Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 80 non renewals - I'm sure tgat will reduce drastically! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlBear. 8,499 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Looks like I'm going to have plenty more time for activities.And then there was the RDF/Erskine Fundraising Night.... More pics of those three GB and you'll have a lot more members... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 More pics of those three GB and you'll have a lot more members...Especially if they're unedited... Inigo and AlBear. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Pledged: FlippinEck Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears r us 30,810 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 80 non renewals - I'm sure tgat will reduce drastically!As G B says everyone's circumstances can change and some maybe cannot manage to pay at the moment, but it seems a high number. So hopefully it will indeed reduce to a much lower figure before long. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Welcome to member number 135 - TheBEST-Simples Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlBear. 8,499 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Especially if they're unedited... Inigo and Bobby Hume 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 ... go on donate you know you, want to. I suspect that there are quite a few RM members who DO want to donate, and probably now wish that they had done so years ago, but after having resisted joining for so long, their pride or stubbornness just won't allow it. It's their loss. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 For that much money, you qualify for the deluxe model... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Welcome to member number 136 - nine4eight Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 but it seems a high number. So hopefully it will indeed reduce to a much lower figure before long. It does seem a high number at first,But it depends how you look at it.Over the whole of last season the Erskine Fund had 134 members - who were recruited during three major fundraisers, plus the auctions, plus a whole season's worth of talking/tricking posters into joining.Before the start of this season, we have 136 + 28 pledged)120 of them are renewing members, 46 are new members.Last week, we had 70 renewed members until I sent a renewal PM to the 130 unrenewed members. 50 signed up This week, I've sent another PM to the remaining 80. Three or 4 have signed up already, and hopefully a few more will sign up if they see the PM. Also in this age of mobile phones, not all members get PM notifications, or bother to check, or bother to log on, so they may be blissfully unaware of our activity. So maybe they just need it brought to their attention. I'll keep my eye open for such opportunities. When you look at the list of 80 unrenewed members, you wouldn't recognise most of the names. Maybe only 20 or 30 are prominent active posters. Hopefully a few of them will renew, but most of the others probably no longer visit the site very much, if at all.And no doubt a few members have just got bigger things going on in their lives to worry about right now. So in fact, all things considered, the renewal uptake has been phenomenal! Way better than I had hoped. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 And in the time it took me to write that post, another two renewals have come in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Oh, and judging by one or two PMs I've had, a few members might just be waiting until the end of the month till payday comes. It's school uniform time again, so a few folk will be feeling the squeeze this month, and will have probably have put me on ignore for the rest of the month. Can I urge those members to simply PM me and get on the Pledged List. Then we'll worry about the money next month. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Also in this age of mobile phones, not all members get PM notifications, or bother to check, or bother to log on, so they may be blissfully unaware of our activity. So maybe they just need it brought to their attention. I'll keep my eye open for such opportunities. Hey GB sorry not been on for a while bud but get me down on the Pledged list for £[xx] and I will work it out how to do it from my mobile bud.Keep fighting the good fightYC- I rest my case! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Pledged:Treble99Young Conqueror Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 And also, I imagine that some of those 80 unrenewed members have in fact renewed in the last two weeks or so, and just forgot to PM me to let me know.Like Adda for example. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Welcome to member number 137 - Adda- That's close enough! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Good old Adda - He's only gone and made another donation just for the hell of it!!For such a noble gesture, he deserves more than a cheap joke about his name sounding a bit like Abba. So I'll have another go... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ach, close, but not quite.Okay, one last try...There - that should do it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Pledged: JohnH Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears r us 30,810 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 It does seem a high number at first,But it depends how you look at it.Over the whole of last season the Erskine Fund had 134 members - who were recruited during three major fundraisers, plus the auctions, plus a whole season's worth of talking/tricking posters into joining.Before the start of this season, we have 136 + 28 pledged)120 of them are renewing members, 46 are new members.Last week, we had 70 renewed members until I sent a renewal PM to the 130 unrenewed members. 50 signed up This week, I've sent another PM to the remaining 80. Three or 4 have signed up already, and hopefully a few more will sign up if they see the PM. Also in this age of mobile phones, not all members get PM notifications, or bother to check, or bother to log on, so they may be blissfully unaware of our activity. So maybe they just need it brought to their attention. I'll keep my eye open for such opportunities. When you look at the list of 80 unrenewed members, you wouldn't recognise most of the names. Maybe only 20 or 30 are prominent active posters. Hopefully a few of them will renew, but most of the others probably no longer visit the site very much, if at all.And no doubt a few members have just got bigger things going on in their lives to worry about right now. So in fact, all things considered, the renewal uptake has been phenomenal! Way better than I had hoped. I think I was a little pessimistic when I posted this morning GB, it just seemed at the time it was a high figure but after reading your various positive posts since I am now in the same positive frame of mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 I think I was a little pessimistic when I posted this morning GB, it just seemed at the time it was a high figure but after reading your various positive posts since I am now in the same positive frame of mind. I think I was probably trying to frighten you with a sensationalist headline not backed up by the actual facts. In fact, it was only 78 PMs I sent - and we've had 9 positive replies already, so we're definitely nearly there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears r us 30,810 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I think I was probably trying to frighten you with a sensationalist headline not backed up by the actual facts. In fact, it was only 78 PMs I sent - and we've had 9 positive replies already, so we're definitely nearly there. Sounds good You do realise if you had said 78 rather than 80 BP9 would not have posted and I would not have posted and you would not have replied so often and well this whole page might not have had so many bumps and maybe you would not have had so many replies. I suppose that means BP9 can still a few more bumps Edit: forgot about your PM's Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Sounds good You do realise if you had said 78 rather than 80 BP9 would not have posted and I would not have posted and you would not have replied so often and well this whole page might not have had so many bumps and maybe you would not have had so many replies. I suppose that means BP9 can still a few more bumps Edit: forgot about your PM's Yes I do realise that. Notice I haven't uttered a word about how much I reckon we've raised - I find it's far more productive to talk about unachieved targets than achieved ones! Corky True Legend and Bears r us 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky True Legend 2,682 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 As the numbers are still rising, what is your next target, number and timescale? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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