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2018 Membership Thread

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14 hours ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

Unfortunately 

Yes I remember the occasion well, having to separate 2 grown men doing handbags at 20 paces??

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    There's always that moment when you think...this thread couldn't get any stranger.....  and then it does !! :o

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    44 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

    Yes I remember the occasion well, having to separate 2 grown men doing handbags at 20 paces??

    Yeah think he was angry at the club the AFL and many other volunteers / club employees and he took his frustrations out on me - anyway I’m over it moved on and wish him well. I’m rapt the club is building a positive culture, growing our membership growing our crowds and building a strong business. I’m a huge supporter of PJ and thank the AFL for their assistance in helping us find key personnel when we needed them. 

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    2 minutes ago, DaveyDee said:

    Yeah think he was angry at the club the AFL and many other volunteers / club employees and he took his frustrations out on me - anyway I’m over it moved on and wish him well. I’m rapt the club is building a positive culture, growing our membership growing our crowds and building a strong business. I’m a huge supporter of PJ and thank the AFL for their assistance in helping us find key personnel when we needed them. 

    The records stuck,The records stuck,The records stuck,  The records stuck....

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    So to change the topic completely; what’s the latest membership figure??

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    On 13/04/2018 at 4:49 PM, old dee said:

    How much do you pay?

    I have the same membership but 17 games and guaranteed finals tickets. $600 odd bucks this year. Still worth it. 

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    On 15/04/2018 at 2:06 PM, Jaded said:

    I have the same membership but 17 games and guaranteed finals tickets. $600 odd bucks this year. Still worth it. 

    By the time they get to a GF Jaded you will own part of the stand.

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    Membership is still creeping up:  40,444

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    Now 41,438.  

    About 1,500 ahead of this time last year.

    And need just 795 to better last year's record of 42,233.?

    Easily by the end of May...

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    1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Now 41,438.  

    About 1,500 ahead of this time last year.

    And need just 795 to better last year's record of 42,233.?

    Easily by the end of May...

    great to maintain the number but we all would have been hoping for around a 5% increase on the basis of anticipated form plus the Anzac eve game being a home game should have helped the fence sitters decide.

    50k in 2020 should be an absolute must !!!

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    Curious, the membership counter is back up on the club site.  41701 today. 263 in a week.  creeping up slowly....  Should be there in 3 weeks at this rate.

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    On 5/9/2018 at 5:13 PM, Salems Lot said:

    Curious, the membership counter is back up on the club site.  41701 today. 263 in a week.  creeping up slowly....  Should be there in 3 weeks at this rate.

    The tally was quietly sitting in the 'Membership' part of the website.  I'm thinking it is now writ big on the Home page as the club are confident of breaking the 42,233 record.  Perhaps some doubt earlier.

    Count is 41,803, so 430 to go.

    Time to start 'countdown' clock?

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    32 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    The tally was quietly sitting in the 'Membership' part of the website.  I'm thinking it is now writ big on the Home page as the club are confident of breaking the 42,233 record.  Perhaps some doubt earlier.

    Count is 41,759, so 471 to go.

    Time to start 'countdown' clock?

    unfortunately we don't have a real home game till round 12 which must be getting close to cutoff date

    most of our home games seem to be in the 2nd half of the fixture

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    41 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    unfortunately we don't have a real home game till round 12 which must be getting close to cutoff date

    most of our home games seem to be in the 2nd half of the fixture

    That should mean there's still plenty of value for those who sign up midway through the season (a form of behaviour I cannot understand at all).

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    38 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

    That should mean there's still plenty of value for those who sign up midway through the season (a form of behaviour I cannot understand at all).

    ah but there are members and memberships....so many variants.

    At least they stopped counting pet memberships

    And then there is of course the dark art of membership arbitrage played by those trying to beat the GF tickets system.

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    1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

    unfortunately we don't have a real home game till round 12 which must be getting close to cutoff date

    most of our home games seem to be in the 2nd half of the fixture

    The cutoff date is June 30, end of financial year

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    4 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

    The cutoff date is June 30, end of financial year

    July 31, Saty

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    On 4/19/2018 at 7:13 AM, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Membership is still creeping up:  40,444

    nice to remember

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    7 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    July 31, Saty

    Has to be June 30, as the finance has to be reported for that Financial Year, where did you get July 31?

    I stand corrected, it has changed to July 31, not sure how you report this across FY

    Was always June 30

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    9 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

    ............. not sure how you report this across FY

     

    why would this present any problem?

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    Not too hard to work out I'd have thought.

    Any fiscal returns/costs appear in those things called Ledger's. They operate to FY

    Seasonal figures of membership are just that ... from one cut off to another...and even then its really the number accumulated in season...from EOS to EOS...The Afl will publish at the cut off...not EOS

    In effect there are 3 versions of membership tally...depends how used and reported.

    Clear as mud.

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    The club's financial year finishes on 31 October. Which is only sensible to be able to report in line with the Season in which the club has operated.

    http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL Tenant/Melbourne/PDF/171123_2017MFCAnnualReport.pdf

    Taxation years finish on 30 June.  The tax department doesn't care how you report, it only cares about what it is owed at 30 June.

    The 2 are not tied together, and neither is the point at which the club/AFL records membership.

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    18 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

    The club's financial year finishes on 31 October. Which is only sensible to be able to report in line with the Season in which the club has operated.

    http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL Tenant/Melbourne/PDF/171123_2017MFCAnnualReport.pdf

    Taxation years finish on 30 June.  The tax department doesn't care how you report, it only cares about what it is owed at 30 June.

    The 2 are not tied together, and neither is the point at which the club/AFL records membership.

    good point and as it is a not for profit non taxable entity I'm not even sure they file a return... perhaps they need to do it depending upon the ownership structure of Leighoak etc.

    We really need to get into a period of year on year increase in membership numbers by around 3% minimum. Will be very interesting to track the Bulldogs figures from say 4 years ago and then for the next 2 as a good lesson for what we should and should not be doing if we are tracking towards the Big One.

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    Just got an email from MFC about finals ticket packages.

    I see they start at $1300.

    Anybody got some more details on the prices and packages

    Might be interested if we win the next three :)

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