Simmo! its highly unlikely any business would ever say never to making changes in the future. That being said, I think they are painfully aware that this sort of behavior, that they assumed would go un-noticed, didnt.
David Sack summed it up by saying this is a young industry and as such we are bound to make a few mistakes along the way. I graciously agreed and told him I was sure we wouldnt have to travel down this path again in the future.
It’s VERY important that we commend postive behavior and changes. If we dont then we wont get concessions.
If people come back with the attitude of “Well, even though you’ve given us what we asked for we STILL dont trust you and dont want to work with you!” then why the hell SHOULD they change?
They might just as well weather the storm and move on if they believe they’ve already lost us. It also feeds the argument that affiliates are high maintainence whiners who are never happy. I think it’s best to not take that tack.
Now if you decide you don’t feel comfortable working with a program that has made these changes even if they revert back then thats your choice and I can’t argue the logic of the decision. I can understand that position fully. BUT publically let’s try to reward the good and condemn the bad until we get all this trouble behind us.