Post #329877 by Loki on Mon, Sep 3, 2007 12:34 PM

On 2007-09-03 11:35, GatorRob wrote:

On 2007-09-03 09:22, Loki wrote:
We don’t have a right to tell the Mai Kai how to their job. I don’t see Kern on this site begging the TC ohana for business ideas.

Chris, man, maybe you read something into these posts that I didn't, but I didn't hear anyone suggesting that we tell the Mai-Kai how to do their job. Or that they should somehow consult us before they do anything. They run a business. It is theirs. And we are patrons of said business and, other than Hukilau, we represent a tiny fraction of their revenue stream. (Although Pablus has obviously been skewing that statistic lately.) All that I hear Sven suggesting, and I am in agreement with him, is that we encourage those who are doing creative work for the Mai-Kai to do some research before doing that work.

Hey Rob, I appreciate hearing from you, as I believe I have perhaps been misinterpreted and would like to clearify. Were I agree it is an intrinsic and personal responsiblity to encourage some fellow tiki-artisens to present their "replications" in a traditional fashion in keeping with the spirit of the presentation. However, generally I am not of the nature to offer unsolicited, allbeit, constructive criticism.
My original intention for posting was merely to offer the awareness of the "cultural landscape" that has developed over the years at the MaiKia....In fact it has created it own cultural twist to what we call, to tribute Sven, "Poly Pop". I personally am resistant to trample on what I refer to, as the "Culture of the MaiKai" ,that has been created over the years.

My retort was truely to address Sven's remark of "the wisdom of the general public". I regret straying from the topic at hand and hope I have set the record staight on the matter as I am in agreement with the opinions you have so accutely summarized. So when are you coming back down so discuss this "properly";-) over a MaiTai, or two....or three ??