For Singles of All Ages

Topic:

The Jews Under The Hammer and Sickle:

Experiences in the Soviet Union

Sunday, January 31, 1988, 7:30 p.m.

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Videodating

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is given are last names and
phone number provided to
both members.
The numbered videos and
alphabetized binders of writ-
ten materials were stored, as
of December, on rented book-
shelves in a large room in the
middle of the Southfield of-
fice. Members enter through
a private door, walk past the
photo and video studios, into
the library room. Members
scan the binders — grey for
men, pink for women. If they
wish to view a corresponding
video, they take it off of the
shelves and into a connecting
screening room. The room has
several individual cubicles,
each with a Beta tape player
and headphones for privacy.
The GE staffers advise their
members on how to best use
the service, every step of the
way. "We are here to make
them successful,' says Woods,
"as successful as they possibly
can be. If we can make recom-
mendations so they come
across better or their photo-
graphs or their written ma-
terials are better than
average, then we will make
whatever suggestions that
are necessary .. .
"For example, a gentleman
says, maybe he feels that in
his previous relationship, that
the woman that he dated was
interested in only going out to
dinner and spending his
money and he may say in his
video, 'and don't expect me to
take you to dinner,' because of
past experience. Well, I'm
sure he doesn't mean that,
really, so we may try to veer
him back to what he really
needs, and that is, let's think
of different things to do."
GE member Ruth Sloan,
37, confirms the GE staff's
helpfulness. "The people
there are real, real nice.
They're very willing to help
you and they're real in-
terested in how you're pro-
gressing."
A co-worker gave Sloan a
flyer sent by GE late last

summer, and Sloan filled out
the enclosed survey and mail-
ed it to GE. "They called me,"
she explains, "and I went
over, sort of on a lark, just to
see what it was all about. And
— hook, line and sinker — I
became a member.
"It's been lots of fun. I've
gotten six responses. Four of
the six would be people that
I would be interested in. Two
I decided against. That was
hard, I had to sort of write a
nice little note saying, 'thank
you but no thank you, it's just
not a match.' " She currently
sees one of the four members
she was interested in. She
had just received a postcard
from GE saying another
member had selected her, but
she had not yet viewed his
materials.
Woods calls the videotaping
a "conversation. We don't like
to call it an interview,
because it's not. We discuss
for a good 15 minutes prior to
the videotaping what sort of
things they want to discuss
and we also have them write
down a lot of information so
that each videotape is unique,
because each person is uni-
que. So we like to bring out
that uniqueness in those
tapes."
Are people generally ner-
vous when the camera rolls?
"They are," says Sarver, "but
our (video)taper is real good
at making somebody comfort-
able, that's their job."
"Additionally," says Woods,
"we do it as many times as
(the clients) need to, until
they're comfortable with
their materials. Like I said,
it's a conversation, and a lot
of times, the camera — they're
so busy talking to the video-
taper that they don't even
realize it's on."
Sloan enjoyed the taping,
despite a small misunder-
standing. "I had a blast. I'm
in a sales position so it was
real good for me to see how I
am perceived by my clients. I
really enjoyed it."