MFC MEMBERSHIP - SEASON 2015

[daisycutter 28,727]

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[Dr. Gonzo 22,808]

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Getting up to the 35K but will still fall short. Wonder how many they'll sign up at the membership tent tomorrow. Anyone know what the first home game figures usually are?

[daisycutter 28,727]

Getting up to the 35K but will still fall short. Wonder how many they'll sign up at the membership tent tomorrow. Anyone know what the first home game figures usually are?

i seem to remember about 600........but could be totally wrong

[Elusive Tunbridge 795]

33K tomorrow, final total I'll guess at 37. 40 still too far away.

[CBDees 3,162]

I crave for the old days when we were second only to Collingwood!

[rpfc 27,692]

i beg to differ on that. i think that it is to the contrary. Most Demon supporters in the MCC membership take out the option of a MFC membership at the same time they renew. it is for a lesser cost as they do not require admission to the Ground so the Club so the Club's net position is possibly similar. These numbers are included in the MFC membership total!

p.s. As the MCC members renew their memberships back in August [to gain admission to the Finals], they are also the first MFC members to renew for the following year, thereby becoming the nucleus of the next year's membership.

I know they are included!!

There are about 25k MCC members who are MFC supporters. Around half of them are MFC members and I don't know the exacts on who gets the $60 option of the $180 option (or whatever they are now).

My benign point is that we look be a great deal healthier in raw numbers of members if the MCC wasn't around.

[Red and Bluebeard 2,050]

Got buckleys of getting 35k now

More the shame of it.

Unfortunate choice of term there, BB ...

[45HG 1,539]

I know they are included!!

There are about 25k MCC members who are MFC supporters. Around half of them are MFC members and I don't know the exacts on who gets the $60 option of the $180 option (or whatever they are now).

My benign point is that we look be a great deal healthier in raw numbers of members if the MCC wasn't around.

A (much) higher percentage of MFC supporters in the MCC take up memberships than the percentage of MFC fans who are non-MCC members.

The crux of the matter is playing good footy over a consistent period of time.

[s-t-i-n-g-a 439]

Anyone know the total last year just prior to round 1?

[DubDee 21,965]

Question. I bought my membership at the Essendon game 2weeks ago. Then I got a letter saying I should have my card already? Can't find a previous letter from the club with my card

How do I get in to the G today?

[Dr. Gonzo 22,808]

Question. I bought my membership at the Essendon game 2weeks ago. Then I got a letter saying I should have my card already? Can't find a previous letter from the club with my card

How do I get in to the G today?

Hey mate usually if you go up to the members tent or the members info desk outside the ground they should be able to sort you out. Take that letter with you just in case.

[DubDee 21,965]

Hey mate usually if you go up to the members tent or the members info desk outside the ground they should be able to sort you out. Take that letter with you just in case.

Thanks mate. I'll give that crack

[Henrietta Lumbago 331]

Lets see if this round 1 win boosts membership numbers, I can account for +2

[DemonFrog 1,347]

I crave for the old days when we were second only to Collingwood!

Bogan's need a place of their own

[Dr. Gonzo 22,808]

Hopefully that showing will convince some fencesitters to join up this week. Difficult with no home game til round 5 now but if we can get the phones going this week we should be able to crack 35k by the end of the week. A few more showings like that and 40k is certainly not out of the question either.

Edited April 4, 2015 by Dr. Gonzo

[titan_uranus 23,223]

Hopefully that showing will convince some fencesitters to join up this week. Difficult with no home game til round 5 now but if we can get the phones going this week we should be able to crack 35k by the end of the week. A few more showings like that and 40k is certainly not out of the question either.

If we can win one of the next two road games and have a winning record before the Richmond Friday night game, that would do wonders for our marketing and our membership I think.

Being pumped up as a marquee game on a Friday night, not just because we're there but because we're playing good football too, would have to help sell some memberships.

[Dr. Gonzo 22,808]

I've said it before but I wonder whether any thought is given to having membership tents outside the ground after games? With people riding high after a good win and perhaps a few beverages it could be the perfect time to get people in to commit for the year. Obviously would only be worthwhile after a win but I reckon if they had a tent or two set up outside the ground yesterday they may have got a few hundred extra sign ups.

[hoopla 418]

I've said it before but I wonder whether any thought is given to having membership tents outside the ground after games? With people riding high after a good win and perhaps a few beverages it could be the perfect time to get people in to commit for the year. Obviously would only be worthwhile after a win but I reckon if they had a tent or two set up outside the ground yesterday they may have got a few hundred extra sign ups.

Couldn't agree more.

In fact I saw a very frustrated Melbourne supporter at half time.Given the early start she arrived during the second term - and was most frustrated when she was told in the Demon Shop at half-time that they were "too busy" to sell her a membership ticket! Club volunteers give up evenings calling potential members : with a strike rate of one or two per hour - yet the club turns away supporters with credit cards in hand who arrive late at the first match of the season.

After a decade of abuse from frustrated fans following Round One drubbings , I can understand staff insisting on security guard protection at the membership tent - but you'd like to think that the membership department had a contingency plan in place to cover the possibility that one year we might actually be in front at every change !!.

Come on - where's the faith?

[old dee 23,256]

I crave for the old days when we were second only to Collingwood!

You have a very good memory CBdees.

you must also be a long from young.

[CBDees 3,162]

You have a very good memory CBdees.

you must also be a long from young.

Yes Old Dee, I was there in the halcyon days!

[CBDees 3,162]

When do they update our membership numbers? Surely somebody must have joined up since our win on the weekend?

[DistrACTION Jackson 6,891]

They are probably waiting to see if it ticks over 35K to make a big announcement to give more exposure in an attempt to hit 40K for the year.

[jnrmac 19,505]

Just short of 35k as of this morning....

[Dees2014 2,377]

Yes Old Dee, I was there in the halcyon days!

Me too. Sat next to my extremely one eyed demon father as a 12 year old sitting in the old Olympic stand at the 1964 ganny. Remember very clearly Hassa Mann's magnificent mark 20m out and missed goal 5 minutes to go , then Neil Compton's speccy from 50 m out which sailed through post high.

Those were the demons' days. Hopefully we are building something similar. In Roos I trust. Very confident we are on the right path, and success will come, maybe earlier than we think!

[DubDee 21,965]

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