{"id":316,"date":"2018-04-24T18:05:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T18:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nethergatewriters.org\/?p=316"},"modified":"2021-03-03T18:12:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:12:18","slug":"chat-from-the-committee-18th-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"Chat from the Committee – 18th April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note of the Meeting of Nethergate Writers – 18 April 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Present: Abby Lyons, Craig Mudie, David Carson, David Francis, Ray Kinsman, Richard Begg, Roddie McKenzie, Rosie Baillie.<\/p>\n

David C. chaired the meeting.<\/p>\n

1. Group Secretary<\/strong><\/p>\n

We do not have a secretary. In the absence of a volunteer, David C. agreed to take on this role for an interim period.<\/p>\n

Rosie to pass contact details for SAW and Dalhousie room bookings.<\/p>\n

2. Fifty Shades<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Abby and Craig updated the group on progress made, which has been considerable.
\nWorking with Stuart Lindsay of Pulse North, they have designed and produced mocks up of the front and back cover, and the format for each page with accompanying illustration. One or two small tweaks required, to be completed very soon.
\nThere is also a foreword, and the list of contributors and three word bios.<\/p>\n

Abby and Craig were congratulated and warmly thanked for their excellent work.<\/p>\n

We made some decisions:
\n– we will not take out an ISBN number, but save it for a future, perhaps larger, publication
\n– print run of 300. This is more economical than one of 200 followed by one of 100
\n– sale price to be decided when we see a real copy. We want to have the anthology read by as many as possible, and not price ourselves above a market rate
\n– set up a marketing\/publicity sub group. Rosie and Abby volunteered, but all are expected to make suggestions on launch and sale points.<\/p>\n

Some suggestions were made during discussion:
\n* launch event in June, having consideration for a date that avoids clashes with other events
\n* possible venue – Little Theatre (given their approach to us)
\n* Courier\/DC Thomson for publicity
\n* Scots magazine article
\n* West Fest for sales
\n* sales outlets to be pursued include Waterstones, DCA, Discovery Point, Birnam Arts Centre, Botanic Gardens, and towns\/villages along the Tay.
\n* use poster versions of appropriate page for publicity (eg Little Theatre for Little Theatre)
\n* Sell through out website
\n* Literary festival (Rosie and Roddie to enquire)
\n* Christmas time focus for sales<\/p>\n

3. Arrangements for future meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

One NW meeting each month during Tutored term time. Proposal to have next NW meeting on the date of the fifth tutored class, (ie 23 May), then 27 June. To be confirmed with tutor.<\/p>\n

4. Format of tutored class<\/strong><\/p>\n

We discussed ways we might best benefit from the class, in terms of the balance between taught content and provision of feedback on work submitted.
\nAbby will relay our suggestions prior to first meeting on 25 April.
\nAll members asked to consider topics for the taught component.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note of the Meeting of Nethergate Writers – 18 April 2018 Present: Abby Lyons, Craig Mudie, David Carson, David Francis, Ray Kinsman, Richard Begg, Roddie McKenzie, Rosie Baillie. David C. chaired the meeting. 1. Group Secretary We do not have a secretary. In the absence of a volunteer, David C. agreed to take on this… Read More »Chat from the Committee – 18th April 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-archive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t