of their roster represented (at the least). Then you add indies and you got a nice ratio of women. But as i said many times, what is the incentive for agencies to participate if they are already always fully booked? Another solution could be to have "smaller agencies" tag along... but in my opinion, you would need at least 10 ladies from various agencies to consider it a succes... But of course im just speculating.

After that you need a good crew to organize and thats another major roadblock.

@Flyingby Well technically it was actually a major failure last time lol. Not sure if you were joking (irony) but it really didn't worked out. That said, to my defense, as i mentioned many times it started more as a "who want to hang with me that night for a few hours" and really grew faster than anticipated. My intention at the start was not to make a "true GT" of old or anything. It was just to meet a few fellow merbites. I supose in that regard it kinda work as i did meet a few new guys but anyway i digress.

I went to one and the SPS did not seem friendly at all as I know many from TO were there as well!

 

[IamNY]

The meetups worked out well for me. It gave me an opportunity to see the girls I wanted to later schedule an appointment with.

But, for the most part I go to Montreal to meet girls and not guys so I didn’t have much interest in going to these regularly.

 

[Obvio-0bvio]

Obvio would be the best host and would make sure everyone is getting along

Thanks buddy.

 

[Flyingby]

Well yes, of course they do. During the screening process for some SPs guys happily give them their real names, addresses, birthdates and photos when they send copies of their government ID. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to get the rest from that, provided the guy has an online presence at all. For the life of me I can't understand why some men are willing to do that, having absolutely no idea what happens to their info afterwards.

Not sure about the validity of what you said.
I have not seen any indy who ask for that info

 

[Flyingby]

@Flyingby Well technically it was actually a major failure last time lol. Not sure if you were joking (irony) but it really didn't worked out. That said, to my defense, as i mentioned many times it started more as a "who want to hang with me that night for a few hours" and really grew faster than anticipated. My intention at the start was not to make a "true GT" of old or anything. It was just to meet a few fellow merbites. I supose in that regard it kinda work as i did meet a few new guys but anyway i digress.

No irony @Halloween Mike.
i was being sincere
You took the time to try and organize it
Some ladies showed up
Hats off to you for that

 

[urquell]

Not sure about the validity of what you said.
I have not seen any indy who ask for that info

They absolutely do. Even on this site, with the relatively small number of ladies that post there are those who request screening info. It should be easy enough to find with a search. That's not including what may be shared between ladies when providing verbal references. While I believe that most ladies are ethical and don't misuse info nobody really knows what happens to it once it's out there. I have no doubt whatsoever that some ladies indulge their curiousity to learn more about their clients/prospective clients

 

[ChloeCoeur]

Back in the day, MERB get togethers were a regular thing, but over time, they've pretty much faded out. Sure, it takes a bit of effort, but it’s definitely doable. You just start a thread, book a bar or restaurant, get a couple of agency owners and Indies on board to host, and boom you're set.

What I loved about those meet ups was how so many members would show up, but nobody wanted to mention their MERB handles especially the loud ones. It was always pretty funny. Honestly, if something like that happens again, I'm in.

This sounds fun

Needs some other element... murder mystery, white elephant, trivia....

I don't want to organize but I'm intrigued.

 

[Doc Holliday]

This sounds fun

Needs some other element... murder mystery, white elephant, trivia....

I don't want to organize but I'm intrigued.

I remember at one of the gt they had an intermission where a somewhat known pornstar performed a solo show for the audience. It was no different than what you’d see at a strip club when a stripper does her stage show. While watching the show an indy (whom i had seen twice) who often attended these gt walked over to me & joked “Hey Doc you don’t feel like joining her up there & be part of her show?” I chuckled & told her “no thank you”. Later this got me thinking that this may be an interesting idea to consider bringing up to the then organizers for an upcoming gt: have a live sex show with two (or more) of the attendees either during an intermission or if it needs more privacy have it in one of the rooms upstairs (if it’s held at a hotel bar or lobby) and those who’d want to come & watch could for a fee. Or hold a raffle where interested participants get to buy a ticket & the lucky (or unlucky) winner gets the honor of entertaining a group of voyeurs with a lady who had already pre-agreed to be part of the main event that evening. I know I’ve already been told that i have a wild imagination! Lol

 

[Marsouin]

There was cameras, GPS and all the other stuff that exist today.

But not everyone had them in their back pocket ( or as a single device the iPhone was introduced in 2007 and for a long time it was the only game in town and data plan were not cheap ) or felt the need to stream whatever he is doing 24/7.
No one back in those days would have taken a picture of whatever was happening at those events to post it online for everyone to see. If I remember correctly there was a strict no picture policy . Nowadays with the younger generation (not all of them ) preventing that from happening would be very hard ...

 

[EagerBeaver]

But not everyone had them in their back pocket ( or as a single device the iPhone was introduced in 2007 and for a long time it was the only game in town and data plan were not cheap ) or felt the need to stream whatever he is doing 24/7.
No one back in those days would have taken a picture of whatever was happening at those events to post it online for everyone to see. If I remember correctly there was a strict no picture policy . Nowadays with the younger generation (not all of them ) preventing that from happening would be very hard ...

