CANOGA PARK, Calif. – Adult Industry trade association Free Speech Coalition has embarked on a pathway that will create several sector-specific committees to monitor, address and recommend action on multiple issues facing the pleasure products and adult entertainment industries. Among the topics the organization hopes committees will address are retail zoning laws, lubricant manufacturing, piracy, counterfeit products and adult film regulation.
Each committee will meet separately from the Free Speech Coalition board to evaluate issues, build relationships, communicate goals and recommend engagement, according to Executive Director Eric Paul Leue.
“The pleasure products and adult entertainment community is a diverse collection of producers, manufacturers, retailers, performers, agents and other industry professionals,” he said. “To be an effective coalition, however, it is crucial that we are able to address the myriad of [sic] issues that affect our different members, and to do so quickly and effectively. By creating committees within each industry that will report to the board [of directors], we can better serve everyone in the coalition.”
Leue said initial committees will be formed within the next few months, beginning with pleasure products, lubricant manufacturers, adult film, live content/cams and retailers. Committees will meet once a month by conference call and will be co-chaired by an industry member and an FSC staff member. Participation on a committee is open to all active members of the Free Speech Coalition.
Leue sees a growing committee system as the key to expanding FSC’s effectiveness in both public policy and industry growth.
“An engaged membership can accomplish so much more together than each of us can [accomplish] individually,” he said. “United we stand; divided we fall. Never has this been more true than it is today.”
Those interested in participating in a committee or suggesting a committee may email Leue.
