AFLMA
INC.
AFL MEMBERS ASSOCIATION
OCTOBER 2003 NEWSLETTER
This month your Committee convened and discussed many of the points raised by Members and then met with Shaun Welsh, AFL Membership Manager, to go through them in a meaningful manner.
Following is a summary of matters covered:-
The AFL Internet Survey results
will be available within the next 2 weeks.
The AFLMA has suggested the
installation of a system to check and verify Member details when membership
cards have been lost or forgotten. The AFL
have agreed to discuss this.
The AFL Reserve will NOT be further effected by the
MCG re-development next
year. Available seating will be the same as for this year.
The AFLMA requested the AFL to
review arrangements for Members to attend future Australia V Ireland Gaelic
Football Matches so that better discounts are
offered. The AFL agreed to look at this for future years.
Most issues raised by the AFLMA
concerned the Grand Final. These included:-
# The transferring of seats by the lending of membership cards.
# The venue for both future Preliminary Finals.
# Distribution of Grand Final seats.
# The purchase of Finals tickets on behalf of other Members.
# The inequity of Silver Members paying a higher price than the general public.
The AFL is considering the
introduction of photo ID on membership cards in order to minimize their
unauthorized transfer.
Note: The AFLMA does not condone the transferring of AFL Members cards to non-members as it takes away seats from Members.
It is now adopted AFLMA Policy
that we request that both
Preliminary Finals be
played in
Just under 14,000 AFL Members
attended this year’s Grand Final. Medallion Club Members took up 3,800, the
Centenary Club were allocated 200, with the balance used for Life Members and
Club Members due to the reduced space, making a total of 20,000 seats in the
Reserve. The MCG total capacity for this year’s Grand Final was 80,000.
While some members missed out
on Grand Final tickets, on the Tuesday, 60 – 70 were accommodated later in the
week when members/clubs returned unused seats.
The AFL agreed to investigate
the feasibility of splitting seat sales, to the general public in bays 21 – 27
during the MCG redevelopment, between Sections Q & M.
The AFL is planning to reduce
the number of seats a Member can book for other Members from 15 to 8. This is
because they believe that it will improve and speed up booking procedures for
all Members. The AFLMA requested a breakdown of booking patterns to ascertain
whether this change is justified.
The AFLMA pointed out that AFL
Members were blamed by some sections of the media for the non-direct telecast
of the 2nd Preliminary Final (Port Adel. V C’wood.) The AFL’s
response was that the media distorted the situation.
It was agreed that Guest Passes
for Preliminary Finals be made available for medical and/or carer reasons in
the first instance, and after that, to Members.
The AFLMA requested that
consideration be given to lifting the 30 game restriction. The AFL responded by
stating that it would be 40 games next season.
Finally, we can report that the
membership fees for Season 2004 are:-
# Full Members - $372-00 (an increase of $12-00)
# Silver Members - $269-00
# Reserved Seat Booking Fee - $5-50 (no increase)
A six stage Payment Plan is an
option, at an additional cost of $10-00.
As you can see, your Committee has been extremely busy on behalf of all AFL Members.
We would welcome feedback at any time. May we also encourage you to promote your Association to fellow members and invite them to register on our website www.aflma.com