<p>How about the one food, one drink policy and the ping-pong game Mike is playing with the life style committee? I asked Len Chapman, a member of Life Style, why we needed such a ridiculous rule and began to argue my case before the poor guy had a chance to respond to me. Len said that he had absolutely no idea where the rule came from and he agreed it made little sense. For those of you that don’t know what I am referring to, let me illuminate you; let’s say that your club or group is planning a function over at Independence Center, you can only serve one food item, let’s say cake, and one beverage, coffee, that’s it. If you want to serve more, then your group must pay $1 per person as an additional clean up fee. However, we, as an association already pay for a maintenance service to cleanup. Now, I can understand charging any group that leaves the room a mess an added fee, but we are adults and should be responsible enough to leave the place as we find it. By all means, be charged a penalty if we don’t, but let’s get real here, these rules feel like a prison camp. NOW COMES THE FUNNY PART because I know what you are thinking, Rana is always complaining. Len told me, “If you don’t like it, just let the board know, all they have to do is rescind the rule” OK, I wrote a letter and made that suggestion asking that it be made an action item. Long story made short and I will cut to the chase; Mike Dixon has decided to send the suggestion back to the Life Style committee “for investigation” he says “he needs to know where this rule came from and why”….<br />
My question to all of you is WHY DOES HE CARE? It’s a silly rule, if the Life Style committee agrees that it is a silly rule, it should go. The Women’s Club complained to Bob Berman about this last year and he said that he would take care of it, then said he “forgot and it fell between the cracks” everyone seems to agree that it is a silly rule, why waste even more time, just rescind it, stop bouncing things around, does this man have a commitment problem or what? </p>
<p>I will be going to the committee meeting on the 14th and will report back what happens next; Please join me there, 9am, Anthem Center. Or, leave me your comments and stay tuned.
<strong>UPDATE</strong>: At today’s Lifestyle meeting the committee are indeed working on the 1 food/1 drink or $1 per person charge I am happy to announce. I don’t think it will be ready to get on the on the agenda for this month’s board meeting, but it looks as if some sanity is finally on the horizon in that department. THANK YOU LIFSTYLE. They had not decided on exactly what the new format will be so I cannot report that yet, but it is bound to be an improvement. Now let us all cross our fingers and hope that the board passes the recommendation to do away with that silly rule, once the committee writes it up the way they want it.
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To all the members of the tribe. L’Shana Tovah. May you all have health, peace and prosperity throughout the coming New Year and may all your names be inscribed in the Book of Life. Once again, L’Shana Tovah. Shalom.