We are thinking long term for ASI and what our goals are as a company. Our main goal here is to help spread awareness and proper education about BDSM, as well as help establish a healthy sense of community. But how do we actually do that? Obviously, there are major obstacles when operating strictly online and we are trying our hardest to come up with creative ideas that will allow ASI to expand and offer our services to people internationally.
One of our short-term goals is to be able to offer educational kits that will allow YOU to represent ASI in the community. The kits will include our own book, other educational material such as pamphlets, an ASI t-shirt and a demonstration BDSM gear kit that you will be able to sell to make a small profit. You will NOT sign up other representatives, we want your focus to be on educating.. not recruiting.
For the LONG TERM we want to open a physical location with a small storefront that offers classes and counseling. After some thought, I’ve decided not to pursue opening any sort of play area, though we will hopefully be able to work with existing dungeons to provide education and classes, discounts, etc. If we can get the funding, I would like to provide our counseling services for FREE.
Daddy is worried that a place like this may not be welcomed or, simply not visited. So my questions to you are, Would you visit this kind of place? Would you attend classes presented by us if they were available in your area? And would you have a need for counseling services, advice or testing that catered to the BDSM community?
I would be interested in what you propose, I might even be willing to help you.
That would be great. Check out our group on FetLife.. we’ll be doing most of our local outreach and planning there.
Yes I would attend classes, I’m very interested and also very lost so I think classes in a physical form would be wonderful or weekend retreat type crash course setting
We have thought about doing a larger convention style meeting, but that would take much more planning than I can honestly put in right now. Plus, our main focus is education and I think getting on that route first would be best.
I would love for my husband and I to be able to find a place to be educated and counseled on how to safely move into this life. It is my desire to submit to my husband as a Dominant but we definitely are in need of guidance.
Well, we hope we can help you out!
I wish that there was a place like that here in Charlotte NC, because I have come across a lot of people that have so many misconceptions about the type of lifestyle I lead. Plus it is hard for me due to me being a fairly new Dominate and trying to explain things especially since I don’t have all the answers to the questions that they ask.
Wish I knew how to even reach out for information/training for myself and my husband in this BDSM world. Any suggestions? Live in small town IA