Questions/suggestions for RFC_Official

[Rustof]

Is the '12 things not to miss in 2012' video on the Yewt00bs?

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

Hey Stig,

Your back.

Now, have you noticed ay beniftits from America yet?
More bonding, running faster ect.

And, who do you get on with the best?

 

[RFC_Official]

Excellent. Do I just give a call to the Club?

Yep 1300 RICHMOND or online http://membership.richmondfc.com.au

 

[RFC_Official]

Is the '12 things not to miss in 2012' video on the Yewt00bs?

Yep, just got to go through our video history.

 

[RFC_Official]

Hey Stig,

Your back.

Now, have you noticed ay beniftits from America yet?
More bonding, running faster ect.

And, who do you get on with the best?

I didnt actually go with the team, I was in the states on my own holiday, just happened to coincide.

 

[KiwiTiger]

Hey Stig,

Your back.

Now, have you noticed ay beniftits from America yet?
More bonding, running faster ect.

And, who do you get on with the best?

It's an in joke so apologies Tigerland55, but I did notice some "beniftits" in America.

Haere Ra

 

[Morro]

Hey Stig,

Not sure if you can help or not, but I wouldn't know where to start so fingers crossed.

I am not sure if you travelled to cairns or not with the team to play GC but a good mate of mine drove from the coast in his "TIGER CAR" and had the luck of talking to Dimma at the training session before hand and Dimma loved his car so much he got all the players to sign the bonnet which my friend then had covered in a clear coat to preserve it. He got photos with, and of all the players signing the car and was over the moon. He even made a face book page TIGER CAR and updated all of his travels and experience meeting Dimma and the team, it was pretty great.

Sadly though, some lunatic, who has just been charged, took to the car late one night with an axe, it wasnt the only car, so he wasnt a hater or a pies supporter just a lunatic with nno respect.

Now whilst the car is covered by insurance, the signatures etc are ruined and as you can imagine, he is pretty gutted by it.

I would love to be able to organise something for him if possible, he has no idea I am even asking so no hard done if you cant but any suggestions would be very welcome and any assistance greatlu appreciated.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

I didnt actually go with the team, I was in the states on my own holiday, just happened to coincide.

Very nice, where did you go to?
My mate just went there, must be popular at the moment.

Have you seen any benifits back in Melbourne, while they have been training?

It's an in joke so apologies Tigerland55, but I did notice some "beniftits" in America.

Haere Ra

I'm going to hate you and your exclusive in jokes


And Morro & Stig, MAKE IT HAPPEN!

 

[peejay]

I didnt actually go with the team, I was in the states on my own holiday, just happened to coincide.

Nice tax deduction tie in


Any idea what Ben Cousins is doing over Xmas?

 

[RFC_Official]

Hey Stig,

Not sure if you can help or not, but I wouldn't know where to start so fingers crossed.

I am not sure if you travelled to cairns or not with the team to play GC but a good mate of mine drove from the coast in his "TIGER CAR" and had the luck of talking to Dimma at the training session before hand and Dimma loved his car so much he got all the players to sign the bonnet which my friend then had covered in a clear coat to preserve it. He got photos with, and of all the players signing the car and was over the moon. He even made a face book page TIGER CAR and updated all of his travels and experience meeting Dimma and the team, it was pretty great.

Sadly though, some lunatic, who has just been charged, took to the car late one night with an axe, it wasnt the only car, so he wasnt a hater or a pies supporter just a lunatic with nno respect.

Now whilst the car is covered by insurance, the signatures etc are ruined and as you can imagine, he is pretty gutted by it.

I would love to be able to organise something for him if possible, he has no idea I am even asking so no hard done if you cant but any suggestions would be very welcome and any assistance greatlu appreciated.

Hey mate,

See what we can think of early in the new year though. I just asked Dimma about it as he walked passed and he definitely remembered the car, said it was horrible news.

Lets touch base in the new year see if we can do anything.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

Nice tax deduction tie in


Any idea what Ben Cousins is doing over Xmas?

Peejay, imagine Charlie Sheen and Ben Cousins throwing a party........

 

[Morro]

Hey mate,

See what we can think of early in the new year though. I just asked Dimma about it as he walked passed and he definitely remembered the car, said it was horrible news.

Lets touch base in the new year see if we can do anything.

Cheers mate.

Really appreciate it.

Talk then, have a great Christmas

 

[theflea]

hey stig/fellow posters can you tell me what the clubs footy dept spend for last year was. i know it says about 3.5m in the annual report but that is not the real figure.

thanks mate.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

hey stig/fellow posters can you tell me what the clubs footy dept spend for last year was. i know it says about 3.5m in the annual report but that is not the real figure.

thanks mate.

The annual report is a legal document, so that is the "real" figure. If not, Benny will be singing Jailhouse Rock shortly.

What you are probably referring to is the fact that the footy spend between the various clubs is differing wildly. This is because some are including some costs in this, others are including them in other definitions.

