Re: Membership
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:48 am
A few years ago we had no football club, then a small band of people (many still there to their immense credit) formed a working group to create an U18s team playing on a Thursday evening, that year the club was formally created and that group voted in to be our Board! Anyone can put their name forward for that - a benefit of being a member, few have bothered, most citing they don’t have the time.
When people ask what is the benefit of being a member I always say that, we have a club to follow - can you remember what it felt like when we didn’t. I pay my membership fee to have a say in the club, what bigger say can you have other than voting for the board membership, you can stand as member to take the club forward too - how good is that? I get to vote on shirt colours, the match cost and get 10% discount in the shop (which I never claim btw).
I buy a season ticket knowing full well I won’t get to see all the games due to work! I’m not wealthy, far from it, but it’s the best I can do to support the club the in the best way I can.
If only a few of the people who keep telling the board what they’re doing wrong were to step up and volunteer to help then some of the things you want might happen. If you can’t that’s fine, that’s your choice, but those that are should be given support.
I’m sure what I say won’t be popular, but we all want the same thing, there is no “ them and us”, we’re Diamonds fans, all of us!
Anyway I’m focusing on the football, we’re on the threshold of something incredible and no matter where we finally end up I’m immensely proud of what has been achieved both on and off the field this season.
To those people saying they don’t like the atmosphere at HR and have only been to 2 games this season - read that again! Atmosphere is created by the fans turning up!
Getting our own ground is the way forward, not looking back or moaning about the past or what we have now - I think back to the Raunds days and the U18s and look at what we have now and frankly, I feel blessed!
When people ask what is the benefit of being a member I always say that, we have a club to follow - can you remember what it felt like when we didn’t. I pay my membership fee to have a say in the club, what bigger say can you have other than voting for the board membership, you can stand as member to take the club forward too - how good is that? I get to vote on shirt colours, the match cost and get 10% discount in the shop (which I never claim btw).
I buy a season ticket knowing full well I won’t get to see all the games due to work! I’m not wealthy, far from it, but it’s the best I can do to support the club the in the best way I can.
If only a few of the people who keep telling the board what they’re doing wrong were to step up and volunteer to help then some of the things you want might happen. If you can’t that’s fine, that’s your choice, but those that are should be given support.
I’m sure what I say won’t be popular, but we all want the same thing, there is no “ them and us”, we’re Diamonds fans, all of us!
Anyway I’m focusing on the football, we’re on the threshold of something incredible and no matter where we finally end up I’m immensely proud of what has been achieved both on and off the field this season.
To those people saying they don’t like the atmosphere at HR and have only been to 2 games this season - read that again! Atmosphere is created by the fans turning up!
Getting our own ground is the way forward, not looking back or moaning about the past or what we have now - I think back to the Raunds days and the U18s and look at what we have now and frankly, I feel blessed!
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