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Membership Tally 2012


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Official MFC website says we are sitting currently at 16,287. It does not seem all that long ago, we celebrated breaking the 15K barrier in a season. Does anyone have an idea of how we compare to the same time last year? It would be good to break 20K before Christmas. Did we do that last year?

Let's hope we break 40K by the start of next season.

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Yes, we broke 20,000 last year before Christmas, pretty sure it was a week or two before Christmas. I'll chase up the past Membership threads for comparisons.

Here is the 2011 Membership Tally thread : http://demonland.com...__fromsearch__1

I'll change this title to include "tally" because we already have a couple of threads on the 2012 Membership - regarding membership types etc.

Comparison. A year and 6 days ago we were on 11,922. As of now 18th Nov we are on 16,287. Therefore ~ 3-4,000 ^.

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Let's hope we break 40K by the start of next season.

Very, very optimistic... but yes would be nice.

Hopefully they keep up the interviews with Misson/players/etc. Keeping the fans in touch and optimistic during the off season is the best way to keep the memberships going. A big christmas drive will probably come soon too.

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Here's a post from Nov 30 last year, it includes comparisons from the 2010 membership tally (late 2009), however there is a Nov 30 tally last year of 17,183. Of which the same tally or thereabouts was recorded on Dec 11 the year before.

IIRC we experienced a surge post Draft in both years and more in the lead up to Christmas.

Use these figures from last year to compare: -

7 Dec 2009 - 16,473

8 Dec 2009 - 16,693

9 Dec 2009 - 16,875

10 Dec 2009 - 17,015

11 Dec 2009 - 17,195

15 Dec 2009 - 17,517

17 Dec 2009 - 17,790

6 Jan 2010 - 18,849

*Ref: Membership tally 2010 thread

Currently 17,183 ~ equivalent with 11 Dec last year.

Good !

However the answer to your question is we achieved a tally of 20,003 recorded on the 17th of December 2010. Just over a week before Christmas. So you can use that as a benchmark of sorts.

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Very, very optimistic... but yes would be nice.

Hopefully they keep up the interviews with Misson/players/etc. Keeping the fans in touch and optimistic during the off season is the best way to keep the memberships going. A big christmas drive will probably come soon too.

I'm addicted to optimism.

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I'm addicted to optimism.

Ok, here it is. Everyone can use this as a reference point to compare throughout the 2012 tally. Here is a comprehensive timeline of the tally last year: -

Nov 12, 2010: 11,922

Nov 22, 2010: 14,292

Nov 26, 2010: 15,123

Nov 29, 2010: 16,355

Nov 30, 2010: 17,183

Dec 2, 2010: 17,541

Dec 8, 2010: 18,732

Dec 10, 2010: 19,007

Dec 17, 2010: 20,003

Dec 20, 2010: 20,166

Dec 22, 2010: 20,286

Jan 24, 2011: 22,396

Feb 2, 2011: 23,072

Feb 3, 2011: 23,457

Feb 17 2011: 25,253

Mar 10, 2011: 27,806

Mar 11, 2011: 28,068

Mar 18, 2011: 29,213

Mar 22, 2011: 30,066

Mar 25, 2011: 31,087

Mar 31, 2011: 32,386

Apr 6, 2011: 33,359 (2010 record smashed - 33,358)

Apr 20, 2011: 34,548

May 5, 2011: 35,205

Cut off - June 30, 2011

July 7, 2011 - 36,937 (Final 2011 TALLY)

We're currently at 16,287 for 2012 which puts us close to Nov 29 last year comparitively speaking.

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Thanks for the chronogy HT. 2000 up on this time last year, after the on-field disappointment and turmoil of 2011, is really good progress. 40k for 2012 look achievable.

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its over 18,000 atm. the site is slow to update. going really well. i work at etihad in membership shared services.

Thanks for that Red&Blue Flame. If ever you're in the vicinity of this thread feel free to give us updates hot 'off the press' from etihad m'ship shared services. Much appreciated.

If you can let us know when we pass 20,000 mark. Cheers.

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Wouldn't it be great one day to have our premium members fill level 2 from the MCC to the AFL members and our general reserve seats fill the same on level one.

It is possible if the club is serious and gets it right. Imagine if the cats played out of the 'G. Around 2000 they were in a very perilous state down there. But they got it right.
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no worries. Reserved seating is filling up. And like last year, may have to request MCG/AFL to extend one section for another bay of seating.

It's interesting you say that because I was a reserved seat member next to the MCC and there seemed to be a lot of free space around me. Was that just people buying the membership and not using it?

And updates are much appreciated as well.

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It's interesting you say that because I was a reserved seat member next to the MCC and there seemed to be a lot of free space around me. Was that just people buying the membership and not using it?

And updates are much appreciated as well.

That's the case I sit there and there.are quite a few who don't turn up to games, including usually 4 of my 7 seats.

Some of them, it would appear, buy a seat and then sit in the MCC area.

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TBH I think we've reached a peak. You can't expect massive membership growth unless you actually have an install base. Membership isn't indicative of install base -- support numbers are -- so we should look at expanding in that area before we all act so certain of achieving 40,000+. Club is taking massive leaps to expand the support base, which is great, but as it stands I don't think we will see massive membership increases this year, maybe even a small drop of 1-5%. Just my thoughts.

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It's interesting you say that because I was a reserved seat member next to the MCC and there seemed to be a lot of free space around me. Was that just people buying the membership and not using it?

And updates are much appreciated as well.

That's a correct observation in at least one case Pates. I live interstate, but purchase my reserved seat membership each year:

  • as a way of supporting the club that I love; and
  • to guarantee access to finals tickets whenever the Dees make it that far (I'm sure our day will come!).

Sadly, the travel involved means that I usually only get to about half a dozen home games per year, so my reserved seat is vacant for the rest of the time. Geez, I wish I lived in Melbourne ............. and thank God for Foxtel.

Edit: Corrected spelling of Melbourne .... Bloody hell!!

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That's the case I sit there and there.are quite a few who don't turn up to games, including usually 4 of my 7 seats.

Some of them, it would appear, buy a seat and then sit in the MCC area.

I'm also legends member. I've never met the people in the 5 seats next to me.

If they can afford to throw away those sort of $$$$ with the hope of getting a grand final seat.

Come up and see me I'll show them an easier way to get rid of their money.

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Hate to be a spoil sport but the Pies probably have 30 000 members right now.

They have 2 weeks to renew for reserve seats or you will miss out.

I think we have a ways to go!

The good thing about that OD is that a lot of them will miss out!
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Great to see the increase to 18238 -a very healthy level at this stage- would love to see HT or someone else compare the levels at this time over the last two years to see how we are tracking to 40,000 ,the number that Jimma wants.

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Great to see the increase to 18238 -a very healthy level at this stage- would love to see HT or someone else compare the levels at this time over the last two years to see how we are tracking to 40,000 ,the number that Jimma wants.

He will want 45,000 next year...
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