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RangersMedia Sponsors’ Fund? - What exactly is it?

(This post is aimed at newer members who maybe don’t have the full picture of what the Sponsors’ Fund is and why they should join it ;) )

It began in December last year when I noticed that there were still unfilled sponsorship slots in the Rangers match programmes, and I suggested that maybe some RM members could have a whip-round and buy one of the sponsorship slots, and get the RM logo into the match programme. Other members agreed, RM agreed to let us use their PayPal account, and so we started collecting.

We quickly raised the money we needed, but decided to keep the fund open, to try to raise more money, and to think about what else we could do with the remaining money that would be good for Rangers and good for RM.

We launched the Sponsors’ Fund Hall Of Fame – a list of members who had donated £10 or more to the fund. Being on this list gives them:

- a voice in all fund discussions

- voting rights on everything to do with the fund

- the occasional exclusive offer (eg: free matchday programmes, discount offers)

- the occasional perk that may arise (eg: Tuesday’s trip to Auchenhowie)

- the knowledge that they’re doing their bit for Rangers and for RM

One other added benefit of being in the Sponsors’ Hall of Fame is that it is recognised by at least one RangersMedia member worldwide as a badge of honour, marking you out as a Good Bear, and definitely not a t**g!

All the money we raise gets spent directly on Rangers products or services. Here’s a list of what we bought with this season’s money.

Total Funds received this season (after PayPal deductions): £1740.52

Already Spent or allocated:

£550 - Kit Sponsorship for Darren Cole Season 2012/2013

£38 - Christmas presents (official Rangers merchandise) for Ant, a young Bear in hospital*

£197 - 2 x Half Season tickets for Ant & his mum*

£33 - 33 Rangers Christmas Raffle Tickets

£10 - 10 Rangers Charity wristbands from Pam Jackson

£50 - Ibrox Stadium Brick - (RangersMedia - ThenNowForever) ORDERED (05/03/13)

£50 - Ibrox Stadium Brick - (RangersMedia - Ready 2012/2013) ORDERED (16/03/13)

Total spent to date: £928.00

BALANCE £812.52 - To be banked towards season 2013/2014 match programme sponsorship.

The fund’s aims are as follows:

  1. Raise as much money as possible
  2. Spend all that money directly on Rangers
  3. Use any merchandise we buy (or receive) to generate more money for the fund
  4. Spend all that money on Rangers too
  5. Raise RangersMedia’s profile through sponsorship, stadium bricks, etc
  6. Have some fun debating what to do with the money and voting on stuff

So now we’re on to fundraising for season 2013/2014. We want to be in the match programme for the whole season, not just half a season – so it will cost about £1000. We have about £800 banked, so we only need to raise a couple of hundred, but we also want to raise more money to buy bricks, raffle tickets, match tickets, and other fun Rangers things.

The plan for this season is that instead of just asking for donations, we will be selling raffle tickets, and raffling off a few Rangers-related goodies we’ve obtained.

In order to get in to this season’s Hall of Fame, and enjoy all the benefits that brings, you will simply need to buy a minimum number of raffle tickets (price to be decided).

This will probably be the only significant fundraising event for the whole of next season, right up until April 2014, so if you want to be a part of all of next season’s happenings, you really do need to buy some raffle tickets when they go on sale (which will be in a few weeks.

Hope that tells you all you need to know. If not, feel free to ask.

If you want to know more, and want to see how it all happened along the way, here are some of the relevant threads…

How it all began…

http://forum.rangers...pic=243479&st=0

Getting the ball rolling…

http://forum.rangers...howtopic=243604

getting the RM logo into our first match programme…

http://forum.rangers...howtopic=244077

A Christmas diversion - raising money to buy a half-season ticket for a young Bear in hospital…

http://forum.rangers...howtopic=244526

Then we started discussing how to spend the money…

http://forum.rangers...howtopic=244019

Discussed the wording for our first stadium brick…

http://forum.rangers...howtopic=245119

Voted for the wording on our first stadium brick…

http://forum.rangers...howtopic=246391

Decided who whould go to Auchenhowie to meet our player and collect our framed shirt...

http://forum.rangers...howtopic=249521

And then a couple of days ago, we got our beautifully framed Darren Cole shirt from Auchenhowie – and now we need to decide what we’ll do with it…

http://forum.rangers...howtopic=251176

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I'll give this a go... Would you accept cheques in South African Rands? haha

Sure.

The only problem is, I can only accept them in multiples of 1000 Rand - it's some silly rule my bank has :D

Alternatively, you can simply use your debit card on our paypal page :sherlock:

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Just to reassure you all, the RM Sponsors' Fund has had no dealings whatsoever with Craig *hyte, and has no intention of standing down just yet. :thumbup:

Good man GB....you've been pretty quite for a while so wasn't sure if you were going to be doing something for next season....I'm in, the football may be shite at the moment but positive things like helping a poorly young bear, contributing to the club etc is worthwhile under any circumstance!

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Good man GB....you've been pretty quite for a while so wasn't sure if you were going to be doing something for next season....I'm in, the football may be shite at the moment but positive things like helping a poorly young bear, contributing to the club etc is worthwhile under any circumstance!
Great cause and idea. Keep up the good work.

Glad to hear it guys. The membership fundraising has now launched,

so 1st_Jan_1994 - hope to see you signing up - as an added incentive, you'll be at the top of the hall of fame list, because it's in alphabetical order (tu)

And ScarKev - hopefully you'll be along to renew your membership shortly (tu)

Here's the link...

http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=252200

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What do I do mate? have I read that right buy 5 raffles at £2 to join the fund?

Yes mate, that's all there is to it. - just remember to look for the "add special instructions" link and type your username in there. Then add a post to the main thread when you're done (tu)

There's even a donate button in my signature below...

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Aye sounds good mate, and thanks for the pm you sent me. I will do my bit. I will probably buy them myself right enough as i have totes to sell for my supporters bus and flute band,

Cheers mate. I'll add you to the "going to pay" list.

Just PM once it's sorted (tu)

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I better win a signed shirt from Darren Cole or I'll be starting a PayPal dispute for my £10 back

Just think - if you'd signed up last month, you'd have had a chance at this beauty...

framed_shirt_zps595e51af.jpg

But now that you're in this year's fund, you'll have a chance of winning next year's framed home shirt - and maybe even a trip to Auchenhowie if you're lucky (tu)

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I'll get it sent some point next few days, just waiting on money going into my PayPal :)

(tu)

I've added you to the "going to pay" list. Just make a post in the main thread when it's sorted, and I'll move you into the 'good list' :D

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