Ok just to clear some things up here
There are 3 different types of tradeskill tasks.
1. Gathering tasks from the Wholesaler Society (your original society). These pay cash and give status points to the Wholesaler Society only.
2. Crafting tasks from the Workshop (your specialist society) i.e make 10 items. These pay cash and give status points to the Workshop only.
3. Crafting writs from the Ironforge Exchange (and FP equivalent). These pay cash, give personal status and guild exp status.
I gave up doing the workshop crafting tasks ages ago. They seem pretty pointless - if you buy any of the ingredients from the broker, the cash reward is less than the cost.
However I always have a gathering task as they pay nearly 2 gold for Tier 5, and I'm harvesting anyway.