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AFLMA Newsletter #10 :: 23
May 2002
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The Newsletter of AFLMA Inc,
the AFL Members Association.
In this issue:
1) Media Watch
3) AFLMA Game of the Round
4) AFLMA Inc
5) Contact details
MEDIA WATCH
AFL Members issues and the
AFLMA have featured quite heavily in the media
over the past fortnight.
First off, were a couple of
articles in The Age that revealed that the
AFL has a $2 million
shortfall on its budgeted revenue. Included in the
shortfall was $200,000 from
the AFL Membership department. They were
budgeting on a 1.5 per cent
downturn in the membership, but instead have
a 5 per cent downturn. Later
that week there was a short article in MX.
Last week The Herald-Sun
carried an article about the ways in which AFL
Members have sought to
increase their chances to Grand Final tickets, by
changing their nominated
Club Support. This article received a lot of
coverage, as many radio
stations - TripleM, Nova, and 3AW, among others -
mentioned it in their news
reports that same day.
Last Friday AFLMA President
Michael Agrotis was interviewed by Simon
Madden and Nicole Bland on
their 3AK show Playing Hardball (Fridays,
the interview
The two Age articles can be
read at:
www.realfooty.theage.com.au/news/2002/05/07/FFX9B5A8V0D.html
and
www.realfooty.theage.com.au/news/2002/05/08/FFXDMSSNW0D.html
while The Herald Sun article
can be found at:
www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4326700^11548,00.html
The AFLMA carries links to
these articles (and others) in the 'In the
Press' section of our website
(www.aflma.com).
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Membership recruitment is
something where every AFLMA member can get
involved. Do you know other
AFL Members - work colleagues, 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.
You can join up as many
members as you can at our website www.aflma.com.
We've also put our sign-up
sheet on our website (in pdf format) so that
you can print off a copy and
pass it around to your friends. Take it the
football and sign up the AFL
members sitting nearby and tell them about
their Association. When the
sheet is full just return it us (our PO Box
and fax number are printed
on the sheet), and print out another so you
can gather in more members.
A larger membership will
only strengthen our relationship with the AFL
and enable us to
"promote and protect" AFL Member benefits. Over the
next few years, while the
MCG is being redeveloped, things may get worse
before they get better. The
AFLMA has only just started to galvanise
support from the AFL
Membership and a lot of work is required to build
our membership.
It is only with your
continued support we will be able to work on your
behalf and kick some goals.
Remember the lines of communication to the
AFLMA Committee are always
open. You'll find our contact details below.
AFLMA GAME OF THE ROUND
We trust you've all been
voting in the AFLMA Game of the Round.
To register your vote go to http://www.aflma.com/aflmagoty.htm
So far, the games that we
recorded as the Game of the Round are:
Rd. 7 -
Rd. 6 - Fremantle def.
Essendon
Rd. 5 - Kangaroos def.
Rd. 4 -
Rd. 3 -
Rd. 2 - Kangaroos def.
Western Bulldogs
Rd. 1 - Kangaroos def. Port
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.
AFLMA INC.
We're now AFLMA
Incorporated. Some months ago we applied to be registered
as an incorporated
association under the Association Incorporation Act
(1981), and recently the
application was approved. Our registration
number is A0042355G.
We'd like to thank AFLMA member
Joey Borensztajn, of the legal firm
Arnold Bloch Liebler, for
his assistance when we were preparing our
application for
Incorporation.
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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