Let me start by offering you all an apology, it has been two months since my last update, and although our communications director has been requesting this update for weeks now it has taken a while for me to put pen to paper so to speak. The last three months have been incredibly busy, not only from a Society point of view but from a personal point of view too, however I do realise that communications is the one key factor to Society members and I will endeavor to ensure updates are more frequent going forward.
Our minutes are available for all to read online at www.dee4life.com so I won’t go into great detail on every issue, instead I would like to concentrate on a few items.
New DFCTV site & Live Streaming
Myself and the Society are rightly proud of our new look site and services which we took the decision to fully fund back in October. The costs of a new website to host the live streaming and being able to service all platforms like smart phones and tablet computers were considerable, the time put into it, mostly by our communications director Ross Day, was more than any volunteer could be expected to put in to it.
We took the early decision to use a similar format of web page as the Club was working on to keep things familiar and promote the “One Dundee” projection. I think everyone who has had a look will agree that the new DFCTV site looks fantastic, as does the new club site.
We must thank all subscribers of “Club Dundee” packages, without their continued support we would not have been able to fund these improvements!, so a massive thanks must also go to our “Club Dundee” volunteers, not just Ross but the team who record the footage, do the interviews, edit it and upload it onto the website, maintain databases, do the monthly checks for payment updates and also to the Club for providing the manager, players and the match footage to show the action, without which “Club Dundee” would not be able to function.
The Live Streaming service has been an instant hit with our Exile members who have really got behind the live streaming and have either purchased a “Exile” package or are purchasing live coverage on a game to game basis, this backing ensures that ‘Club Dundee’ will continue to grow and improve.
We are currently transmitting live streaming of all home games but are actively investigating the possibility of doing away games next season too as well as introducing live audio commentary of all games to our members in the UK.