Strategy Mission "2028": Taking the Club Back

[GremioPower]

A BigFooty thredrea

From Brainstorm to Action to Goal​

There's a clause in the Crows' Constitution which allows their members to regain control of the club after October 31st, 2028. We don't have such a clause in ours. However, this will become a topic in four years time; if not sooner than that.

RussellEbertHandball has been talking about this for a while already. We cannot be unprepared for the moment it happens. Cancelling memberships and praying for stickerman to return are not enough. We must take proper action.

What can we actually do?​

This is a space where we can try answering that question. From all the garbage that inevitably comes up, good ideas will certainly emerge.

People here have different skill sets. We should be able to find ways of combining those for the benefit of the cause.

The 2024 season is over. It's offseason. The best time to discuss such a matter is now. Thus, I'll ask it again:

What can we actually do in order to take the club back for its members?​

 

[GremioPower]

I will start with one.

I've already brought this up. I think that we should get institutionalized (in Leftspeak, "unionized").

I envision some sort of supporters' association established for bringing Port under membership control.

It would also help prepare the members for the task of running the club, because we would already have the experience of running an organization.

 

[El_Scorcho]

The most important thing we can do is to get prominent former players on board driving the campaign. A supporters campaign is easy to ignore. We need prominent people who have the access and platform to get this in the media. One of these people has to take charge and they have to get others on board.

Tredrea is the most obvious one, but Ginever, Erin and Greg Phillips, Choco, as many 2004 Premiership players as we can get, Fiacchi, Abernethy.

If former players are keeping it in the media, it allows the 2nd most important part of the campaign:

Getting Crows fans to give us shit that they're a real football club and we're not. We need them to absolutely delight in it. This is the first time in their history they'll be able to argue authenticity over us. As frustrating as it'll be that they've been afforded that, it'll be very important for the long game of getting control of the club back that it happens.

 

[GremioPower]

Tredrea is the most obvious one, but Ginever, Erin and Greg Phillips, Choco, as many 2004 Premiership players as we can get, Fiacchi, Abernethy.

That's an interesting list. How could we approach them? Do we have people close enough to them? What would we ask from them?