Demonlanders help purchase Liam's debut guernsey...

[Demondeb 8]

Hows it going?

I will be in for $25.

[the fork 357]

Hows it going?

I will be in for $25.

That's roughly $800, amazing! I just knew the good people on here would support this idea.

We need to keep going though, please if you know anyone that would want to get involved contact them and pledge their support.

Sleeve is going to bring in the support of our fellow Demonologists who I am sure want to see this jumper end up on Liams home community.

Cheers.

[norwood_demon 196]

I'm in for $50. Just tell us how/where to contribute. Was it into your Swiss bank account?

Seriously, who is bidding against us when you've had such a great idea? I guess that it's all good money for the Club

[H_T 2,941]

That's roughly $800, amazing! I just knew the good people on here would support this idea.

We need to keep going though, please if you know anyone that would want to get involved contact them and pledge their support.

Sleeve is going to bring in the support of our fellow Demonologists who I am sure want to see this jumper end up on Liams home community.

Cheers.

Good cause, well done fork. Put me down for $20.

[Deeoldfart 7,872]

Great initiative. Would love to contribute $25.

[Dees of 26 15]

Good cause, well done fork. Put me down for $20.

I am in for $50..

[Guest melbman]

fantastic idea

$50 from me

[the fork 357]

I'm in, money is tight though, so just the $20.

If we raise more than we need here, can we put the extra into some training gear?

Thanks Distance, every little bit is going to help here I imagine. Any access cash can go into training gear, maybe we can speak to the club about something appropriate. Keen to turn this Magpie town into Demonland!

[Rod Grinter Riot Squad 5,654]

Thanks Distance, every little bit is going to help here I imagine. Any access cash can go into training gear, maybe we can speak to the club about something appropriate. Keen to turn this Magpie town into Demonland!

Add $20 from me.

[MikeAlphaTango 150]

Add another $20 from me if the auction is still going

[the fork 357]

Add another $20 from me if the auction is still going

We have until 8pm today, still plenty of time to bid or be outbid.

More news coming soon!

[Longsufferingnomore 1,524]

We have until 8pm today, still plenty of time to bid or be outbid.

More news coming soon!

Just looked up the auction and it is at $700. I have spoken with the Club and they think it is a fantastic idea and asked for someone to get back to them on Monday if we win the auction. They agreed that the Club should be involved if and when we are able to hand over the guernsey. Maybe Jimmy could fly up with Liam and do the handover and hopefully if we have any left over buy footballs and provide some Demon tops for them. Make it a demon community. The fork can handle Alice Springs media. There must be some other way we can gather up all the donations rather than depositing them into a personal account (no offence "fork"). Maybe a special bank account or one of our "lawyer" members could use their trust account. Does anyone have any other ideas. This is such a great idea lets not let it go off the boil. We can really make this happen. Sometimes mighty oaks from little acorns grow!

[the fork 357]

Just an update to all posters on Demonland and Demonology.

In the last 24 hours I have been in contact with Alex Cadden from the Mt Theo Program, Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation in Yuendumu. As some of you may have noticed they made an early bid on the jumper (which I only became aware of after our initial bid). I have waited to contact Alex and clarify how best to proceed before posting, so excuse me if this information has appeared a little after the fact.

I contacted Alex to let him know that there is a willing and passionate group of Melbourne supporters who would like to purchase and donate this jumper for the community. Through a few emails we have decided to combine forces in an effort to secure this piece of Melbourne Demons/Yuendumu Community history. This is hopefully the start of a fantastic link between Demons supporters and this proud football community.

Below are some of the emails I have received from Alex (published with his permission) for your information. Also some information regarding the Mt Theo program, which continues to do great work with Warlpiri youth.

Hopefully by joining forces with this great community organisation we can ensure this is a success. The Mt Theo program will now bid on our behalf, just so there is no confushion. Keep the pledges coming in, who knows how popular this item will turn out to be? This exercise is very inspiring indeed.

The Mt Theo Program

Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation (WYDAC)

The Mt Theo Program was started by Yuendumu Community in 1993 to address chronic petrol sniffing in Yuendumu. The program has since broadened in nature and scope to provide a comprehensive program of diversion, treatment, aftercare and youth leadership and development throughout the Warlpiri region. The program is predominantly funded by O.A.T.S.I.H.