What the "real figure" is therefore depends upon what costs you think are footy dept costs.

 

[theflea]

The annual report is a legal document, so that is the "real" figure. If not, Benny will be singing Jailhouse Rock shortly.

What you are probably referring to is the fact that the footy spend between the various clubs is differing wildly. This is because some are including some costs in this, others are including them in other definitions.

What the "real figure" is therefore depends upon what costs you think are footy dept costs.

yes you know what i mean. thanks captain obvious!

 

[Ned_Flanders]

yes you know what i mean. thanks captain obvious!

seriously though, its not that clear cut now.

do you include player wages
coaches
costs for buildings and oval maintenance (even though these also support non-footy operations)
travel
marketing activities (which the players now get paid for)
and so on

some clubs are being very minimal about this, and anything borderline is being pushed into other areas. on the other hand, some clubs are shoving any cost remotely connected to footy into "footy ops"

Its similar to the membership question. How many we have depends upon what you consider a member, and if you get 3 people in a room, all three will have a different definition.

Back to RFC footy ops, the definition they are happy with is obviously they one they list in the annual report.

 

[theflea]

seriously though, its not that clear cut now.

do you include player wages
coaches
costs for buildings and oval maintenance (even though these also support non-footy operations)
travel
marketing activities (which the players now get paid for)
and so on

some clubs are being very minimal about this, and anything borderline is being pushed into other areas. on the other hand, some clubs are shoving any cost remotely connected to footy into "footy ops"

Its similar to the membership question. How many we have depends upon what you consider a member, and if you get 3 people in a room, all three will have a different definition.

Back to RFC footy ops, the definition they are happy with is obviously they one they list in the annual report.

yeah 74 i guess its all of it. if its related to footy dept then include it ie player/coaches wages,medical,it etc.field maintenance,flights i would not include. the afl must be able to compare clubs as how would they form a basis to provide funds to bring a level playing field. so lets include what the afl does. the only reason why i ask is bg did relate the ftf on the lack of footy spend we had comparing to the pies and i would like to see how that has changes 1 year on.

 

[johnno77]

On this, is it possible for members to opt in to receiving all correspondence electronically? Most big corporates do it these days and I know it saves a fortune.
The only thing that I like to actually have in my grubby hands is The Fighting Tiger. I'm not sure if you do this already, but surely 1 copy per household is sufficient?

Being a bit of a greenie, I really liked your initiative of asking members to opt in for merchandise. I'm sure it saved a stack of money also. I'm sure if members had the choice between the club spending less money and them donating more money, they would choose for you guys to spend less....

Lastly, with the Elite Patron any thought on adding Grand Final ticket guarantee to sweeten the deal? I'm signed up for next season regardless but come 2013-14, thoughts may be drifting to late Sep/Oct...... ?

Hey Stig, can I call you that? Any chance of answering my questions???

While you're at it, does the club have a 'green policy'? Putting beliefs aside for a second, there is also a growing market in it....

 

[Ned_Flanders]

yeah 74 i guess its all of it. if its related to footy dept then include it ie player/coaches wages,medical,it etc.field maintenance,flights i would not include. the afl must be able to compare clubs as how would they form a basis to provide funds to bring a level playing field. so lets include what the afl does. the only reason why i ask is bg did relate the ftf on the lack of footy spend we had comparing to the pies and i would like to see how that has changes 1 year on.

The afl publish a figure for each club during the year, not sure if one was released for 2011, or what they include/exclude.

If you want to see growth in footy dept spend, best you can do otherwise is see what the concise financial report says. We are up a few hundred k in footy, and a mill in general wages. Even if we assumed (incorrectly) all these wages were for footy, we are still way behind the Pies footy spend of $22m (off memory, stand to be corrected).

 

[theflea]

The afl publish a figure for each club during the year, not sure if one was released for 2011, or what they include/exclude.

If you want to see growth in footy dept spend, best you can do otherwise is see what the concise financial report says. We are up a few hundred k in footy, and a mill in general wages. Even if we assumed (incorrectly) all these wages were for footy, we are still way behind the Pies footy spend of $22m (off memory, stand to be corrected).

yes i only said the pies bc thats what benny compared us too. its more about the other sides and how we compare to them. no one will catch the pies.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

Hey Stig,

Going through the Tigerland Store book I got sent with my membership, it had a Game Ball, and replica game ball.
Apart from price, what is the actual difference?

 

[ize_]

One was used in a game, the other only coulda potentially been used in a game, but wasn't?

 

[TOOs_Finest]

One was touched by Dusty, the other wasn't?

 

[Rustof]

Maybe the replica ones are just rubbed on the ground for a bit to give it that game day 'feel'.

 

[RFC_Official]

Hey Stig,

Going through the Tigerland Store book I got sent with my membership, it had a Game Ball, and replica game ball.
Apart from price, what is the actual difference?

Match balls are the ones that they would use during a game. The replicas are a bit lower in quality, thus like $25. Still good though.