Donna Duperron – GOT BADDOG

Torrance Chamber of Commerce: Would I join again? Pros and Cons

Aaron Aalcides, Business N Beer, Chamber of Commerce, Donna Duperron, Local business, review, Southern California, TACC, Torrance, Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce / 7 minutes of reading / September 3, 2012

When I started writing the story about my experience with the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC), I knew that this would have to be broken up into at least three parts. There was too much to say, and it would have been ancient history by the time I got everything documented in the proper order. My goal in the first two parts was simple; give the back story to my time with the TACC and what happened when I was called into Donna Duperon’s office. I did my best to not editorialize or give my opinion; I wanted to …

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TACC Chairman of the Board: Less than .5% of membership are complaining

Aaron Aalcides, Donna Duperron, rant, TACC, Torrance, Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce / 6 minutes of reading / August 27, 2012

Since this is part two of my saga with the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC); and some may not have read part one, I will summarize to bring you up to speed. I photograph everything. I use the photos to promote people and places. We joined the TACC last December. I photographed many TACC events, gave free publicity to local businesses that are Chamber members, promoted non-profits and shot an event at the request of the TACC President and CEO, Donna Duperron. On August 9, Donna told me camera was no longer allowed at Chamber events, even though other …

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Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce: We never asked for free exposure

Aaron Aalcides, Chamber of Commerce, Donna Duperron, rant, Southern California, TACC, Torrance, Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce / 6 minutes of reading / August 24, 2012

I am going to preface this story by saying I intentionally did not start writing this yesterday because I did not want my anger to get in the way of my words. To be honest, I could have started writing this back on August 9 when this all started. The writing was on the wall, the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) President/CEO and Chairman of the Board just wanted to make it official. I also want to say that I have met some very nice people at TACC and if I speak negatively about the TACC it is based …

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