Elders of the Yuendumu Community initiated the program in 1993, with additional support from local organisations. The program and community successfully fought petrol sniffing through a dual approach. The first step was the movement of those sniffing petrol to Mt Theo Outstation, some 160km from Yuendumu community. At Mt Theo Outstation, Yuendumu elders cared for the youth, as part of a cultural rehabilitation program. The second step was the introduction of a comprehensive 7-day Youth Diversionary Program in Yuendumu so that the youth would be engaged, interested and challenged by activities outside of school hours.

For more information please visit: www.mttheo.org

Good morning Luke!

That's a wonderfully generous gesture! We are really excited by the possibility of having his debut guernsey taking a prominent place for all the community to see, especially considering the role model he is to so many out here and the pride we have in him as such a success of the Jaru Pirrjirdi program.

I've been advised by our manager, Susie, that we can bid up to $x, but I agree we need to avoid stepping on each others' toes in this process. Could you let me know what is the UserID you are using to bid for the jumper? I saw that this morning the bid had jumped to $700, so is fast approaching the limit for either of us, and to win, pooling resources could be the only way to go forward.

Possibly the easiest way to sort this out would be for us to make the bid under directions from you as to how much you were willing to contribute. If we were to win the bid, you could then organise this contribution as a donation to our organisation. We could even add a little plaque thanking the people who contributed to return this to the community. Hopefully this would be as streamlined as is feasible, and allow this little bit of history to live on in Yuendumu.

I'm also open for other suggestions as you see fit, but as you realise we need to finalise our method fairly quickly today.

I hope you are enjoying your holiday and I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Alex

Alex Cadden

Executive Assistant

Mt Theo Program

Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation

Hello again Luke,

Thanks for your prompt reply. That will be great if you can communicate with the boards so they are aware of the collaboration. Speaking with our manager we were thinking that if we do manage to win the bid with your assistance, it would be a lovely gesture to find an appropriate time for the people involved in your generous contribution to hand the guernsey over in a more public, formal way. That type of thing can all be organised later though. For now, I shall try and win the bid!

Cheers,

Alex

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Long Suffering - No offence taken, happy for this proceed in the most appropriate manner. Good on you for contacting the club, just great to hear their interested in being involved. Inspiring stuff people.

[Longsufferingnomore 1,524]

Just an update to all posters on Demonland and Demonology.

In the last 24 hours I have been in contact with Alex Cadden from the Mt Theo Program, Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation in Yuendumu. As some of you may have noticed they made an early bid on the jumper (which I only became aware of after our initial bid). I have waited to contact Alex and clarify how best to proceed before posting, so excuse me if this information has appeared a little after the fact.

I contacted Alex to let him know that there is a willing and passionate group of Melbourne supporters who would like to purchase and donate this jumper for the community. Through a few emails we have decided to combine forces in an effort to secure this piece of Melbourne Demons/Yuendumu Community history. This is hopefully the start of a fantastic link between Demons supporters and this proud football community.

Below are some of the emails I have received from Alex (published with his permission) for your information. Also some information regarding the Mt Theo program, which continues to do great work with Warlpiri youth.

Hopefully by joining forces with this great community organisation we can ensure this is a success. The Mt Theo program will now bid on our behalf, just so there is no confushion. Keep the pledges coming in, who knows how popular this item will turn out to be? This exercise is very inspiring indeed.

The Mt Theo Program

Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation (WYDAC)

The Mt Theo Program was started by Yuendumu Community in 1993 to address chronic petrol sniffing in Yuendumu. The program has since broadened in nature and scope to provide a comprehensive program of diversion, treatment, aftercare and youth leadership and development throughout the Warlpiri region. The program is predominantly funded by O.A.T.S.I.H.

Elders of the Yuendumu Community initiated the program in 1993, with additional support from local organisations. The program and community successfully fought petrol sniffing through a dual approach. The first step was the movement of those sniffing petrol to Mt Theo Outstation, some 160km from Yuendumu community. At Mt Theo Outstation, Yuendumu elders cared for the youth, as part of a cultural rehabilitation program. The second step was the introduction of a comprehensive 7-day Youth Diversionary Program in Yuendumu so that the youth would be engaged, interested and challenged by activities outside of school hours.

