Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Next Steps

I spoke to Random House yesterday about the sale, this blog and the potential for a subscriber/supporter buy out of the DFC.
There is a lot to be done but it seems that there is some real scope to make this work.
There are three main tasks:
  1. spreading the word about the DFC and this campaign

  2. securing sufficient capital to support the DFC for a further year or more of operation

  3. creating a 'vehicle' for the purchase and continued existence of the DFC
The response to this blog has been very encouraging and the generosity of the pledglings, young and not so young is astonishing. Keep it up everyone.... you never know, we might actually end up saving something that actually deserves saving.
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15 comments:

  1. Keely24 March 2009 at 10:31

    Sounds like a great idea, have you thought of setting up a facebook group too? They tend to go viral pretty fast,

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  2. barnaby gunning24 March 2009 at 10:43

    Excellent suggestion... no idea how to do it but will have a look tonight

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  3. barnaby gunning24 March 2009 at 11:40

    I think I managed to make a facebook group for save the DFC...

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  4. Unknown24 March 2009 at 13:09

    What about the idea of joint ownership with someone like Egmont (they are publiblishing a best of 'Roy of the Rovers' next week in WH Smith) or Random House?

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  5. 100percentvinyl24 March 2009 at 13:27

    My daughter has just sent in a letter to the Guardian about the Roy of the Rovers story in the Guardian today (and she'll also send in a letter for "miniGuardian" published on the back of the Saturday Guardian comic some weeks).

    I'll let you know how she gets on.

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  6. 100percentvinyl24 March 2009 at 13:29

    Sorry - I should have said that she was noting how sad it was that one comic was being resurrected while another comic was closing its doors, and asking for somebody to save the DFC.

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  7. Unknown24 March 2009 at 13:30

    whats the facebook link? I tried to find it but failed.

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  8. barnaby gunning24 March 2009 at 16:00

    Hi Patrick, I have stuck a link to the facebook group under 'relevant links' otherwise try this.

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  9. Piley24 March 2009 at 16:10

    Good work Barnaby. keep us posted.

    Thought of popping along to 'The Thing' comic Expo on Saturday?? Maybe knock up some flyers to promote the cause?? bound to be some potential new blood there?

    Let me know, i'll happily help you to hand out flyers if you go.

    P

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  10. barnaby gunning25 March 2009 at 12:31

    Sadly unlikely to be able to make it to the Thing.... am meant to be driving to Italy... getting some flyers out sounds like a great idea, though

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  11. Piley25 March 2009 at 15:09

    yeah, was thinking may be someone like Sarah M would let you put some on her table??

    Short notice now I know

    P

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  12. Unknown26 March 2009 at 14:39

    I see they've taken down the DFC website now and replaced it with the DFC preview micro site. Why did they do that?

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  13. Anonymous2 April 2009 at 15:18

    Bad times for all. Really support this idea and I do hope something comes of it.

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  14. Calista Lucy5 April 2009 at 05:57

    I was alerted to this by reading Tom Hodgkinson in the Telegraph. Although my children are too old for DFC, it worries me that there is so little good quality media for children. I discovered recently that BBC Radio 4 have pulled the plug on Go for it! which although not very good was the only programme for children on Radio 4. I do hope the newly relaunched Puffin Post will survive.

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  15. barnaby gunning5 April 2009 at 08:44

    Lucy... not Go for it! too.....

    It's a massacre.

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