Four Things That Need to Get Done

(Because of course, I, CINCGREEN, know exactly what needs to get done and what doesn't.)

1) The Daria Encyclopedia needs to be completed. If my move happens in March/April, I should have a couple of months off. This will give me time to finish the work and decided if anyone wants to host it and I can move it away from http://dariaencyclopedia.blogspot.com, which is its current resting place (Note: very very long time to download.)

2) There needs to be some kind of tape exchange in Daria fandom. MST3K has a tape exchange, where fans of the show can exchange tapes with other fans. Right now, there is no way for anyone whose collection is short a few episodes to get those episodes. I'm not talking about selling tapes, per se, I'm talking about certain fans agreeing to making the tapes as courtesy for other fans. This would be done on a not-for-profit basis (only charge is for purchasing the tapes and mailing them). KEEP SENDING THE TAPES/DVDs! GET IT TOGETHER! RAH! RAH! RAH!

3) With the above in mind, Daria fandom needs to come to a hard, no-wiggle-room decision regarding those who sell Daria DVD collections for profit. Is the policy to
a) report these people to Viacom?
b) report these people to ISP/website administrators?
c) agree never to report on these sites in the hopes of killing publicity for them?
d) figuring out which sites are "trustworthy" and telling our friends through private messages/email?
e) recommend sites to fans?

The problem is that for many years, Viacom has treated Daria fans like the proverbial red-haired stepchildren. I don't want to do Viacom's police work for it when it moved the show around for years, showed each Season Five episode a grand total of one time on MTV, and drags its feet on the DVD issue. (Sorry Kara.)

4) Look over nmorgendorffer's "Beginner's Guide to Daria Fandom". Where's that guide?