May 29, 2008 by tim_stebbins.

We face a very important fundamental question:   Will we support a restaurant operating in the Trumpets location of our Anthem Center?  Will we patronize the restaurant with regular or even irregular purchase of meals?   

If the answer is no then regardless of the form any new restaurant takes it will fail.  Regardless of the form any new restaurant takes unless we welcome it with open arms as a significant addition to our community and lifestyle it will fail. 

Many indications are not very promising.   

1. Members of Clubs are circling their wagons and digging in their heels by insisting they do not want any obligation to use the restaurant for their catered events.  They want the option to go to other vendors of their choice.  While this does not sound unreasonable at first glance it is indicative of a negative attitude.  It certainly does not demonstrate an enthusiastic spirit of support for our restaurant.  It is unlikely Club members who reject the restaurant for their social events will patronize that same restaurant for their personal dining. 

2. Most members have personal ideas of how the restaurant should be operated.  Too many members are saying they will only support the restaurant if it features what they want.  That might be prices.  That might be types of food.  That might be operating hours.  That might be ethnic dishes.  Personal tastes are all over the map.  This too seems to illustrate an initial negative attitude and does not get us off on the right foot. 

3. It seems most members agree two of the major features of our restaurant are the convenient location, right here in SCA, and the gorgeous views of the Las Vegas valley.  These sound good but they do not seem to be much real value or influence on us in practice.  Buckman’s Grille at the Revere Golf Club offers similar features.  Since the closing of Trumpets months ago there has been no big surge of members patronizing Buckman’s.  Buckman’s still offers only limited dinners at the same frequency as when Trumpets was open.  Members continue to dine out at various restaurants but generally are not choosing Buckman’s as one of them. 

If we choose to not properly support our restaurant, then that is our choice.  That would indicate we do not consider the restaurant very important or at least not important enough.  But then what is the point of having a restaurant?  Perhaps we should take a hard look at other uses of that space where it will actually bring benefits and enjoyment to most members.

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May 29, 2008 by THE VOICE.

Director Bob Frank has posted some of the dozens of documents concerning last year’s Board Harassment and Retaliation actions against him. So far, this Board misbehavior has cost our association over $60,000–with no end in sight!

If Dixon, Berman and Leach can push the Nevada Real Estate Division to open up a formal court case, the total legal costs to SCA could easily be double or triple that amount. Why would they go to so much trouble and community expense if not because of wanting to cover-up the financial mismanagement that has been alleged?

See the www.AnthemVoice.org web site for details on Dixon and his coalition’s allegations, and for Bob Frank’s and his SCA-provided attorney’s conclusive rejections of the bogus complaints. 

http://www.anthemvoice.org/violations.html 

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