MEMBERSHIP 2009- 33,663 -( 31,906AFL) CONGRATS SAINTS

[Go Sainters Go]

We now have 32,517 members according to the office sign - be great if we can crack 33,000 or more.

[saintbrat]

"Nick Riewoldt:"

I want to take this chance to send a big congratulations to each and every one of you! Last week we broke our all-time record membership number set in 2004. As of today, there are 32,517 members which is a great effort from the St Kilda faithful! While this is great news, we need to keep pushing this upward toward 40,000 in the coming years, so try to get all of your friends and family on board! You still have until June 30 to sign up more members or upgrade to Social Club for 2009.
Go Saints!

[iwantmeseats]

It would be nice if they couldget Nick to write something himself. This issuing a very transparent statement supposedly by Nick is pretty annoying.

[saintbrat]

It would be nice if they couldget Nick to write something himself. This issuing a very transparent statement supposedly by Nick is pretty annoying.

I have asked and was told that Nick does in fact write them;
dissapointing really that people don't believe,

It's a bit like when the players are in the Victory room,

lots of people say" we want to hear and talk to the players" but when they are given the opportunity to listen to them in apublic forum they can't be heard because 'supporters' talk over them,

people ask of them to give their thoughts and time But don't give them the same respect or common decency of being attentive....

so you can wonder why they bother, or how disheartening it must be when they do give of themselves-

[Batnoe]

It would be nice if they couldget Nick to write something himself. This issuing a very transparent statement supposedly by Nick is pretty annoying.

I have asked and was told that Nick does in fact write them;
dissapointing really that people don't believe,

It's a bit like when the players are in the Victory room,

lots of people say" we want to hear and talk to the players" but when they are given the opportunity to listen to them in apublic forum they can't be heard because 'supporters' talk over them,

people ask of them to give their thoughts and time But don't give them the same respect or common decency of being attentive....

so you can wonder why they bother, or how disheartening it must be when they do give of themselves-

I agree, or they're so shy and nervous they dont even talk to them and the players dont know what to do either

[saintbrat]

hawks are flying in the membership department- I wonder what the Cats' membership department is doing,

whilst they have won a flag and all those games without losing one- their membership is Just under 37,000.

The Geelong Cats have broken its membership record for the fourth time in the past five years, with 36,934 supporters on board as members in 2009.

The previous record was set last year with 36,850 members

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/geelongne ... fault.aspx

which again puts into query the Hawks figures in some respects.

[evertonfc]

It would be nice if they couldget Nick to write something himself. This issuing a very transparent statement supposedly by Nick is pretty annoying.

I have asked and was told that Nick does in fact write them;
dissapointing really that people don't believe,

So somebody from the club appeased your question and now it's true?

Sorry to be blunt, but Nick doesn't write them. Believe what you like. He might give them the "ok" because they have his name on it, but he doesn't write it.

End of discussion.

[matrix]

i checked the site this morning and it says 4 days to go to join the social club....

still at 32549 members

[Selhurst Saint]

A mate of mine signed up this morning and there are only 23 Social Club memberships left.

[matrix]

apparently they're all charlatens and will jump off the wagon soon anyway.....

getting to 33 thou would be a great thing
good work those who upgraded or took out memberships.
get it done by direct debt and u will hardly notice the monthly cost.

[Mr Magic]

Anybody know how many Social Club members we had in 2008?

[sainter35]

8,500 apparently

[Mr Magic]

8,500 apparently

So we have probably netted a further $200k-$300k just on Social Club memberships this year?

That figure wouldn't include any extra memberships sold together with Social Club memebrships - just upgrades.

[sainter35]

8,500 apparently

So we have probably netted a further $200k-$300k just on Social Club memberships this year?

That figure wouldn't include any extra memberships sold together with Social Club memebrships - just upgrades.

2500 SC memberships at $125 is $312,500 alone.

Obviously they won't all be adult memberships but as you say that doesn't include people buying the extra memberships so it's a great result (in the last few weeks).

You'd imagine we'd sell quite a few memberships at the game tomorrow as well, although not many of them will be SC memberships if what Selhurst Saint has said is true.

[saintbrat]

just 200 off the 33,000 whilst Social club is full you can still put your name on the waiting list andbe first for tickets not taken up later- or to get on any not renewed next year.

http://www.saints.com.au/season2009/new ... fault.aspx
tally 32,803 -

[i_luv_nick_riewoldt]

Great effort!! Two days to go!! Would be wonderful to gain another 200 members before the cut-off!!

Get your membership before the catters game!!

[Go Sainters Go]

Office sign, 12.30 today - 32,893.
We need anther 107 to sign up this afternoon, can it be done!

[St Fidelius]

Office sign, 12.30 today - 32,893.
We need anther 107 to sign up this afternoon, can it be done!

Great effort no matter what....

I would love to see the break down of new members and members that have not chosen to rejoin this year.

[sainter35]

Office sign, 12.30 today - 32,893.
We need anther 107 to sign up this afternoon, can it be done!

Great effort no matter what....

You think?

I reckon it quite a disappointing figure really.

We're 13-0 and playing some unbelievable footy. For a team with our supporter base we should at least be exceeding 35,000.

We're only a couple of thousand in front of the likes of Melbourne and North Melbourne.

Without wanting to pre-empt what might happen later in the year, I do expect (or at least hope) next year to be much higher though. IIRC our membership figure went from 16,000 in 1997 to 23,000 in 1998.

[SainterK]

Like someone else mentioned, I would like to see the breakdown on how many are new members and how effective the marketing is? The only thing I find a little poor, is the lack of radio and/or TV advertising?

[VietNam_Saint]

And the final number is ???????

Drum roll please ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Moorabbin Saints]

And the final number is ???????

Drum roll please ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Got to 33,000 in the end!

[matrix]

apparently they're all charlatens and will jump off the wagon soon anyway.....

getting to 33 thou would be a great thing
good work those who upgraded or took out memberships.
get it done by direct debt and u will hardly notice the monthly cost.

[saintbrat]

Congratulations to the membership Department

THank YOU to the TEAM for providing the impetus for many

GREAT WORK by those Saints- MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS- who poked and proded friends and relatives and strangers with an interest.

yes it could be better- yes it something to build on
and we didnt' have to declare almost insolvency like a couple of other teams

BUT it is the best ever for Saints and the Increase in social club alone will HELP the club to be able to do more to attract more..........

PS:all totals for record subject to AFL auditing--it would appear from previous years- the club have listed a figure which then often appears differantly on any AFL list.

[VietNam_Saint]

Congratulations to the membership Department
GREAT WORK by those Saints- MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS- who poked and proded friends and relatives and strangers with an interest

What Brat said .

Thank you to the membership department and it's paid members and volunteers.

Thank you to the ideas person.