Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Ebbsfleet United takeover approved, I'm a football team owner!
Some of you may have heard about MyFootballClub, a 100% web-based consortium of football (soccer) fans that have joined together, paid $70 each and now voted to buy a real honest to goodness football team in the UK. All major decisions at the club will be decided by online voting of the members. Obviously this includes player signings and the like, but even more intriguing (and scary) is we'll actually vote each week on the starting 11 and what positions they'll play... Yes, really.
You can still sign up too. If you do, perhaps we should start a stateside fan club and have regular live meetings about club business! Sign up to be an owner here - http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk/
For those of you who would rather practice voyeurism living this adventure through others, I'll do my best to keep you updated here. If you do sign up, comment here or email me at Potomac Soccer Wire so we can form a D.C. ownership committee :-)
Here's today's announcement about the overwhelming vote approving the takeover:
Dear Hummer,
MyFootballClub members have today approved the takeover of Ebbsfleet United football club, the first website-community takeover of its kind in the world. Over 95.7% voted in favour of going ahead with the deal.
In the second vote, over 95.6% voted in favour of allowing Liam Daish to continue with any plans he has for the January transfer window.
This email has been sent to over 73,000 - which includes MyFootballClub members as well as everyone else who has expressed an interest in the venture since its launch on 26 April 2007. For those yet to join, now is a great time for you to become a member and share in the excitement from the beginning.
The near future
The next two weeks will be an exciting time on the website, so please be sure to visit regularly.
In the coming days:
Members will decide whether the club should employ a new kit manufacturer. If so, members will then be able to select home and away shirt designs.
Members will be invited to put themselves forward for the Trust Board. An article will be posted explaining the election process, and scoping out the role.
The team selector will be going live, so that people can start to familiarize themselves with it. As announced, members will start to control team selection in March 2008.
Years two, three and beyond
Around 1700 members have already committed to membership beyond year one, which is extremely promising.
All monies for subsequent years have been ring-fenced [escrowed] and will not be spent unless members decide to do so. If you are able to extend your membership now, it will help members and the football club look forward to the future with even more confidence.
Thank you,
The MyFootballClub Team
Labels: ebbsfleet, My Football Club
You can still sign up too. If you do, perhaps we should start a stateside fan club and have regular live meetings about club business! Sign up to be an owner here - http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk/
For those of you who would rather practice voyeurism living this adventure through others, I'll do my best to keep you updated here. If you do sign up, comment here or email me at Potomac Soccer Wire so we can form a D.C. ownership committee :-)
Here's today's announcement about the overwhelming vote approving the takeover:
Dear Hummer,
MyFootballClub members have today approved the takeover of Ebbsfleet United football club, the first website-community takeover of its kind in the world. Over 95.7% voted in favour of going ahead with the deal.
In the second vote, over 95.6% voted in favour of allowing Liam Daish to continue with any plans he has for the January transfer window.
This email has been sent to over 73,000 - which includes MyFootballClub members as well as everyone else who has expressed an interest in the venture since its launch on 26 April 2007. For those yet to join, now is a great time for you to become a member and share in the excitement from the beginning.
The near future
The next two weeks will be an exciting time on the website, so please be sure to visit regularly.
In the coming days:
Members will decide whether the club should employ a new kit manufacturer. If so, members will then be able to select home and away shirt designs.
Members will be invited to put themselves forward for the Trust Board. An article will be posted explaining the election process, and scoping out the role.
The team selector will be going live, so that people can start to familiarize themselves with it. As announced, members will start to control team selection in March 2008.
Years two, three and beyond
Around 1700 members have already committed to membership beyond year one, which is extremely promising.
All monies for subsequent years have been ring-fenced [escrowed] and will not be spent unless members decide to do so. If you are able to extend your membership now, it will help members and the football club look forward to the future with even more confidence.
Thank you,
The MyFootballClub Team
MyFootballClub members have today approved the takeover of Ebbsfleet United football club, the first website-community takeover of its kind in the world. Over 95.7% voted in favour of going ahead with the deal.
In the second vote, over 95.6% voted in favour of allowing Liam Daish to continue with any plans he has for the January transfer window.
This email has been sent to over 73,000 - which includes MyFootballClub members as well as everyone else who has expressed an interest in the venture since its launch on 26 April 2007. For those yet to join, now is a great time for you to become a member and share in the excitement from the beginning.
The near future
The next two weeks will be an exciting time on the website, so please be sure to visit regularly.
In the coming days:
Members will decide whether the club should employ a new kit manufacturer. If so, members will then be able to select home and away shirt designs.
Members will be invited to put themselves forward for the Trust Board. An article will be posted explaining the election process, and scoping out the role.
The team selector will be going live, so that people can start to familiarize themselves with it. As announced, members will start to control team selection in March 2008.
Years two, three and beyond
Around 1700 members have already committed to membership beyond year one, which is extremely promising.
All monies for subsequent years have been ring-fenced [escrowed] and will not be spent unless members decide to do so. If you are able to extend your membership now, it will help members and the football club look forward to the future with even more confidence.
Thank you,
The MyFootballClub Team
Labels: ebbsfleet, My Football Club
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