These issues were not issues at the GTs I went to (many) from 2005 to 2019 which also included a number of agency parties. In addition to industry GTs, Good Girls had a number of parties, Celine's Fantasies had a few parties I went to, Montreal Girfriends had a Halloween party, Eleganza had a party and I went to at least one XO party. Devilish also had parties. I don't remember any issues along the lines you mentioned. Last party I went to was an MP party in 2019.

As HM mentioned, everyone had cellphones all during this era. Let's not start creating revisionist histories.

The issues that came up were: (1) excessive noise complaint at Good Girls party (I somehow got assigned the task of defusing the complaint with the complainants- which was a little uncomfortable but not a biggie); (2) lurkers/curious uninvited participants (generally harmless); (3) rough sex complaint against a party invitee at one of GG parties (result was invitee was banned by Iggy).

I can't think of any privacy invasion issues. Basically everyone is in this together and everyone knows it's a two way street on privacy. So bringing up these issues, (1) is not in accordance with the reality of numerous (probably at least 20) industry and agency GTs I attended, and (2) represents prototype paranoid thinking. We really need to stick with the concept of reality here. The reality is if these issues were issues then the parties never would have kept happening and gotten bigger and bigger as they did. Ask Halloween Mike. He lived the history of at least the Iggy portion of it, just like I did.

 

[Marsouin]

These issues were not issues at the GTs I went to (many) from 2005 to 2019 which also included a number of agency parties. In addition to industry GTs, Good Girls had a number of parties, Celine's Fantasies had a few parties I went to, Montreal Girfriends had a Halloween party, Eleganza had a party and I went to at least one XO party. Devilish also had parties. I don't remember any issues along the lines you mentioned. Last party I went to was an MP party in 2019.

As HM mentioned, everyone had cellphones all during this era. Let's not start creating revisionist histories.

The issues that came up were: (1) excessive noise complaint at Good Girls party (I somehow got assigned the task of defusing the complaint with the complainants- which was a little uncomfortable but not a biggie); (2) lurkers/curious uninvited participants (generally harmless); (3) rough sex complaint against a party invitee at one of GG parties (result was invitee was banned by Iggy).

I can't think of any privacy invasion issues. Basically everyone is in this together and everyone knows it's a two way street on privacy. So bringing up these issues, (1) is not in accordance with the reality of numerous (probably at least 20) industry and agency GTs I attended, and (2) represents prototype paranoid thinking. We really need to stick with the concept of reality here. The reality is if these issues were issues then the parties never would have kept happening and gotten bigger and bigger as they did. Ask Halloween Mike. He lived the history of at least the Iggy portion of it, just like I did.

That is exactly my point. It was not an issue back in those days because of life habits and the limitations of technology . All i am saying is that enforcing those rules is harder today than it was back then.

I don’t have to ask anyone, i was there too.

 

[Flyingby]

I am leaning with @Marsouin on this issue
@EagerBeaver You can wear Rayban glasses today and take pictures or film everyone. Was much harder a few years ago

Add reverse search and within seconds you have the person’s real name and facebook profile.
The risk versus reward is not a good ratio

 

[Halloween Mike]

But not everyone had them in their back pocket ( or as a single device the iPhone was introduced in 2007 and for a long time it was the only game in town and data plan were not cheap ) or felt the need to stream whatever he is doing 24/7.
No one back in those days would have taken a picture of whatever was happening at those events to post it online for everyone to see. If I remember correctly there was a strict no picture policy . Nowadays with the younger generation (not all of them ) preventing that from happening would be very hard ...

It was 2014 and such ... by then lot of peoples had good phones. As you say yourself there was a no picture policy and everybody respected that because they didn't wanted to be kicked out and left out the guest list for the next one. I have no doubt this could still be enforced easily. If i learned anything in this business its that clients are as much, if not more, obsessed about privacy than the escorts themselves.

 

[wolfie7]

It's a lot of work, you need a coalition of the willing, and it doesn't happen for free, so you need to consider where the money is coming from and how much. Not to put too fine a point on it, but these types of things usually have a selected guest list as opposed to being open events too. All to say that there's a bunch of things to consider and a lot of organization that needs to happen, so if you're looking to do one then be prepared to invest a lot of frustrating time and effort

Iggy did yeoman’s work back then, setting up multiple parties. As you said, lots of frustrating work. Hope he’s well, wherever he is these days.

 

[wolfie7]

I am leaning with @Marsouin on this issue
@EagerBeaver You can wear Rayban glasses today and take pictures or film everyone. Was much harder a few years ago

Add reverse search and within seconds you have the person’s real name and facebook profile.
The risk versus reward is not a good ratio

But then you don’t want to meet Obvio in person and ask all your PM questions in the flesh??? Ahahahahaha.