Driving to Traralgon and got one of those pesky call centre calls. I said who is it and the caller said Clayton Oliver. I told him he was doing a great job doing a membership drive and our family were all dedicated Dees. He said awesome. So my prompt renewal is thanks to his yet again good work in heavy traffic.

35,485

We have added about 2,100 members in the last few weeks. 

I would think this is from the good work the club did getting new members to sign up on Family Day and the ring-around by the players this week.

Perhaps a lot of the post round 23 disgruntled members have now re-signed.

I think it is the first time we have edged ahead of the figure at the equivalent time last year.  We might yet break last years record!

  On 15/03/2018 at 22:06, Lucifer's Hero said:

 

Perhaps a lot of the post round 23 disgruntled members have now re-signed.

 

I don't think people would make the decision to re-new their membership based on one round.  I think the teasing aspect of 2017 some really good wins, but 5-6 really terrible loses that we happened to have one of those loses in R23.

 

  On 15/03/2018 at 22:06, Lucifer's Hero said:

35,485

We have added about 2,100 members in the last few weeks. 

I would think this is from the good work the club did getting new members to sign up on Family Day and the ring-around by the players this week.

Perhaps a lot of the post round 23 disgruntled members have now re-signed.

I think it is the first time we have edged ahead of the figure at the equivalent time last year.  We might yet break last years record!

There was certain people claiming the last round would cost us thousands of members - it clear they are wrong again - MFC supporters display their resilience again. 

Not long now and we get rid of the negative old boys once and for all. 

Go Dees

  On 16/03/2018 at 11:43, DaveyDee said:

There was certain people claiming the last round would cost us thousands of members - it clear they are wrong again - MFC supporters display their resilience again. 

Not long now and we get rid of the negative old boys once and for all. 

Go Dees

We’re still down by about 500 at the same time as last year. 

  On 15/03/2018 at 22:25, drdrake said:

I don't think people would make the decision to re-new their membership based on one round.  I think the teasing aspect of 2017 some really good wins, but 5-6 really terrible loses that we happened to have one of those loses in R23.

 

Your’d think more would sign as it showed we are finals contenders now. Would they rather we not even come close? 

Edited March 16, 20187 yr by Cassiew

  On 16/03/2018 at 11:43, DaveyDee said:

There was certain people claiming the last round would cost us thousands of members - it clear they are wrong again - MFC supporters display their resilience again. 

Not long now and we get rid of the negative old boys once and for all. 

Go Dees

It was additional members we were speaking of.

Have a look at the Essendon increase as an example of what a finals performance can do.

 

  On 14/03/2018 at 12:49, bush demon said:

Driving to Traralgon and got one of those pesky call centre calls. I said who is it and the caller said Clayton Oliver. I told him he was doing a great job doing a membership drive and our family were all dedicated Dees. He said awesome. So my prompt renewal is thanks to his yet again good work in heavy traffic.

Nice analogy.

  On 16/03/2018 at 13:09, Ethan Tremblay said:

We’re still down by about 500 at the same time as last year. 

Really would expect a few hundred (or more) new memberships in the next few weeks and into the season from there. Success is a great accumulator in football and being on the bandwagon is very associative with that success. 

  On 16/03/2018 at 20:40, Deemania since 56 said:

Really would expect a few hundred (or more) new memberships in the next few weeks and into the season from there. Success is a great accumulator in football and being on the bandwagon is very associative with that success. 

Success is a great accumulator in life. 

Some can reach it as a matter of mind set - some will never reach it even sadly if their life depended upon it. 

Success can be defined by walking off the battle-field with two arms and two legs haven given your all ( self defined ) and be prepared to go again. 

Elite performance is not about how intelligent your are it’s about how determined you are and the sum of the people around you. 

Edited March 16, 20187 yr by DaveyDee

  On 16/03/2018 at 20:12, Cassiew said:

Your’d think more would sign as it showed we are finals contenders now. Would they rather we not even come close? 

We were finals contenders in 2016 and 2017 but fell short at the last hurdle. 

Unlike us die-hard supporters on DL' some people will want more than hope and faith before committing. 

Just being finals contenders won't stir many people.  Win a few finals, now that is something else. 

  On 16/03/2018 at 20:40, Deemania since 56 said:

Really would expect a few hundred (or more) new memberships in the next few weeks and into the season from there. Success is a great accumulator in football and being on the bandwagon is very associative with that success. 

There are still 7,000 members from 2017 yet to renew! 

Hopefully, they all will but I'm not so optimistic about getting hundreds of 'New' members ie not a member in 2017, even if we do win early games. 

What is there to get 'New' members to part with hundreds of $ for each member of the family?  Not many attractive games at the G.  Some unfriendly time slots.  People can get tickets to games at gate or days before the game.  Can't get 'reserved' seats without buying a 'package'.  The NT substitute games at the G aren't against the better teams.  All in all, not a great offer to get 'New' members to sign up.

We on DL dutifully pay our membership each year.  I always think of mine as a donation to the club.  But mfc need a lot more than us die-hards to join up and I suspect it won't be this year.  

