Maintaining membership records in a database has several advantages:

       It's easy to find and update each member's record

       The entire database can be transferred on disk from one officer to another when postholders change

       You can use mail-merge functions to automate the process of creating address labels for your member mailing.

       You can quickly analyse the membership information to find out, for example: the number of senior and junior members; which members live in a particular area; and select the sub-set of women members.

 

How to recruit new members?

• By word-of-mouth from family or friend
• Victoria University 
• Notice in a newspaper (which?)
• Bunnings BBQ
• Sign on club house?
• Facebook and My Space networking?
• Flyers (7-Eleven, schools, rec centers)
• AFL / Rugby stars looking to get some gridiron experience (Pro Kick)
• ollege orientation weeks
• Aboriginal socieities
• Unions
• Press releases
• Host a game downtown where its visible and will generate interest
• Coordinate with Channel 10's NFL coverage
• Involvement in local fairs
• What else?