Thursday, August 30, 2012

Labor Day Weekend - Potluck and Cookout

Hi Members,

Hard to believe summer is almost (officially) over! We hope you'll be around this Labor Day weekend, to enjoy the pool before we close. 

We will be having an impromptu, last minute potluck dinner this Friday (Aug 31st). We'll start at 6 pm. Click here to rsvp and list what you think you might bring. Potluck is on - rain or shine. If it's raining, we'll show a kid movie in the clubhouse. 

We will also be having our Labor Day Cookout on Monday (Sept 3rd) from 12:30 - 2:30. Same deal as Friday night cookouts - $4 for a hotdog or burger, chips and drink. If you have punches left on your punch card after the cookout - don't worry, you can use them next summer. And if you'd like to help us end the summer with themost awesome cookout ever - please consider bringing a salad, side dish or dessert to share with everyone. Or maybe even a pitcher of your favorite "summer drink". 

And by the way - thanks to our great sponsor, Jump and Slide, we'll have a bounce house for the kids - AND it will be setup all weekend, starting Friday afternoon. Please consider Jump and Slide for your next party - they have been good to Huntley Hills and you can't beat their prices!

We hope you've enjoyed the summer and we hope to see you at the pool this weekend!! 

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Swim at Your Own Risk Hours

Hi Members,

We can see that the addition of swim-at-your-own-risk hours has been very popular! It took us a long to time do the research regarding insurance, waivers and other issues – before we were comfortable offering this option to our members. It was not something we added just because we wanted it – there was lots of thought, and much debate, that went into the decision.

We know many of you requested that the hours be extended once school started and the opening hours were changed from 10:30 to 3 pm. Even before official requests were made, we were already discussing/debating this, via email, and were in the process of voting on the issue.

Ultimately, the majority voted not to extend the hours this year – but to revisit it for next year. If it passes next year, we would need to rewrite the waiver and change the signs (which has to be done, per our insurance). We also need to make sure systems are in place to ensure the water chemistry remains consistent for all of those unattended hours – which may mean having a guard check the pool each morning.

So while we could have just said – “sure, let’s extend the hours” – that is not how we operate. We are all volunteers, and while sometimes decisions, actions and communications take longer than we’d like, we always try and do our best to ensure that we think things through, cover all the bases and work in the best interest of the club and all of our members.

With that said – we will be discussing this issue in future Board meetings. If you have an opinion on it, please reply to this email and everyone on the Board will receive it. Also, if you have any questions or suggestions for the future, please let us know.

Thanks!

-HHSTC Board <http://www.hhstc.com/Board.html