28,759 on website..................

Be grouse if that didn't include yesterday's signings. The tent seemed to be doing pretty brisk trade and that was before the great result.

I've had mine for months

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Mjonc signing off at 8888

A white singlet that you've drawn the monogram on doesn't count.

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

The official one. I've been wearing it all summer, I think I've washed it, possibly, would have to think about it.

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Mjonc signing off at 8888

membership record looming! I want 35,000 and I will be happy.

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We will win a premiership before Collingwood and Essendon* - and thats all that matters!

I think we ll reach record figures for sure, especially if we can get on a bit of a role and win our next two games...imagine being 3-0 after Round Three.. unheard of in the last 5 or so years

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James Hird and Essendon* FC - #FOREVERDRUGCHEATS

after 8 rounds we could easily be 5-3 (games against Brisbane, Essendon*, Kangaroos, and Collingwood in this time)..get these numbers and we'll get a record for sure.



Nic

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Cuck Follingwood

I went past the membership tents about quarter to 5 and there were about 5 people in the Richmond line and about 50 in total lined up at the Carlton one in 2 lines. It brought a smile to my face

i believe we have the 3rd highest membership tally of all melbourne teams after Essendon* (33 410) and collingwood. here are some of the other teams' tallies:

saints: 27 796
tigers: 26 882
bulldogs: 25 811
hawks: 24 009
kangaroos: 17 274

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Just like in lost, the football universe has a way of course-correcting itself

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"I had to eat"

slowly slowly we're climbing back up where we belong

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James Hird and Essendon* FC - #FOREVERDRUGCHEATS

some of the other clubs tallies are:

adelaide: over 50 000
fremantle: over 42 000
geelong: 24 975
melbourne: 21 280
port adelaide: 31 934
sydney: over 32 000
west coast: 44 000

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Jeez................looking at that, the interstate clubs are just gonna get richer whilst the Victorian teams will struggle.

I'm not sure how the memberships work all that well but............Let's use West Coast as an example.
Alot of people move from Perth to melbourne and will continue to follow the Eagles. Now if the Eagles come over to Melbourne to play at least 8 times (to play each Victorian team) then it's worth those people buying a membership.

If your a Victorian who moves interstate, you'r lucky to maybe see one (Sydney & Brisbane) game a year or at the very most 2 (SA & WA). Kinda not worth it really?

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"
- Aristotle

Just got an email from the club about THE CARLTON SHOP NEW STORE OPENING AT MC LABOUR PARK next Wednesday which included this:

"29,000 members have signed up with us in 2007 but there are still over 7,000 members from last year who are yet to renew. We need all our Members to sign up and stand with us in 2007"


That means we have signed up a lot of new members so to those 7,000 who have not renewed, DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gee if the 7thousand sign up we're sitting pretty!



Nic

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Cuck Follingwood

And the thousands that didn't renew from previous years.......

If you know someone who hasn't renewed, encourage them to do so sooner rather than later (better value for money )

This is where the club is at fault. I think it was Stephen Moulton who came on TC requesting supporters to volunteer their time by making calls to lapsed members. I know people who put their hand up. Then he comes on saying we don't need people anymore because they have engaged a telemarketing company. I just wonder is all this happening. If people have put their hand up the club should follow through with it.

You never know what talent is sitting in your own backyard.

We are using a telemarketing company to assist with lapsed members. Membership has received enormous focus from this board. I know that 7000 lapsed members seems a huge number but the
standard number each year across all clubs is 20 - 25%. Unfortunately it is the nature of club membership. Not everyone shares the passion of others so when their personal circumstances change their club membership is one of the first things to go. Sometimes it's financial but often it is due to other factors - kids now play sport on weekends, have had kids who are too young to go, job change, poor team performance - the list is endless.

Over 29k and trekking towards equalling or surpassing the best ever .
Do not relax... if you know anyone who has yet to sign urge them to.

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