It's still difficult to know where to put updates on what's happening but I guess this is more "behind the scenes" type info so here is the best I have for this past week...
80/20 rule is dominating my match reports as the thing came together really quickly but the finer subtleties have taken a while to sort out. Just got player set-ups to do and its all finished.
myFootballClub have announced the takeover of Ebbsfleet United which is a great choice for them - a small progressive club with potential and a very agreeable board. Manager seems a little grey on issues to do with the team but I can understand that. I see one of the Kimble twins is the assistant there which is great - I used to see them play for Cambridge United many years ago in the Beck era.
All of this has focused us a little more and we still want to be the first team to let the members select the team online in the UK. For that reason, we are trying to line up a match where all sign-ups (paid and unpaid) will be able to join in with the decision making.
This won't affect the membership payments to date - it is all "ring fenced" - but will allow everyone to give it a go for free.
This will not only allow us to test things out for the future but to get a lot more exposure than we might otherwise have done.
One aspect that is clearly different between myfc and mybufc is that mybufc will be far more reliant on the efforts of members to have an input to the direction of the system as a whole.
I have to take my hat off to YorkFox, GlassEyes and Goal to name just a few who have all contributed an enormous amount so far for which we we are very grateful!
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
FaceBook, MPs, texting and voting...
Since the forum opened on the site, this blog has been sadly neglected. I never was one for diaries so it is quite an achievement to get this far!
To catch up..
Had photos done with our local MP, Alistair Birt, who is now a member (he paid privately and in full I should add and there is no indication it went through the office expenses!) and a true football fan. The video interview with him would have been perfect for the site had one of the team not decided to "moonie" in the background!
The story ran in a few publications which was great but one thing has become obvious - we need national coverage - BBC 5 Live, Talk Sport, National Papers and local TV are my next target to get the word out about the "social ownership" impact on football.
On to bigger things, myBUFC has been FaceBook-ed and there is now a group and application any FaceBook member can join and add to the page. Look up "mybufc" if you want to join and I'll see you there!
Match reports
Sometimes scores and detailed match reports are a little slow to get back to members and site visitirs SO... we are adding to the information one can get. I wrote a little application that allows someone to provide live reporting with the simplest use of a mobile phone.
Minute by minute text commentary, match stats and score will then be available whilst we all wait for the detailed reports to follow a day or so later.
Look out for the trial run this Saturday!
Player profiles
We are ploughing ahead with the team database which Chris and I hope to have available within a few days and will link to the match stats from above. It could also be the basis of scout reports in the future.
Voting
We need to encourage many of those who have subscribed to take part in this early stage so we are having some fun votes and will continue to feed team suggestions through to the management via the forums.
Right - just need another 4000 people now.
To catch up..
Had photos done with our local MP, Alistair Birt, who is now a member (he paid privately and in full I should add and there is no indication it went through the office expenses!) and a true football fan. The video interview with him would have been perfect for the site had one of the team not decided to "moonie" in the background!
The story ran in a few publications which was great but one thing has become obvious - we need national coverage - BBC 5 Live, Talk Sport, National Papers and local TV are my next target to get the word out about the "social ownership" impact on football.
On to bigger things, myBUFC has been FaceBook-ed and there is now a group and application any FaceBook member can join and add to the page. Look up "mybufc" if you want to join and I'll see you there!
Match reports
Sometimes scores and detailed match reports are a little slow to get back to members and site visitirs SO... we are adding to the information one can get. I wrote a little application that allows someone to provide live reporting with the simplest use of a mobile phone.
Minute by minute text commentary, match stats and score will then be available whilst we all wait for the detailed reports to follow a day or so later.
Look out for the trial run this Saturday!
Player profiles
We are ploughing ahead with the team database which Chris and I hope to have available within a few days and will link to the match stats from above. It could also be the basis of scout reports in the future.
Voting
We need to encourage many of those who have subscribed to take part in this early stage so we are having some fun votes and will continue to feed team suggestions through to the management via the forums.
Right - just need another 4000 people now.
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