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maccawozzagod · 14-10-2006, 12:21

At the last OSC meeting it became knowledge that out of just over 220 members of the club were from outside of the borough. That means that there are less than 110 fans within a populace of 75000 that are members of the official supporters club. Is that on? I know that we have people who come in to see us from further afield but I am sure that the vast majority of the 2000 weekly customers are Accrington based. We have over 400 season ticket holders but less than a quarter are members, is that on?

I know that people have formed opinions of the club mainly through this site and the voice of various people, myself included. The whole point of voicing our opinions was to try and force change. That change has already begun with my election and will hopefully continue with this seasons first initiative. That is to attempt to reach 1000 members.

Please back this target not just yourselves but by badgering the people you stand with. 1 in 10 is not good enough and we need to get it to 1 in 2 at least.

We will be having a recruitment drive on the saturday of the MK Dons game 5th December game. This will begin in Accrington town centre in the morning. We need volunteers to be handing out leaflets on the saturday morning to shoppers (should be plenty in the lead up to Christmas), the week before we need foot soldiers to go around the town centre shops appealing for window space for the match poster. In the afternoon we need volunteers to man Supporters Club stands outside the ground at the Crown corner, the main turnstile and the old season ticket turnstile. I would like three to a stall so that nobody misses out on their chance to sign up. There will be advertised prices for membership on the day and there will obviously be reductions for OAPs and children. We will also hand out leaflets to every single member of the gate that day which will explain what the OSC is, what it stands for and what we hope to acheive.

If anybody would like to offer their services please feel free to do so.

Normally an OSC initiative would involve being proposed, seconded and all in favoured, all well and good if an idea is open to interpretation, yes or no-able etc. This idea has not been proposed, seconded or all in favoured. We aint got time to wait for a meeting to vote on something that has to happen, so its going ahead anyway.

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maccawozzagod God Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Red and White Fortnight Posts: 9,110 Liked: 1555 times Rep Power: 12677	Increasing the fanbase At the last OSC meeting it became knowledge that out of just over 220 members of the club were from outside of the borough. That means that there are less than 110 fans within a populace of 75000 that are members of the official supporters club. Is that on? I know that we have people who come in to see us from further afield but I am sure that the vast majority of the 2000 weekly customers are Accrington based. We have over 400 season ticket holders but less than a quarter are members, is that on? I know that people have formed opinions of the club mainly through this site and the voice of various people, myself included. The whole point of voicing our opinions was to try and force change. That change has already begun with my election and will hopefully continue with this seasons first initiative. That is to attempt to reach 1000 members. Please back this target not just yourselves but by badgering the people you stand with. 1 in 10 is not good enough and we need to get it to 1 in 2 at least. We will be having a recruitment drive on the saturday of the MK Dons game 5th December game. This will begin in Accrington town centre in the morning. We need volunteers to be handing out leaflets on the saturday morning to shoppers (should be plenty in the lead up to Christmas), the week before we need foot soldiers to go around the town centre shops appealing for window space for the match poster. In the afternoon we need volunteers to man Supporters Club stands outside the ground at the Crown corner, the main turnstile and the old season ticket turnstile. I would like three to a stall so that nobody misses out on their chance to sign up. There will be advertised prices for membership on the day and there will obviously be reductions for OAPs and children. We will also hand out leaflets to every single member of the gate that day which will explain what the OSC is, what it stands for and what we hope to acheive. If anybody would like to offer their services please feel free to do so. Normally an OSC initiative would involve being proposed, seconded and all in favoured, all well and good if an idea is open to interpretation, yes or no-able etc. This idea has not been proposed, seconded or all in favoured. We aint got time to wait for a meeting to vote on something that has to happen, so its going ahead anyway. __________________ email [email protected] for all window cleaning quotes Last edited by maccawozzagod; 14-10-2006 at 16:31.