After many nights burning the midnight oil preparing for this project, all we
have to show for it is this lousy webpage!
Ant Lib Online hasn’t been replaced as such (well not yet, anyway!) but
by replacing the ALO homepage with this new ‘microsite’ we will hopefully
introduce the project to regular Ant Lib visitors with maximum impact, and in
turn, galvanise you the Antfan, into submitting your story/contribution.
The home of Anthropology will remain at www.adamandtheants.org
while we do some maintenance behind the scenes.
In the meantime you can now find the main website at /index2.htm
and the very old archived site (broken links a-go-go) at Geocities.
So there you have it, comments and questions welcomed at
.
Now, moving on swiftly...
Last autumn I put out an appeal for helping hands to assist in the project as
a whole (more about them next month!), there are still vacancies for Antpeople
from all four corners of the globe to ‘round-up’ willing contributors,
write and/or research themed synopsises, publicise and proof read the product
later down the road. If you are interested in lending some time, effort, passion
and commitment to Anthropology, please do drop me a line at the email
address above. People looking for a free copy and pre-publication sneaky peeks
need not apply.
’Course, some money would be nice too! Overheads for this project will be
in the £2,000-£4,000 bracket, and that’s before accounting for
any marketing or other post-production costs. In true Ant Lib non-profit fashion,
it’s unlikely that we’ll pass the break-even point, so we are offering
a range of sponsorship packages to hopefully raise the funds required to put Anthropology
on the presses in October. From a mere mention within the preface pages to a full
page ad for your business (or ego!), there is room for you as a project sponsor.
Visit the Sponsors page
for further information on sponsorship packages.
Another way of getting your name in print is, of course, by submitting your words
and pictures to the project. Without contributors, Anthropology won’t
exist. Which is why your contribution is so valuable – even if you don’t
think you have a ‘story’ as such, your memories and opinions all count
towards the ‘big picture’. This is your chance to tell the world about
your love of Adam, the Ants and Antmusic.
I regularly receive correspondence from the loved one of a member that’s
passed-away. Not only is this, of course, upsetting but each time I think to myself
that that’s another story, another experience lost forever. Let us help
you share your experiences and record them for future generations and social historians.
Thanks for reading on and scrolling down this far – hopefully that means
you are slightly interested in what’s going on!
Next update is mid May when we’ll hopefully have some contributions to
report back on as well as information on ‘Ant Lib X’ which will
be doubling-up as the launch party for Anthropology on Saturday 25
October.
Now, don’t forget to submit your contribution!
AM4SP!
Madam Stan xx