[SBU Board] 11th Hour Blurb for SUN Newsletter

[David Taylor]

I would want the blurb to capture some of the frustration that Kim
expresses in her email.  It's ridiculous that a small of people put all of
our efforts at risk and generate such problems for us.

David

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Eng, Kim <Keng at forestridge.org> wrote:

> Thanks Tim.
>
> On a side note, I have had (many) email exchanges with FR people
> (security/admin/residential house/facilities). I have managed to lessen
> their frustrations by letting them know all of the measures we took to
> prevent smoking on campus (on the flyer, posted in the gym, announcement
> before each session and conversations prior to the tournament to all known
> smokers). I will meet with the head of school and we will post mortem the
> event. I will keep you posted. It was suggested that if we do come back to
> this site that we cone off areas where they aren't supposed to park (even
> though there are "reserved" signs...), and they suggested we have someone
> trolling the property the whole time to ensure no smokers. Can't imagine
> how boring that job would be. How sad that a couple players would force us
> to have to do that.
>
> Just an FYI, the person in the white tesla (I was told that it was
> Christine Meyers but have no idea if this is true) continually kept parking
> in non-parking zones (reserved areas and then the loading dock). The
> security guard approached me a few times about this.
>
> I am unclear why some bridge players think they are so special and above
> the rules when it comes to parking/smoking. I will be sad if a couple of
> people ruin our ability to run events at nice facilities.
>
> I know some people may think that we are blowing the smoking thing out of
> proportion, but our facilities manager takes great pride in her work. Her
> crew works extremely hard to keep the grounds green, clean and pretty. We
> have kids and parents touring the school all the time (even in the summer)
> and it is important that they know how much we care about this school and
> the kids who go here. Our enrollment is what keeps us afloat. This weekend
> we had international boarding students and their families on campus which
> caused a lot of the uproar over our smokers.
>
> Kim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sbuboard [mailto:sbuboard-bounces+keng=
> forestridge.org at mailman.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Tim White
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 9:32 PM
> To: sbuboard at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: [SBU Board] 11th Hour Blurb for SUN Newsletter
> Importance: High
>
> Given the problems with smoking at the Suntan sectional this weekend, I
> asked David Wright to plan to incorporate a note on the front page of the
> SUN newsletter that is about to go to print.  He has agreed to do this.
> Absent objection, tomorrow (Monday 7/18) I will send him the blurb on the
> attached Word file.  Please let me know immediately if you have a concern
> with proceeding with this blurb.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
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