I wanted to start this as an individual thread because i think its an interesting topic for discussion.
Now we all know the club has been very keen for us to finally get to that 30,000 member mark.
Surprisingly enough we are fairly close and are less than 1,000 away, which is a big surpise considering our start to the season.
Now the reason for me having the thought about some thought of inflation is due to 2 items of mail we recieved today.
As some of you may know, i have 2 young children. They are 3 & 4 years of age and have been members since they were born.
They are currently joined up as part of the Cubs Club which gets them a package of goodies and a card etc but as they are still under the age that you are required to pay their membership doesnt entitle them entry to the ground because they are free to get in.
Now in the mail today both of my kids recieved a letter from Tiger Stripes Dyer giving them a "free" upgrade to become Sqaudron 11 members which entitles you to free entry to all home games.
So cutting a long story short, if the club gave away free memberships to all of its baby, tiger cubs etc then these squadron memberships would count towards our total tally of members as they entitle the bearer to free entry to the game, hence they contribute to the gate takings.
If this is true, i think its a pathetic attempt to achieve 30,000 members.