SPUNC: Small Press Underground Networking Community

Strategic Direction

It is the aim of SPUNC to work towards better solutions for independentpublishers in the areas of:

Sales and Distribution
Marketing and Publicity
Networking and Membership

In September of 2008 SPUNC appointed a General Manager, John Hunter, and a Marketing and Publicity Manager, Zoe Dattner. This was made possible with the generous support of CAL and the Australia Council respectively. With these recent appointments SPUNC is able to now move forward on realising many of its initial objectives. For those of you who have become members in the past 12 months we are grateful for your patience and are looking forward to the new developments that await SPUNC and its members.

The initial phase incorporates:

Feedback from the Independent Press Conference and commissioned report on Small and Independent Publishing.
Development of the phase two website - a portal for online sales and information.
Strategies for increasing sales and improving point of sale in bookshops for members.
Improving marketing materials and opportunities through economies of scale.
Forming strategic alliances between likeminded organisations.

Following the conference an Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held to elect a Committee of Management which represents the nationwide interests of SPUNC.

SPUNC is managed by the board, and currently employs two people. The board, which was nominated and voted in at the AGM in July 2008, is made up of the following people:

The Executive
Nathan Hollier (Chair)
Sophie Cunningham (Deputy Chair)
Kent E. MacCarter (Treasurer)
Tom Digby (Secretary)

The Board
Cath Cole
Paul Collins
Kathryn Duncan
Hannah Francis
Steve Grimwade
Ivor Indyk
Mal Neil
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Barry Scott
Emmett Stinson
Erica Sontheimer
Louise Swinn

Staff
John Hunter, General Manager
Zoe Dattner, Marketing and Publicity Manager

If you are a small publisher and are interested in becoming a member of SPUNC: click here