right a bit of a late reply chaps ,
i have just been reading in the background and pondering what can we do with level 3,
i was thinking maybe referb the auditourium and bring the sound system and stage up to date , this way you can attract more popular shows and artists,
To further enhance this i think a buffet style eatery should be introduced , you could offer show and meal ticket combo's to entice more money from passing trade (as to say), do themed night in the buffet ie , seaford nights,asian nights american nights and so on, this will bring in more families and then people would use the place for special get togethers , ie birthdays , special occasions and so on ,
Also on memberships,
Why not go with the fc membership say.the 10000 drive ok , we get $250,000 from this but then you get the leauges club moaning they are not getting as many members as normal because everyone has joined the fc, so
why not do a deal with the LC that all fc members can use there membership cards to obtain the same privaliges as a LC , and to further entice fc members in to the lc ,send out a one off discount meal , say a $5 roast , that way you will get money going in both pockets , and lets face it why should we have to buy 2 memberships for one cause
just an opinion , please don't shoot me down if its already been mentioned
HJ,
Next post I promise I will get to the revenue side of things unless someone else asks me a question prior to that. This is the final post that I wanted to cover this evening that has taken place today. Post 637. Classic example for me. You state that there is no real difference at this point in time between 3P and the incumbants (and by the way I have no idea how to spell incumbants and own up to that. I am just taking a punt on that one). Well I believe there is. I am not going to discuss the incumbants for reasons I have stated before. I don't need the legalities. It was alot simpler when I first came online and started answering questions. These days there are alot more problems that I need to consider before writing my opinions. From here on in, I will try not to discuss my thoughts on the current board, but purely my thoughts on us to save me any problems occuring.
3P has sent several letters to the members of the FC telling them about us prior to that election. All members to the best of my knowledge unless they were not home and uncontactable after several attempts or unless they were current directors, were given a personal phone call from one of the candidates as well. This can no longer happen after the FC election for those members because we signed a waiver saying that only the candidates would utilise the info provided to us by the Club for the purposes of the election. After the election, we are not allowed to utilise it, or could be sued. That is why no more correspondance has taken place via letters to those members or phone calls. It would not have been smart by us. We wanted to send a thank you letter to everyone that was a member whether they voted or not, but again, legalities prevented that.
On top of the letters and the calls prior to the last election, we have invited numerous people to our meetings to discuss issues with us and to hear us out. A lot of different people have been brought to these 3P meetings. Both from LU and from outside of these forums. We tried to attract as many people as possible to get different view points and also to tell them our thoughts on what we wished to achieve.
On top of that, we organised the get-togethers for whomever wished to come along from this site. On top of that, since early December when a mate of mine told me that there were alot of questions being raised on this forum, I have tried to give alot of my personal time to answer as many questions as possible and have also provided my personal mobile number and email address to a lot of forumites. On top of all the posts, there have been many many private messages that have been sent. I've asked Stagger whether I have to delete them or whether I can file them somehow because my inbox is full. You also know HJ about your PM and request which I actioned straight away. I responded. I promised to pass the info on which I did and you received the answers that you wanted from Guru who got involved. From day one, 3P have promised communication which I believe we have done. We have run with involvement, we have preached our word and we have listened to what is important with the grassroots support of our club. We have also made ourselves fully available at all times. Not only myself, but guys like Bob Gare and Terry Leabeater must have handed out so many business cards to people saying if you want to talk, give us a call. I have had lunch's with people from this forum to discuss issues regarding the Eels.
There is also alot more that goes on with 3P outside of these forums. The amount of meetings with current and potential sponsors is insanity. The amount of meetings with business professionals from different fields in regards to improvement stategies is also extremely time consuming. Meetings with lawyers to discuss every bit of info that we are about to release is also big time. Then on top of that, you've got the other guys I haven't mentioned, some of whom are still in the background but working tirelessly in other areas outside of this forum. Things we are trying to do within the asian and lebanese communities to drum up support.
Threads like this aren't "Give us ideas because we have none". We have plenty. This is the chance for the people to speak. There wasn't a thread that I knew of since I came online which brought the issue up. As I said before, if someone puts a great idea down, bloody oath I hope the incumbants put it in prior to the election and good on em. If not, we will once we have got through a few other areas first that will need dealing with.
We will be having another get together around mid Feb. We also have to finalise our nomination forms and provide them to the Leagues Club. We also have to get our speels done and photo shots for the Annual Report magazine that will be coming out in a month or so. There is an awful lot going on right now. I haven't commented on the current board in this post on my thoughts on them and I don't intend to in this post. But you ask yourself the question. Take Ovo out of the picture and think of all the things I have stated that 3P have been doing.
