Members ballot

[Captain Slaphead]

Think you are being a bit harsh on the club, this limit would have been set by the local council and the various parties

The club themselves have stated that the "limit" is 600.
Our new Executive Chairman has decided to adopt 200 on supposed cost grounds.

[Slogger]

Think you are being a bit harsh on the club, this limit would have been set by the local council and the various parties

The club themselves have stated that the "limit" is 600.
Our new Executive Chairman has decided to adopt 200 on supposed cost grounds.

Quite. If 600 were being let in there would be no argument from me.

[stewyww]

Think you are being a bit harsh on the club, this limit would have been set by the local council and the various parties

The club themselves have stated that the "limit" is 600.
Our new Executive Chairman has decided to adopt 200 on supposed cost grounds.

Quite. If 600 were being let in there would be no argument from me.

Absolutely. It is the reduction from 600 to 200 on so called "financial grounds", when they have got our bleeding money, that has got peoples' backs up.

[Valentines Park]

They said on commentary today that the problem at Chelmsford is the narrow walkways..

Narrow walkways at Lord's too.

Think they'll be letting in more than 200.

[vim]

They have not got my money this year. I have got long pockets and short hands as far as the club are concerned.

[Slogger]

The answer to narrow walkways is a one way system.

[Andy]

The answer to narrow walkways is a one way system.

Where there's a will...if it was T20 they'd be packing them in cheek by (unmasked) jowl!

[pablo]

We don't even have the courtesy of an e-mail to inform us that we have not been successful in the ballot. Not much to ask for those of us like me who have paid out the best part of £400 not to see a ball bowled in 20 months.

Contacted the club and this was the reply

It is unlikely that you will be successful for Notts as you have secured a Warks ticket. Those already with tickets will be removed from the ballot until all Members have been successful.

 Only successful Members will be informed, we will not be contacting those who have been unsuccessful.

[Postman]

It's doubly annoying that the AGM seems not to be going to happen on Tuesday (else why have the accounts and reports not been sent out?) so the club can continue to hide away from criticism. There can't be any public health case for the 200 person limit for the CC so the club has to justify it in financial terms, and they have totally failed to do so.  To lose goodwill over a situation where the public understands that there are many things you can't do much about, by doing s*d all about the things you can, is a pretty spectacular piece of bad management.

[Valentines Park]

I had an email informing me the ballot was tomorrow.

Come back Danny Macklin all is forgiven.

[SirChef26]

It's doubly annoying that the AGM seems not to be going to happen on Tuesday (else why have the accounts and reports not been sent out?) so the club can continue to hide away from criticism. There can't be any public health case for the 200 person limit for the CC so the club has to justify it in financial terms, and they have totally failed to do so.  To lose goodwill over a situation where the public understands that there are many things you can't do much about, by doing s*d all about the things you can, is a pretty spectacular piece of bad management.

Here in lies the issue for me. If the club just came out and publicly stated that due to the cost of doing so, they simply can't afford to allow anymore than 200 people in a day, spelled out the costs and explained the damage it would do to the club financially, then they'd get far more understanding and acceptance from members. A few groans as standard, but the vast majority would accept it.

Just be open and be honest. It screams lack of PR nous from the higher ups at the club.

[Andy]

I had an email informing me the ballot was tomorrow.

Come back Danny Macklin all is forgiven.

He’s CEO at Leyton Orient now, so he probably won’t be back soon...

[LeedsExile]

At least in Danny's day the yearbook would be out by now.

[nat]

I had an email informing me the ballot was tomorrow.

Come back Danny Macklin all is forgiven.

He’s CEO at Leyton Orient now, so he probably won’t be back soon...

If there was ever a case of being over promoted ...

[mawallace]

We don't even have the courtesy of an e-mail to inform us that we have not been successful in the ballot. Not much to ask for those of us like me who have paid out the best part of £400 not to see a ball bowled in 20 months.

Contacted the club and this was the reply

It is unlikely that you will be successful for Notts as you have secured a Warks ticket. Those already with tickets will be removed from the ballot until all Members have been successful.

 Only successful Members will be informed, we will not be contacting those who have been unsuccessful.