(originally posted as part of the Queue Ticket Pooling thread, but I decided to separate it to prevent that one going off on a tangent).
If the point of the queue ticket system was to stop people camping overnight, Blind Freddie could see that wouldn't work.
Our membership tickets are barcoded and scanned when we go into the ground, so it shouldn't be too hard for the club to track how many games members have attended. An alternative system could be that the club could then allocate queue tickets to every member according to how many games they've attended. For example, premiership club members who attended all 12 games would be randomly allotted the best queue ticket numbers, then premiership club members who attended 11 etc down to premiership club who attended none, then full club members with 12, full club members with 11 etc. The queue tickets would then be sent out along with the barcode letters, or even included as part of the barcode letter.
The limit of 8 tickets per transaction would still apply, and the position in the queue would be determined by the worst queue ticket number of the barcode letters. So every game you miss would push you and anyone else you wanted to buy tickets for back in the queue - would make any member think twice before missing a game and therefore hopefully reduce the number of no-show members at any game.
That way, members who attended the most games would be the ones who get to go to the grand final. Also you'd only need to queue once.
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