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AFLMA Newsletter #12 :: 10
August 2002
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The Newsletter of AFLMA Inc,
the AFL Members Association.
In this issue:
1) The AFLMA's first
anniversary
2) Goals We Have Kicked
3) Football Trivia Night
4) AFL Membership Census
5) AFL Members Monitor
6) AFLMA Game of the Round
7) Contact details
THE AFLMA'S FIRST
ANNIVERSARY
The 23rd of August will mark
the first anniversary of the AFL Members
Association. It was on the
evening of the 23 August, 2001 that Michael
Agrotis, Irwin Hirsh,
Michael O'Brien, John Papadakos, Ian Pike, and
Tim Reddoch meet and agreed
to form the Association. We were already in
contact with a couple of
hundred AFL Members and we could see the need
for a body to represent the
members' interests. Today the AFLMA is a
body that represents 4,000
(and growing) members.
GOALS WE HAVE KICKED
A year on from that Thursday
evening, it's useful to have a look at
what we have achieved.
The AFLMA Committee has met
with AFL chief executive Wayne Jackson, and
helped bring about some
changes of benefit to members. These
include:
* Getting rid of the
telephone ballot system for Grand Final ticket
allocations;
* Publishing the ratio of
actual Grand Final tickets available to member
numbers in the annual subscription booklet;
* Restoring the age of
junior membership back to 7 from 4;
* Reducing booking fees for
reserved seating to a minimum for all games
- except the Grand Final;
* Insisting that Carlton
home games at Colonial Stadium should not be
"fully-ticketed".
However, on key issues such
as Grand Final and Blockbuster ticketing
there is still a wide gulf
between what AFL Members want (and originally
signed up for) and what the
AFL is currently delivering. Subsequently
the AFLMA Committee will
continue to work hard, on your behalf.
FOOTBALL TRIVIA NIGHT
As a way of celebrating the
AFLMA's first anniversary, the Association
is hosting it's first
Football Trivia Night.
Get a table of 8 together
for our first social function.
The Night was announced only
about ten days ago and already it is
shaping up as a popular
event. Two-thirds of the available tables have
already been booked. If you
wish to attend please book your table ASAP.
Places are strictly limited.
When: Thursday 22nd August 2002
Where: Bell's Hotel & Brewery,
cnr Coventry & Moray Sts
South Melbourne
First question will be at 8
pm sharp
Tables of 8, Cost is $10 per
head
Nibbles provided. Drinks
available at Bar Prices.
Great prizes on offer
Bookings are essential:
ph: John Meehan - 0414 312 253
email: mailto:trivia@aflma.com
AFL MEMBER CENSUS
We trust that you all completed
the AFL Member Census (which had a deadline
of 5 July, 2002).
On 25 July, 2002 AFLMA
President Michael Agrostis wrote to Shaun Welch,
the AFL Membership Manager,
with the suggestion that the League posts the
raw census data prior to the
issue of the 2003 AFL Members Package on the
AFL Members page on the AFL
website.
In the correspondance
Michael wrote "I could think of no better way of the
AFL demonstrating that (you
are) listening to AFL Members feedback and how
this distills itself into
the 2003 AFL Members Package."
AFL MEMBERS MONITOR
A number of AFLMA members
have asked if we've made any contact with the
AFL Members Monitor group.
In late June the AFLMA requested a joint
meeting with the Monitor
group. The request was made via 2 members of
the Monitor Group, Graeme
Banks and Faye Campbell.
We have recently been
advised that our request for a meeting was
respectfully declined.
Notwithstanding this initial response our
invitation for a meeting
with the current AFL Members Monitor still
stands, and we will be
re-issuing the invite to next year's Monitor
Group.
AFLMA GAME OF THE ROUND
We remind you that you can
all vote in the AFLMA Game of the Round.
To register your vote go to http://www.aflma.com/aflmagoty.htm
Recent winners of the AFLMA
Game of the Round have been:
Rd. 17 - Adelaide def.
Geelong
Rd. 16 - Geelong def.
Essendon
Rd. 15 - Port Adelaide def.
Sydney
Rd. 14 - Western Bulldogs
drew with Essendon
Rd. 13 - Brisvane def.
Carlton
Rd. 12 - West Cost def.
Carlton
Rd. 11 -
At the end of the season,
all AFL Members will have the chance to vote
for the AFLMA Game of the
Year from the 22 nominated Games of the Round.
A perpetual trophy is to be
awarded to the two teams who played in the
AFLMA Game of the Year.
We believe that AFL Members
are ideally suited to issue the award for
the Best Game of the Year.
The membership isn't limited to supporters of
any one team and extends to
those without specific club allegience. We
are a group of people who
are among the most passionate supporters
around who appreciate good
football.
CONTACT DETAILS
Internet: http://www.aflma.com
Email: info@aflma.com
Telephone: 0412-125-533
Mail: PO Box 4040
McKinnon VIC 3204
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