An email has been circulated in NSW this week with a document attached which I wrote to help newsagents to trade through tough times. The email was encouraging newsagents to attend a meeting organised by NANA to look at some issues they are concerned about.
I am not involved in this or any related meeting. I don’t endorse the meeting or any of the topics being discussed.
I was not consulted before my document was sent out. The version of my document appears to have been reformatted from the original.
My document should not have been sent without explanation from me as to its intent. It is part of a package of information I have prepared to assist newsagents to improve their businesses. I didn’t write it with any political agenda in mind or for any political purpose in our channel.
I’ll help any newsagent doing it tough. But they have to want to help themselves. This starts with being accountable for your position and continues with focussing on driving business efficiency and decision quality and evolving the business to serve today’s needs and not yesterday’s history.
It would be a mistake to think that others need to fix out situation. If we are doing it tough we have to fix it ourselves. We have to be selfish about our businesses. We have to run our businesses for profit today and not in the hope of what someone might be encouraged to pay tomorrow.
Why am I writing about this here? I have received calls from NSW newsagents asking about my involvement in the meetings. ass I noted, I am not involved, I was not consulted.
It is true that a document sourced from the Australian Newsagency Blog was distributed without prior approval by a Newsagent attending a NANA Regional Meeting.
This January/February 2012 round of NANA Regional Meetings is only for NANA Members, as publicised and emphasised.
NANA takes no responsibility, had no prior knowledge or involvement in that independent action of that one Newsagent. That said, that Newsagent appears to have acted with genuine and positive intentions.
That said, NANA’s plan was to include industry partners, publishers, distributors, vendors and suppliers at the next and future rounds of NANA Regional Meetings. Invitations will be distributed in due course.
NANA is extremely appreciative of the tremendous support, attendance and attention given at and to the Regional Meetings thus far.
Chiang I don’t think that the document I authored was sourced from here. It was sourced from an individual newsagents who was sent the document by me.