Alliance Council Meeting 6/6/2017
By Karl Picard
We opened with a discussion with the front office around the 2019 jersey. This allowed the AC to provide input but overall the club will provide the input back to the league and Adidas. There are lots of areas for input as the process goes on but the input starts now.
We got to meet Jeff who just joined the AC. Really wants to do what he can to improve the fan experience. Deep family experience with soccer though both his personal play an experience as well as that with his kids.
Charitable contribution – there was a question in the survey and we are researching options for the Alliance. We discussed a few options and more details on the decision should come soon.
Alliance Scarf Vote is coming soon – look for mail from the Club announcing dates and deadlines on submissions and voting.
10 years of the Alliance, this initiative is coming later this year. We are kicking off working on some blog posts, video and other ideas and we are targeting one a month in the run up tonext season. The goal is working on bringing awareness of the history of the Alliance Council and the Alliance as a whole. We plan on having about 10 – 15 posts.
Constitution vote coming soon. Look for more updates and articles very soon.
If this is something that interests you, please join the Alliance council or provide your ideas in the comments below
Could we see if the new Jerseys could be made available in size 3xl
Size ranges, and specifically larger sizes were addressed with Club representatives at this meeting. The challenge is the extremely large minimum orders required by adidas (thousands per variant). This impacts the production and the sell through. They are looking into adidas’ production capability (what sizes can they make on their equipment), and what minimums will they allow? Unless there can be a reduced number, those minimum orders appear to be out of a possible sales range.
This is not to say that the subject is done: it is our hope that if adidas continues to hear from us on the subject (let’s face it, a 3xl is a XXL in normal clothes), they’ll get the message. We believe if they’re going to be in the business of fan attire, they should embrace the business of fan attire and create attire fans can wear.