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		<title>On the Set with MJ Kinman</title>
		<description>Discuss On the Set with MJ Kinman</description>
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			<title>MJ Kinman says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi, Patricia P! You asked, "can a designer keep someone from teaching a class based on the designer's pattern?" Of course not! My intention in developing the Gem Affiliate program was to create a program that's a respectful collaboration between my brand and a teacher's business. My goal is to provide teachers with the underlying information about the technique and my philosophy in creating these patterns so that their students can find joy and success in making them. I also strive to empower women business owners. I have built in a number of financial incentives that, I hope, will help teachers strengthen their bottom line. Not only do we talk about the patterns at my retreats, we talk about marketing the product, building one's business, gaining confidence, inspiring success, and mentoring one another. I believe that the 20 teachers who attended my first sold-out retreat might suggest that the experience was far from "meaningless".]]></description>
			<dc:creator>MJ Kinman</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:14:57 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Patricia P says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Question - can a designer keep someone from teaching a class based on the designer's pattern? http://www.mjkinman.com/gem-affiliate-program If they want to come up with some fancy-but-meani ngless "certification" like "Gem Affiliate", for a pattern that is PUBLICLY-AVAILA BLE, seems like a money grab to me. (Compare this to anyone who teaches zendoodle versus Zentangle® - fancy, expensive name for the same thing.) If they only sell their patterns through a set of registered and qualified teachers or stores, then maybe they have some control of their "brand". But then they risk alienating those who don't take their courses. So anything that prevents selling more patterns (and again, these are publicly-availa ble) seems silly. But either way, certified or not, no-one will see a poorly-made quilt and think it's the designer's fault. Unless of course the pattern really is a bad one (which I don't think is the case here). And no certification is going to fix that.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Patricia P</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:16:30 -0500</pubDate>
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