For more information please visit: www.mttheo.org

Good morning Luke!

That's a wonderfully generous gesture! We are really excited by the possibility of having his debut guernsey taking a prominent place for all the community to see, especially considering the role model he is to so many out here and the pride we have in him as such a success of the Jaru Pirrjirdi program.

I've been advised by our manager, Susie, that we can bid up to $1000, but I agree we need to avoid stepping on each others' toes in this process. Could you let me know what is the UserID you are using to bid for the jumper? I saw that this morning the bid had jumped to $700, so is fast approaching the limit for either of us, and to win, pooling resources could be the only way to go forward.

Possibly the easiest way to sort this out would be for us to make the bid under directions from you as to how much you were willing to contribute. If we were to win the bid, you could then organise this contribution as a donation to our organisation. We could even add a little plaque thanking the people who contributed to return this to the community. Hopefully this would be as streamlined as is feasible, and allow this little bit of history to live on in Yuendumu.

I'm also open for other suggestions as you see fit, but as you realise we need to finalise our method fairly quickly today.

I hope you are enjoying your holiday and I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Alex

Alex Cadden

Executive Assistant

Mt Theo Program

Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation

Hello again Luke,

Thanks for your prompt reply. That will be great if you can communicate with the boards so they are aware of the collaboration. Speaking with our manager we were thinking that if we do manage to win the bid with your assistance, it would be a lovely gesture to find an appropriate time for the people involved in your generous contribution to hand the guernsey over in a more public, formal way. That type of thing can all be organised later though. For now, I shall try and win the bid!

Cheers,

Alex

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Long Suffering - No offence taken, happy for this proceed in the most appropriate manner. Good on you for contacting the club, just great to hear their interested in being involved. Inspiring stuff people.

Fork by my calculations we have at least $938 so combining that with the Mt. Theo Prgram monies surely we should win it. The Mt. Theo program sounds like something that our great Pres. would take a special interest in as youth programs was and is where Jimmy passion lies (apart from the mighty Dees). I think if we leave it to you to bid (and win - no pressure!!) and then let us know what we need to do. Hopefully some of our more financially aware members may have come up with a brighter idea than I can come up with. I do know someone who is involved at the highest level at the Club and I will ask his advice. Will get back to you.

[e25 5]

I'll happily put in $50. No problem.

Glad to be part of such a great initiative.

[Dees of 26 15]

Just an update to all posters on Demonland and Demonology.

In the last 24 hours I have been in contact with Alex Cadden from the Mt Theo Program, Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation in Yuendumu. As some of you may have noticed they made an early bid on the jumper (which I only became aware of after our initial bid). I have waited to contact Alex and clarify how best to proceed before posting, so excuse me if this information has appeared a little after the fact.

I contacted Alex to let him know that there is a willing and passionate group of Melbourne supporters who would like to purchase and donate this jumper for the community. Through a few emails we have decided to combine forces in an effort to secure this piece of Melbourne Demons/Yuendumu Community history. This is hopefully the start of a fantastic link between Demons supporters and this proud football community.

Below are some of the emails I have received from Alex (published with his permission) for your information. Also some information regarding the Mt Theo program, which continues to do great work with Warlpiri youth.

Hopefully by joining forces with this great community organisation we can ensure this is a success. The Mt Theo program will now bid on our behalf, just so there is no confushion. Keep the pledges coming in, who knows how popular this item will turn out to be? This exercise is very inspiring indeed.

The Mt Theo Program

Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation (WYDAC)

The Mt Theo Program was started by Yuendumu Community in 1993 to address chronic petrol sniffing in Yuendumu. The program has since broadened in nature and scope to provide a comprehensive program of diversion, treatment, aftercare and youth leadership and development throughout the Warlpiri region. The program is predominantly funded by O.A.T.S.I.H.

Elders of the Yuendumu Community initiated the program in 1993, with additional support from local organisations. The program and community successfully fought petrol sniffing through a dual approach. The first step was the movement of those sniffing petrol to Mt Theo Outstation, some 160km from Yuendumu community. At Mt Theo Outstation, Yuendumu elders cared for the youth, as part of a cultural rehabilitation program. The second step was the introduction of a comprehensive 7-day Youth Diversionary Program in Yuendumu so that the youth would be engaged, interested and challenged by activities outside of school hours.

