Our apologies, but it appears that the "WE NEED TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS - LOUDLY" forum posting has been corrupted.  This is a forum problem that seems to take place when someone makes a post after they've deleted their storefront, which is more common with controversial threads.   The posts are still there, but they can not be viewed as they were (in a thread format).  You can find the same posts by doing a forum Advanced Search and look for "we need to voice our opinions" with match-all-words option selected.   We're still trying to recover it.
 
I'm starting a new thread with the same subject to continue the conversations.    My response below.
 
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We have been very transparent sharing with artists the details and reasons behind our decisions.  This is more than most companies will share or should have to share.  Unfortunately it seems that much has gone unheard or many artists simply don’t want to accept the facts.  To have artists questioning the truth, intentions and speculation of ulterior motives is not only disheartening but a bigger problem.  GCU’s has always been up front, honest and operating in good faith.
 
To address a few open items I feel require a response:
 
1. Acceptable Forum Behavior - This is a public forum however GCU’s forum and we encourage you to express your concerns and suggestions.  We have been very open to artists’ feedback.  However direct insults aimed at other artists and GCU as well as ill founded accusations are not appropriate nor welcomed.  We intended to keep the forum and our community in general a place where anyone can contribute without fear of being ridiculed.   If you cannot abide by those basic conditions you will be asked to leave.  
 
2. Maria’s "Imagine the interest earned in that 3 month time period from all of us?" - GCU pays on a quarterly basis for ease and economies in processing payments.  Any earned interest is an immaterial and negligible amount.  As our overall sales grow and we streamline payment processing we hope to transition to a monthly payment frequency.  
 
3. Lar’s “Time to Sell”  – There are no special efforts in positioning GCU for a sale.  As I shared before, the earnings changes are a necessary action to reduce costs to further invest in our growth.
 
4. Reduced Staff & Reviews – The recent reduction in staff did not impact our review team.  As Mindy shared, we are continually improving the process to make reviews easier,  more efficient and more consistent.  Our goal is a maximum 4 week turnaround time.  We recently added 1 new reviewer and in the near future will be adding more.
 
Where I think we could have done a better job was giving artists more advanced notice of the changes.  For that we apologize.  As a courtesy of transition to help you meet the 3Q13 mark more easily we’ve reduce the 3Q13 threshold by 50% ($75 threshold vs $150) giving you 3 months until the new changes as announced are in full effect.
 
In the end these are the changes we have made based on sound and studied business needs and principles.  Every artist will need to decide for themselves where they go from here.  
 
We hope you will choose to stay with us as we believe our expected growth will effortlessly catapult many artists beyond the thresholds.  If you are disgruntled or skeptical, consider leaving your store as is.  Keep an eye on how things progress and re-evaluate later.  
 
See here for the details of the original earnings modification announcement:
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1372702066  
 
This will be my last post on this topic, we will not be making any further adjustments.   Thank you for your understanding and support.

Thank you Nasser.

I am very happy to hear this.  Thank you Nasser!

Just to be clear, the 3rd quarter has been reduced 50% and the quota now is $75.00 but the last quarter will jump right up to that 300.00 quota...is that right... ?  If so, I'm glad you are giving the artists one break, but it would be much better if those quotas were $75.00 for all three quarters... please take that into consideration.... the commission drop plus quotas... is really difficult for most, I feel sure.  Unless I'm understanding this wrong...

Indeed, thanks for the clear and detailed replies Nasser (first one included), and also thanks for acknowledging and apologizing for not giving artists more advanced notice of the changes. That especially I appreciate!  
Also good that GCU is reducing the quota for the 3Q. At least it may help a little for Artists to adjust and take the first hurdle, and shows some goodwill from GCU's side. The 4th Q for many will still be a too high threshold to take, I guess.  
Pitty that you did not pick up the 10% overall cut of commissions proposal, instead of the 50% for small sales-producers only. Same pay for same work, that would have sounded much more fair to me too! And I still hope GCU may reconsider the decisions taken.  
 
But I guess we all have had the opportunity to say what we wanted to say. I for one was already back to the drawing table, so to speak, and that's where I'm heading to  now again.  
 
Thanks for assuring us of the companies and admins intention to operate in good faith. Even though the recent happenings seriously made me doubt too, I'm willing to believe that, just because I so hope it's true! Therefor, I'm giving it a chance, and will contribute in any way I can to make it work.

Thank you, Nassar  

Thank you! A quick troll around the web shows that the online card market is a busy, competitive place. Many sites do not offer opportunities for emerging artists. Thank you for doing so!

I'm very excited at the possibility of making the quota and getting the bonus!