public function publishAssociatedTypes( $post_id, $post ) {

			// don't need to save the venue or organizer meta when we are just publishing
			remove_action( 'save_post_' . Tribe__Events__Venue::POSTTYPE, array( $this, 'save_venue_data' ), 16 );
			remove_action( 'save_post_' . Tribe__Events__Organizer::POSTTYPE, array( $this, 'save_organizer_data' ), 16 );

			// Remove any "preview" venues and organizers (duplicates) attached to this event.
			$this->remove_preview_venues( $post_id, true );
			$this->remove_preview_organizers( $post_id, true );

			// save venue and organizer info on first pass
			if ( isset( $post->post_status ) && $post->post_status == 'publish' ) {

				//get venue and organizer and publish them
				$pm = get_post_custom( $post->ID );

				do_action( 'log', 'publishing an event with a venue', 'tribe-events', $post );

				// save venue on first setup
				if ( ! empty( $pm['_EventVenueID'] ) ) {
					$venue_id = is_array( $pm['_EventVenueID'] ) ? current( $pm['_EventVenueID'] ) : $pm['_EventVenueID'];
					if ( $venue_id ) {
						do_action( 'log', 'event has a venue', 'tribe-events', $venue_id );
						$venue_post = get_post( $venue_id );
						if ( ! empty( $venue_post ) && $venue_post->post_status != 'publish' ) {
							do_action( 'log', 'venue post found', 'tribe-events', $venue_post );
							$venue_post->post_status = 'publish';
							wp_update_post( $venue_post );
							$did_save = true;
						}
					}
				}

				// save organizer on first setup
				if ( ! empty( $pm['_EventOrganizerID'] ) ) {
					$org_id = is_array( $pm['_EventOrganizerID'] ) ? current( $pm['_EventOrganizerID'] ) : $pm['_EventOrganizerID'];
					if ( $org_id ) {
						$org_post = get_post( $org_id );
						if ( ! empty( $org_post ) && $org_post->post_status != 'publish' ) {
							$org_post->post_status = 'publish';
							wp_update_post( $org_post );
							$did_save = true;
						}
					}
				}
			}

			// put the actions back
			add_action( 'save_post_' . Tribe__Events__Venue::POSTTYPE, array( $this, 'save_venue_data' ), 16, 2 );
			add_action( 'save_post_' . Tribe__Events__Organizer::POSTTYPE, array( $this, 'save_organizer_data' ), 16, 2 );
		}