Harvey Wallbanger

Dave Regan

Replacement of someone who has left - a bigger and better job in the USA apparently....

Apologies for the detail, but best to be accurate. From the Company Secretary: 'I am also informed that all of the eighteen football clubs that participate in the AFL have a similar membership data arrangement with the AFL. When a customer applies to purchase a MFC membership product online, MFC's online application process is directly linked and managed by Ticketmaster and all data is uploaded onto the Archtics database..... If a customer applies to purchase a MFC membership through some other means (for example by contacting MFC over the phone or by applying through a third party affiliate) then the membership data is still recorded into the Archtics database.....'

They will only be able to give you the number if they in turn ask the AFL. All Clubs' membership data is held by the AFL, via Ticketmaster. Whilst you are dealing with MFC staff when you sign up or renew - the system it is logged onto belongs to the AFL.

You haven't followed the entire thread sir. Great for the Club - good money - and I suspect the same for all Clubs - was my earlier post. Just looking for the truth (for us, the AFL and all Clubs) - I am sure George will get that from the Club eventually....

That was just an example. Examples like that expalin the difference of 6,774 (over 10%) - not negligible. From the MFC itself: 'There are approximately 59,700 MFC members (this differs from the number of 66,484 published on the AFL website due to several individuals holding multiple memberships)'

Maybe an example would help. A rusted-on generous Demon buys or renews 4 Redlegs or Trident memberships for the family. The same member joins the President's Club for a year and takes out a player sponsorship. My understanding is that the Club (or more specifically the AFL as it all runs through Ticketmaster) will then count that as 6 'memberships' or 'products', even though there are only 4 humans involved. Great for the Club - good money - and I suspect the same for all Clubs. If the system stays unchanged the larger membership number published by the Clubs and the AFL will always run ahead of the actual number of members by, in our case, over 10% (the difference between 66,484 and 59,700. That's just the way it is - no drama I guess? Let's see what numbers George is able to gather this year.......

Let's work through this - you buy six reserved seats, all in your name?

That last sentence contains an interesting idea. The name of the group is easy, the DemonLANDers. According to the historical Financial Reports our President has been a member of the Facilities working group since 2016 and became Chair of the Facilities working group in 2019. The President would have to delegate DemonLANDers with some authority to get cracking on 58er's idea. Let's go DemonLANDers.

I agree wholeheartedly - you don't always have your best 23 to choose from. I reckon you can lock in another Casey flag at the very least! Good to hear that Ben Brown is doing the match sims - there were toughts that he wouldn't be doing that sort of stuff until January. Rarely in a December do we seem to have so many forward options. And Petty can stay down back - and be our rock for 10 years!

If 66,484 at the end of last year is the comparable number - you will need to change the thread to Products Tally.... At end of July 2022 we had 59,700 individual members. Happy for you and the Club to keep using the higher number (because the other Clubs probably do the same). Just the thread name isn't correct.....

The training facility is certainly taking care of itself - by not existing.....

Bursty. Looks like a creative agency - advertising services.

LinkedIn suggests that our President is CEO - Melbourne Sports Centres (MSAC) - Full Time.

Love it Katrina! They're an amazing bunch! Let's get to Springfield and bring home the prize.

Gabba to Springfield 28 kms. MCG to Casey 51 kms.

It was just $2 mil through MOPT for Gosch's actually. MFC Club 11 donors put in $500k and the AFL $500k.

As they say in the classics 'Let's start at the beginning'. The MFC Company Secretary in his affidavit last month before the Victorian Supreme Court said "there are approximately 59,700 MFC members (this differs from the number of 66,484 published on the AFL website due to several individuals holding multiple memberships)"

Chapter 12 re The Demon Alternative resonated, particularly given the current initiative to change our Constitution, which has now been postponed until October 2022. 'The Melbourne Football Club has been handed a peace plan but is too pig-headed and proud to see it'. And in Chapter 13 'No one who understood footy would ever call for an extraordinary general meeting in the middle of the year'. Indeed.