40,000 well on the way....Think Liam Jurrah... B)

wouldn't have thought there'd be many more to come, 3rd quarter of round 2 probably closed a couple of thousand wallets

It did here!

No, not really. I was going to buy membership this past game against Brisbane(my 1st for 2011) but didn't go due to weather. I am planning on going to Melb v Adelaide so will buy one then

Edited April 12, 201114 yr by Samsara

Can someone tell me please - How many members we budgeted for in 2011? Lost my paperwork. Many thanks.

I can't tell you for sure, but I reckon it would have been mentioned in one of the AGM-related threads so you could search there.

From memory it was a couple of thousand more than last year.

I can't tell you for sure, but I reckon it would have been mentioned in one of the AGM-related threads so you could search there.

From memory it was a couple of thousand more than last year.

Thanks Rogue- I agree-Ithought 35500 but not sure. I have tried to search but cannot find it. I thought, HT or RR would have known this info straight away.Anyhow - thanks to you.

Thanks Rogue- I agree-Ithought 35500 but not sure. I have tried to search but cannot find it. I thought, HT or RR would have known this info straight away.Anyhow - thanks to you.

I'm no "I dream of genie" JCB.

I thought it was 35,000.

Fairly certain it was mentioned at the Future Fund event, and should be found in the associated thread.

From memory it was 35K

Ill have a stab, 38,150

I'm no "I dream of genie" JCB.

I thought it was 35,000.

HT & E25 thanks for your replies. HT,it was either 35000 or 35500.We will romp this amount in. Great effort by the club. I was not referring to you as genie- just you as a genius. You seem to have a great insight when it comes to numbers re members.Also I thought Andy or WJ may have known. Not the end of the world- we move on -Go 40000.We will reach this amount -sometime.

Was interested to see how sparse the Hawk's members areas were when we played them last week. Seemed like it was only half full. Interesting given there 52,759 members. This compared with how full the same areas have been for the 2 home games we have had so far, where it has seemed to be 70 to 80% full. I would reckon we have more members who pay for a reserved seat and other higher premium memberships.

Their site says 52,759 with 8,115 from Tasmania. Would love to see the break down by club but I bet the Melbourne memberships are of a higher value on average than many if not all of the other clubs.

The AFL wouldn't want it, but rather than just publishing membership numbers I'd like them to publish membership revenues as well.

With so many dodgy membership types I wouldn't be surprised if some club's numbers don't align the same with their $$$s

The numbers are just window dressing now. The revenue is the bread and butter.

(yeah I know sponsors might be impressed with numbers but they're not really that dumb)

The AFL wouldn't want it, but rather than just publishing membership numbers I'd like them to publish membership revenues as well.

With so many dodgy membership types I wouldn't be surprised if some club's numbers don't align the same with their $$$s

The numbers are just window dressing now. The revenue is the bread and butter.

(yeah I know sponsors might be impressed with numbers but they're not really that dumb)

I think they can be...

Nah, I believe sponsors look more to exposure on FTA. We are slowly getting more but are not near the levels enjoyed by others...

HT & E25 thanks for your replies. HT,it was either 35000 or 35500.We will romp this amount in. Great effort by the club. I was not referring to you as genie- just you as a genius. You seem to have a great insight when it comes to numbers re members.Also I thought Andy or WJ may have known. Not the end of the world- we move on -Go 40000.We will reach this amount -sometime.

My recollection from the AGM is they had budgeted for 35,000.

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My recollection from the AGM is they had budgeted for 35,000.

The finacial guy said that we had budgeted for 35,000. The most interesting thing is that in response to a question about what 40,000 members would mean to us, he said about $500,000.

34,548

A bye this week, in Perth the week after. Then Adelaide at home. Not sure of reaching the 40,000 this year. Be great if we did.

A bye this week, in Perth the week after. Then Adelaide at home. Not sure of reaching the 40,000 this year. Be great if we did.

Fingers crossed here.

well i hate to be the one to put a kibosh on this but I think the club can safely kiss goodbye any notion of reaching 40000 this year and getting over 35000 will now be a struggle after last nights pathetic effort. Al those fence sitters will have packed up and gone home now. Cant really blame them

well i hate to be the one to put a kibosh on this but I think the club can safely kiss goodbye any notion of reaching 40000 this year and getting over 35000 will now be a struggle after last nights pathetic effort. Al those fence sitters will have packed up and gone home now. Cant really blame them

Unless the club acts swiftly and comes out on the front foot. As Bad as last night was, it may be a positive in the long term.

I am waiting to hear a statement from the club. Not just an email, but a statement.

Unless the club acts swiftly and comes out on the front foot. As Bad as last night was, it may be a positive in the long term.

I am waiting to hear a statement from the club. Not just an email, but a statement.

"Paul Roos is now the coach of Melbourne, he will name his assistants in the coming days. All bar Todd Viney have been asked to pack their bags and F off. Viney will become the midfield coach. Players Newton, Dunn, Strauss, Maric, Davey, Morton, and Bennell have been told they will be playing at Casey until they learn to 1. Put there heads over the ball 2. Put their bodies on the line. 3. To never shirk a contest and 4. Show some real passion for the colours pink and blue. If they can't do this by the end of the year they will also be told to F off."

Edited April 29, 201114 yr by Roost It

"Paul Roos is now the coach of Melbourne, he will name his assistants in the coming days. All bar Todd Viney have been asked to pack their bags and F off. Viney will become the midfield coach. Players Newton, Dunn, Strauss, Maric, Davey, Morton, and Bennell have been told they will be playing at Casey until they learn to 1. Put there heads over the ball 2. Put their bodies on the line. 3. To never shirk a contest and 4. Show some real passion for the colours pink and blue. If they can't do this by the end of the year they will also be told to F off."

Yes, something along those lines. It's time we gave the Footy World a scare, being a nice footy club will never win respect.

Did our membership go down overnight?

Did our membership go down overnight?

34,706.

I'm unemployed at the moment fellas, and because of that I couldn't afford my membership this year. I live in Sydney and don't get to go to any games unless I can afford to go to Melbourne. I still like to get my memership if I can. Because of all this, I was going to ask the folks for a membership for my birthday next month. Not anymore, unless the club takes REAL action or even a proper, meaningful response. I just can't justify spending money I can't afford on supporting a club which doesn't want to win. Especially when I can't go to games.

well ... unfortunately I think the wheels have fallen off our membership 'growth' wagon

Suffice to say any real improvement in that number will be directly proportional to our success over the next months.

currently at 34901... only 99 for the magical 35000 but I think Dale Kerrigan would have something to say about 40000 !!