Posts Tagged SPUNC
Parallel importation spurs bloggers into action
Posted by Leticia in Publishing on July 20th, 2009
Since Australia’s Productivity Commission recommended lifting the restrictions on parallel importation, there has been a flurry of activity in the blogosphere. Many of these, often detailed, blog posts are steeped in disappointment and dismay. As well they should be. The recommendation that parallel importation restrictions should be lifted is a bizarre and, in our opinion [...]
SPUNC: A national organisation with a local focus – Part Two
Posted by Leticia in Publishing on July 17th, 2009
Further to our communications with SPUNC as outlined in our previous post, we had a direct call from Secretary of the organisation, Malcolm Neil. Malcolm pointed out that that SPUNC is in need of better corporate governance, and that this is largely due to the youth of the organisation. He said that he also appreciates [...]
SPUNC: A national organisation with a local focus
Posted by Leticia in Publishing on July 17th, 2009
We love the Small Press Underground Networking Community, otherwise known as SPUNC. Well, we did – until two things happened that caused us to get a little bit angsty and more than a little bit disappointed. The first is the process for the upcoming Annual General Meeting; the second is SPUNC’s lack of response to [...]
Reply to open letter to SPUNC
Posted by Leticia in Publishing on November 5th, 2008
We received a reply pretty quickly to our open letter to SPUNC. The full text is below, though all email addresses have been removed so that those people listed don’t get hit by swathes of spam. Dear Lisa, Emily, Leticia and Daniel, I am writing in response to your correspondence of 28 October. As Chair [...]
Open Letter to SPUNC
Posted by Leticia in Publishing on October 28th, 2008
Since starting up very early this year, we’ve driven towards being members of SPUNC. Regular readers of the Brascoe Blog would know that we are paid-up members and that we fully support the aims and visions of this awesome little community of indie press. As members further afield than most of the members of SPUNC, [...]
