Ryan
Journey Man
Dan, I have been thinking - how could you make an interacting forum more exciting, and get fans from all over the world (Manly fans) more connected with each other (and I'm talking country / NZ / worldwide fans as well)?
Could you potentially have a Silvertails Team Speak, Mumble or Vent (or another utility)? Or could there be an official one Larrissa?
Could have various benefits:
+ People would "know" each other more - meaning more respect / accountability
+ Connectivity (our club already connects with fans beautifully. This would just be ANOTHER member benefit)
+ Game-day discussion while listening to games (for those that don't have Fox, but just radio or Internet)
+ A way for officials of the club to discuss things with members / fans (maybe it could be available to members only)
+ If the club felt it important, could they not get the COO, or a player to come on as a guest appearance?
etc, etc, etc.....
Imagine how great that would be.
Another benefit is that if the club used this as a way to interact with members, none of it is "in writing", meaning there is less feeding of the trolls, rumour mongers.
If you wanted to give access to someone for a one off discussion, could you not charge a nominal fee for that one session?
You could make all this part of the membership package, so it pays for itself.
Example: COO David Perry wants to advise members about a very serious situation, and The Manly Daily would like to be involved. That would be fine, but there would be a fee payable for 24 hour "Team Speak" access.
This would all add to benefits for members and/or additional potential cashflow for the club / Dan, but more importantly - it's new, and I believe innovative (everything starts from somewhere). Maybe this could work?
I know I'd love to interact with Jatz, Garts, lovefooty, ManlyBacker etc etc etc.....
Could you potentially have a Silvertails Team Speak, Mumble or Vent (or another utility)? Or could there be an official one Larrissa?
Could have various benefits:
+ People would "know" each other more - meaning more respect / accountability
+ Connectivity (our club already connects with fans beautifully. This would just be ANOTHER member benefit)
+ Game-day discussion while listening to games (for those that don't have Fox, but just radio or Internet)
+ A way for officials of the club to discuss things with members / fans (maybe it could be available to members only)
+ If the club felt it important, could they not get the COO, or a player to come on as a guest appearance?
etc, etc, etc.....
Imagine how great that would be.
Another benefit is that if the club used this as a way to interact with members, none of it is "in writing", meaning there is less feeding of the trolls, rumour mongers.
If you wanted to give access to someone for a one off discussion, could you not charge a nominal fee for that one session?
You could make all this part of the membership package, so it pays for itself.
Example: COO David Perry wants to advise members about a very serious situation, and The Manly Daily would like to be involved. That would be fine, but there would be a fee payable for 24 hour "Team Speak" access.
This would all add to benefits for members and/or additional potential cashflow for the club / Dan, but more importantly - it's new, and I believe innovative (everything starts from somewhere). Maybe this could work?
I know I'd love to interact with Jatz, Garts, lovefooty, ManlyBacker etc etc etc.....