 

  On 16/03/2018 at 13:09, Ethan Tremblay said:

We’re still down by about 500 at the same time as last year. 

no......actually 405 up as of friday

35,485  16/3/2018

35,080   16/3/2017

  On 16/03/2018 at 23:25, daisycutter said:

no......actually 405 up as of friday

35,485  16/3/2018

35,080   16/3/2017

Nice one. I was going by the figure posted on 14/3 which was about 500 behind.

  On 16/03/2018 at 22:46, Lucifer's Hero said:

We were finals contenders in 2016 and 2017 but fell short at the last hurdle. 

Unlike us die-hard supporters on DL' some people will want more than hope and faith before committing. 

Just being finals contenders won't stir many people.  Win a few finals, now that is something else. 

Yeah but they had increases in 2008 after the 2007 season

  On 16/03/2018 at 11:43, DaveyDee said:

There was certain people claiming the last round would cost us thousands of members - it clear they are wrong again - MFC supporters display their resilience again. 

Not long now and we get rid of the negative old boys once and for all. 

Go Dees

Miss the point completely again Dr. Who

but you will take no notice

  On 11/03/2018 at 05:05, Cassiew said:

Dunno if it’s too late, but can I get my name on my card changed?  No one, not even my own father calls me “Cassandra”.

Very very Melbourne that is!

I renewed mine on the 1st of march and still don't have it. Hope it arrives this week.

  On 16/03/2018 at 20:24, Diamond_Jim said:

It was additional members we were speaking of.

Nah you were all just being a bunch of negative old sooks

  On 16/03/2018 at 20:24, Diamond_Jim said:

Have a look at the Essendon increase as an example of what a finals performance can do.

 

Did you bother to look at their 2105 numbers? You are comparing us to a bunch of drug cheats - LMAO 

Essendon ?

2015 61,000

2016 57,500

2018 67,800 - Essendon make the finals

Melbourne

2015 36,000

2016 39,150

2018 42,250 - Demons dont make finals

So what is your point? You are wrong again - Again MFC supporters show their resilience. 

I wonder what happened at the DRUG cheats in 2016? 

Please stop insulting some MFC supporters there may have been other reasons the drug cheats got such a big growth and it has SFA to do with making finals.  

Edited March 17, 20187 yr by DaveyDee

  On 17/03/2018 at 02:12, DaveyDee said:

Nah you were all just being a bunch of negative old sooks

Did you bother to look at their 2105 numbers? You are comparing us to a bunch of drug cheats - LMAO 

Essendon ?

2015 61,000

2016 57,500

2018 67,800 - Essendon make the finals

Melbourne

2015 36,000

2016 39,150

2018 42,250 - Demons dont make finals

So what is your point? You are wrong again - Again MFC supporters show their resilience. 

I wonder what happened at the DRUG cheats in 2016? 

Please stop insulting MFC supporters there may have been other reasons the drug cheats got such a big growth and it has SFA to do with making finals.  

What are you talking about??

you contradict your own figures. For the MFC after 160 years to have only 36,000 members on its books is a sad situation. 

IF we had made the finals in 2017 and built some momentum we would have over 40,000 members now, before the ball is bounced in 2018

but the players choked and that momentum was lost. 

  On 17/03/2018 at 00:23, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Very very Melbourne that is!

Eh? Bit sure I understand. 

Matbe it’s because I’ve started my St Patrick’s celebration early (well over 0.05)

Edited March 17, 20187 yr by Cassiew

  On 17/03/2018 at 01:08, dl4e said:

I renewed mine on the 1st of march and still don't have it. Hope it arrives this week.

give em a call if it doesn't arrive this week.

  On 17/03/2018 at 04:22, Demon Disciple said:

give em a call if it doesn't arrive this week.

why wait till last minute......give them a call monday

  On 16/03/2018 at 23:04, Lucifer's Hero said:

There are still 7,000 members from 2017 yet to renew! 

Hopefully, they all will but I'm not so optimistic about getting hundreds of 'New' members ie not a member in 2017, even if we do win early games. 

What is there to get 'New' members to part with hundreds of $ for each member of the family?  Not many attractive games at the G.  Some unfriendly time slots.  People can get tickets to games at gate or days before the game.  Can't get 'reserved' seats without buying a 'package'.  The NT substitute games at the G aren't against the better teams.  All in all, not a great offer to get 'New' members to sign up.

We on DL dutifully pay our membership each year.  I always think of mine as a donation to the club.  But mfc need a lot more than us die-hards to join up and I suspect it won't be this year.  

 

So, on the other side of that same coin, if we're pretty close to last year's figure, that also means we must have about 7,000 new members. And that's about 20% of the current membership. That's impressive, although the non-renewal rate is equally unimpressive. The club needs to identify better ways to hold on to members - it should be easier to keep what you've got than continually finding new people to sign up.

  On 17/03/2018 at 03:14, Cassiew said:

Eh? Bit sure I understand. 

Matbe it’s because I’ve started my St Patrick’s celebration early (well over 0.05)

Keep up the good work Cassie !! And I'll bet you're not even Irish. Most demonlanders drink to forget. For me it's worked. I've forgotten why I started drinking but I'm damn sure there was a good reason.