I'd like to chime in here. I've seen the comments about AVN being out of touch and the comments on the cliques.

Anyone is invited to participate and be part of our shows and events. Our group has had a lot of conversations and we've done a lot of planning to create different productive and enjoyable business events in both the summit in February and the retreat in October.

When I came over to AVN almost two years ago it was because of Paul's commitment that he has had in the past and continues to give the Gay Adult Industry.

Before GAYVN became its own magazine there were at time only 3 advertisers supporting the Gay section but yet there was always plenty of editorial coverage of our industry as well as his commitment to continue to throw the GAYVN Award show as a thank you party to our industry.

With GAYVN now it's own division under Chad, we have worked even more closely with companies not only on the video side but as the industry is changing and the need to work across various platforms, have help facilitate more ways for the traditional hard good manufactures and content providers to create business partnerships with the internet companies.

A lot of companies have seen this value and have supported the magazine this past year and this January we are launching our largest issue of GAYVN at over 100 pages, thanks to the support of the industry.

At this summer's Internext we actually underestimated the GAY attendance and because of the support and attendance at our closing night party extended the evening longer then we initially committed for.

I am excited to be part of these upcoming events we have planned and really would like to invite everyone to first participate and then comment. Being part of the show or attending is open to anyone not an elite group of companies.

I am available and reachable through our offices all day. If I'm not in the office I am so addicted to my Blackberry that you can just email me your number and I will call you back. Before jumping to what is wrong with a show lets work on what all of us can do for the best show experience.

Jeff