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AFLMA Newsletter #6 :: 26
January 2002
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The Newsletter of the AFL
Members Association
In this issue:
1) Summer Time ...
2) Membership Cards
3) Media Watch
4) AGM News
5) Spreading the Word
6) Contact details
SUMMER TIME ...
... and the living it easy.
Well, not quite. It's difficult to feel completely easy about the fires in NSW,
and so on.
And besides, the AFLMA
committee haven't exactly been taking it easy these past few weeks. The silence
from us is a reflection that we figure that AFLMA members want a break.
MEMBERSHIP CARDS
If you've sent in your AFL
Membership renewal you should have received a card advising that "Your
Membership Card ... will be posted to you in February 2002".
An AFLMA Committee member
recently sought clarification about the procedure in which Membership Cards
would be issued. Here is the response from Shaun Welch, AFL Membership Manager:
The first batch of cards will be sent the
first week of February. A query will be pulled at the end of Jan. All Members
renewed by this date will have their cards sent out in the first batch.
Another batch will be sent out mid to late
Feb.
After this, we will be printing cards
in-house and sending them out on a daily basis.
All Members renewed by Jan 11 will have
their card in time for the Pre-season. Any anomalies (eg: Card not arriving in
mail) will be handled one-on-one with the Members to make sure they get in.
What this means is that if
you've already paid your renewal you should receive your card in time to be
able to attend the first round of the Pre-Season Cup (15-17 Feb). If you
haven't received your card by Tuesday 12 February we suggest you contact the
AFL Membership Department (ph: (03) 9643-1900), as it probably has been lost in
the mail.
And if anyone does
experience an unreasonable delay in getting their card we'd be interested in
hearing about it. One AFL Member tells us that last year he got his card almost
four months after he paid his renewal, and we trust no-one suffers the same
experience this year.
MEDIA WATCH
It was some months ago but
on 31 October, 2001 a very good article about the AFLMA was published on the i7sport
website. The link is at http://i7sport.com.au/Article/Display/0,1363,56-10631,00.html.
Make sure that you click on the photo of Wayne Jackson, as the caption to the enlarged
version is perhaps the most cynical line of the article.
And The Paper published a
good article, called "Football: Still the People's Game?", which
looks at the plight of the ordinary footy fan and grand final tickets. It
includes AFL Members as among those that has been left behind. You can read the
article on The Paper's website:
http://www.thepaper.org.au/issues/021/021football__still_the_people_s_game_.html
We maintain a file of press
articles about the AFL Membership and the AFLMA, which you'll find on the AFLMA
website:
http://www.aflma.com/press.htm. If you ever see something of
interest please forward the details to us.
AGM NEWS
Planning is well underway
for the first AGM of the AFLMA and we are currently seeking confirmation of a
venue. We expect to hold the AGM on Wednesday, 20th March, 2002. Further
details will be issued as they come to hand.
SPREADING THE WORD
Do you know other AFL
Members? People at your work, friends,
relatives, etc? Tell them
about us. Pass on our website address.
Give them a copy of this
Newsletter. Encourage them to get in touch
with us.
CONTACT DETAILS
Internet: http://www.aflma.com/
Email: mailto:info@aflma.com
Telephone: 0412-125-533
- Irwin Hirsh, on behalf of
the AFLMA Committee