: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:53 pm  

I agree that is a good post from Starbug, I am in a bit of a dilemma as I have been offered a free town centre spot on Saturday to promote the club . But I have looked at the long range weather forecast and find it is going to rain heavily all day.So what do I do.

A) Do the stall anyway even though no-one will be around much and certainly will not want to stop and chat and take a soggy leaflet. Then the knockers will say well that didn`t work won`t bother with that again.

b) Wait till the week after hope for better weather but as we have a stall at the Charity Gala where most of the volunteers are busy already.

c) Wait till the week after that again.

Come on Starbug you always give me good advice what would you do?

: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:03 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

I agree that is a good post from Starbug, I am in a bit of a dilemma as I have been offered a free town centre spot on Saturday to promote the club . But I have looked at the long range weather forecast and find it is going to rain heavily all day.So what do I do.

A) Do the stall anyway even though no-one will be around much and certainly will not want to stop and chat and take a soggy leaflet. Then the knockers will say well that didn`t work won`t bother with that again.

b) Wait till the week after hope for better weather but as we have a stall at the Charity Gala where most of the volunteers are busy already.

c) Wait till the week after that again.

Come on Starbug you always give me good advice what would you do?[/quote]

Get down to the ' Pumproom ' and ask them to sponsor a good quality easy ' erecting ' gazebo and borrow a couple of those barmaids for the day as well

You might find you get a bit more help on the day as well

: Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:23 pm  

Wow !! Wot a can of worms .. First of all can i as a Fax fan for over 30 years thank all the people who put time and effort into running the club either as paid or vounteer staff. I for 1 think you all do a magnificent job and find it unbelievable that people can come on here and give you a hard time.

So where do we go from here ?

It is obvious that Mike is doing all he can to try to pull in the fans again after what have been 5-6 shocking years for the club and i assume all he is trying to do by starting this thread is get fresh ideas off like minded fans (remember Mike is also a fan of the club just like the rest of us).


I have said it before on here that the main reason ( in my opinion ) why people dont come through the turnstiles is because of the cost. £14 is a lot of money especially if a bloke comes to the game with his partner.

Mike/Sarah. Is it possible to spread the cost of season tickets over a whole year, so rather than pay £14 per game set up a direct debit over 12 months for a season ticket to spread the cost a little.
(eg . 20 Games at £14 = £280.00 Divided by 12 Months =£23.33 per month or £5.38 per week.
This is how i pay my gold club membership and to be honest i never think about it.

Please remember everyone that it is so easy to sit back and knock other people that are trying day in day out to get us where we want to be (others have tried and not lasted very long) which is back in Super League. Let support them because belive me the job is hard enough without us making it even harder.

: Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:58 pm  

I can't believe some of the comments on this topic, anyone would think we're bottom of the league and have no intentions of applying for the next round of SL licensing.

I know everyone is entitled to their opinions, otherwise, it wouldn't be a forum, but those with serious issues and choosing to state them on a messageboard for the whole world to see are doing nothing other than playing one-upmanship and lowering the reputation that the club as a group is building for the future.

Cheer up guys, there's a game to win on sunday, let's all get positive.

SACK FAZ !

: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:17 pm  

but those with serious issues and choosing to state them on a messageboard for the whole world to see are doing nothing other than playing one-upmanship

Totally agree !!

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:03 am  

Once the Club have got rid of the deadwood, they'll be able to move forward. Some are a hinderance. Whether they are well meaning volunteers or not, shouldn't come into it.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:16 am  

Yob wrote:

Once the Club have got rid of the deadwood, they'll be able to move forward. Some are a hinderance. Whether they are well meaning volunteers or not, shouldn't come into it.

So, what you're saying Mr. Y is that the club should get rid of what those club employee's inside the everyday workings of the office say is a decent, reliable volunteer and increase their own workload ? Or, are you saying the club should increase the wage bill and employ someone on the books to do the work ?

Or am I reading this wrong ?

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:15 am  

Yob wrote:

Once the Club have got rid of the deadwood, they'll be able to move forward. Some are a hinderance. Whether they are well meaning volunteers or not, shouldn't come into it.

always have some on the many committees i have sat on that would work better without them, they think they are doing a good job but lot of time they are a hindrance to getting things done.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:28 am  

marillion man wrote:

I can't believe some of the comments on this topic, anyone would think we're bottom of the league and have no intentions of applying for the next round of SL licensing.

I know everyone is entitled to their opinions, otherwise, it wouldn't be a forum, but those with serious issues and choosing to state them on a messageboard for the whole world to see are doing nothing other than playing one-upmanship and lowering the reputation that the club as a group is building for the future.

Cheer up guys, there's a game to win on sunday, let's all get positive.

SACK FAZ !

With all due respect, the negativity of this thread was invoked by the club.

But i fully agree. But fax being fax, we can't get along without infighting and negativity- its the nature of the beast.

For example, the thread about the club putting on coaches to doncaster... A tremendous sentiment by the club... We then have 6 pages of utter diatribe knocking the club and our support, including from our own fans... "well from my armchair we only took 50 fans to fev, which is very poor. We let fev down- they should have got a bigger crowd"

Some people shouldn't be allowed to thief oxygen

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:40 am  

pinballwizzard wrote:

With all due respect, the negativity of this thread was invoked by the club.

But i fully agree. But fax being fax, we can't get along without infighting and negativity- its the nature of the beast.

For example, the thread about the club putting on coaches to doncaster... A tremendous sentiment by the club... We then have 6 pages of utter diatribe knocking the club and our support, including from our own fans... "well from my armchair we only took 50 fans to fev, which is very poor. We let fev down- they should have got a bigger crowd"

Some people shouldn't be allowed to thief oxygen

I disagree that there are 6 pages of utter diatrabe knocking the club.

There is some negative comments yes ,but lets not forget there were genuine positive comments on the thread too.
I intend to try to follow through with some of them myself, if it`s possible.