[SBU Board] 11th Hour Blurb for SUN Newsletter

[JC Chupack]

Tim - would you like me to add the same blurb to the website and Facebook?

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On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com> wrote:

> Kim, et al,
>
> Thanks for the insights and for speaking to several important issues.
> Speaking only for myself, I appreciate the gravity of the school's concerns
> and will fully respect whatever decision comes forward.
>
> I'm going to add the topic to our upcoming board meeting agenda.  Echoing
> one of the thoughts in your email below, Renae has suggested the board
> consider the idea of hiring a "troller" to stroll the grounds, confront and
> report violators.  She also suggests we should continue with related blurbs
> in future issues of the SUN newsletter.  Perhaps one of our most effective
> tools is peer pressure -- encouraging players to confront and report
> violators.
>
> The Sequim sectional used to be a popular and well-attended tournament.
> It had a beautiful venue -- the Sequim High School cafeteria.   The unit
> lost access to that facility because smoker flicked butts around the
> property.  The end result is that the Sequim sectional has spiraled into
> oblivion.  We can't let that happen to our unit.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
> On 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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