For more information please visit: www.mttheo.org

Good morning Luke!

That's a wonderfully generous gesture! We are really excited by the possibility of having his debut guernsey taking a prominent place for all the community to see, especially considering the role model he is to so many out here and the pride we have in him as such a success of the Jaru Pirrjirdi program.

I've been advised by our manager, Susie, that we can bid up to $X, but I agree we need to avoid stepping on each others' toes in this process. Could you let me know what is the UserID you are using to bid for the jumper? I saw that this morning the bid had jumped to $700, so is fast approaching the limit for either of us, and to win, pooling resources could be the only way to go forward.

Possibly the easiest way to sort this out would be for us to make the bid under directions from you as to how much you were willing to contribute. If we were to win the bid, you could then organise this contribution as a donation to our organisation. We could even add a little plaque thanking the people who contributed to return this to the community. Hopefully this would be as streamlined as is feasible, and allow this little bit of history to live on in Yuendumu.

I'm also open for other suggestions as you see fit, but as you realise we need to finalise our method fairly quickly today.

I hope you are enjoying your holiday and I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Alex

Alex Cadden

Executive Assistant

Mt Theo Program

Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation

Hello again Luke,

Thanks for your prompt reply. That will be great if you can communicate with the boards so they are aware of the collaboration. Speaking with our manager we were thinking that if we do manage to win the bid with your assistance, it would be a lovely gesture to find an appropriate time for the people involved in your generous contribution to hand the guernsey over in a more public, formal way. That type of thing can all be organised later though. For now, I shall try and win the bid!

Cheers,

Alex

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Long Suffering - No offence taken, happy for this proceed in the most appropriate manner. Good on you for contacting the club, just great to hear their interested in being involved. Inspiring stuff people.

You are a star mate.. Make sure you post on how we pay....

[Rogue 585]

Great idea, good luck with it.

A couple of points -

Probably not the best idea to publish their upper limit on the forum - makes it easy for someone else to come over the top. I might remove that bit of the email - if you still want it there you can edit it back in

You might also want to be willing to stump up all the cash pledged, since it's not certain all pledges via the net will be delivered.

EDIT: Note that you can make tax-deductible donations to the Mt. Theo program, so that might be a good way to go about contributing.

Further info @ http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/mttheo

[Einstein 1]

Hey Fork, great work on this. And it's great to see the response from people on this forum.

I had a feeling there might be people in Liam's community bidding on the jumper too. Good to know we've got that co-ordinated now.

It's so cool to see such a great idea come to life like this. God I love the internet.

The only shame of course is that it's not the real Melbourne jumper, but rather that white alternative. But oh well, doesn't matter, it's still Liam's first (of many).

Hopefully we can win this auction. Look forward to updates.

Again, great work Fork.

[Longsufferingnomore 1,524]

Fork, can't get any further information for you. Good luck with everything. I am going up to Brisbane for the game. Let us know how you go. I am happy to be the go-between to the Club for you. This is a great iniative and at the moment it really has "Wheels"

[Cards13 9,117]

Fork have you thought of contacting Rudeboy who posts on here, he might be able to offer some assitance in getting the jumper up there as he knows Liam quite well.

Also fromt eh money raised is it an idea to get it framed for the community before it is sent?

[e25 5]

Fork have you thought of contacting Rudeboy who posts on here, he might be able to offer some assitance in getting the jumper up there as he knows Liam quite well.

Also fromt eh money raised is it an idea to get it framed for the community before it is sent?

I'm pretty sure the auction is for a framed game jumper, is it not?

Surely you wouldn't pay that sort of money for a blood, sweat, grass and mud stained jumper balled up in a plastic bag.

[tez 6]

I am currently not working but i am more than happy to add another $30 if that helps

[RickyBobby 0]

I'll chip in $20 - great initiative.

[Longsufferingnomore 1,524]

Auction - we are at $1050 with the Mt. Theo organisation - leading at the moment. I can almost smell the linament............................

[waynewussell 4,263]

Put me down for $20