Become a Charter Member of the Sons of Ben, and for a small donation (at your discretion) help our efforts to bring Major League Soccer to the City of Philadelphia. Please click the PayPal button on THIS PAGE, and enter the amount you wish to donate. We thank you for your support. UPDATE: Please note that the Charter Member program ran for 6 months and was established to provide the group with an operating budget in lieu of actual membership dues.
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership we're still determining what benefit(s) the charter members will receive - all reasonable suggestions will be considered. for the time being, check out the SoB Charter Members Page.
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership Just thinking out loud, but I know that the Barra Brava and Screaming Eagles give a jersey with membership...maybe our first year when we have real membership dues the charter members get a different colored jersey or something. I just don't want anything to get in the way of the whole "standing together" ideology that I think we're trying to attain...like we don't want to make people feel inferior that aren't charter members in the future, but at the same time we need to give a benefit now other than just "oh I'm helping out"
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership Andy is working on a membership card template plus we have created a Charter Member page that will be up ad infinitum. But I would like to add one more thing..
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership Charter Members get Yellow jerseys, all others get Carolina blue, charter members sit together in the center and are flanked by the blue, thus creating a live Philadelphia flag
What about a patch or badge? Small, simple, inexpensive, traditional. OR a small banner or replica flag What am I (besidez chopped liver!)? Don't I count? Or am I just decoration, fluff, and eye-candy?
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership a patch would be great for a piece of merchandise, not necessarily for charter members but for everyone like the tshirt...how expensive is it to get an embroidered SoB patch made up? (maybe this should be in the SOB merchandise thread?)
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership Agreed - but B76 indicated that he would like to offer something more to 'incentivize' potential Charters.
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership Why don't we have differing, improving levels of rewards based on how much is donated.. Say, $10 gets you a ______ Then, $20 gets you a ______, plus a _________ At $50, the member gets ________, ________, as well as _________.
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership How about an exclusive scarf? Yes, you still have to pay for it, but it is available to Charter Members Only. Guaranteed one run only. You'll be the envy of all the fans who weren't there from the beginning Front: Reverse:
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership Oh, that's effing sweet...except for the period after "established" (sorry, teacher, can't help it )
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership Love the scarf, repped accordingly. What about changing it to Est. MMVII?
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership I have no idea of that which you speak Here you go, but I like the 2007 better.
MOST Excellent! One MINOR suggestion - make the T on The lower case (the). And the Automated Scarf Service (ASS) located on Level 3, Tier 2, will not be authorized to dispense this BEAUTY!! Consider one (1) ORDERED by me!!
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership anybody know of a scarf mfr that will allow for small quantities (<10)?? the one we currently use needs at least 30. those kick tail sport billy ... repped accordingly. or not, gotta spread that shizz around it would seem.
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership 30 is the smallest I know of. And frankly, if we can't get 30 charters from our "membership" base, then I am starting to wonder if they just signed up for shiggles.
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership Oh yeah, much better with the lowercase T. Once I noticed that it would have driven me insane.
Re: SoB :: Charter Membership Anyone with any catchy marketing hooks for the Charter Member letter to our 171 member group?