My Observations from the Initial Meeting of the Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee

Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee, Monday, March 28, 1pm, Lakeview Board Room

Attendance: Allan Lenefsky, Chair; Kat Fimmel, Co-Chair, Committee Members Janet Curry, Patrick Gannon, Carmel Scharenbroich, Stella Van Ness, David Wieland and 7 guests

BACKGROUND

This Ad Hoc committee was charged with reviewing the Bylaws and making

Advisory Panel Opinions on Mountain View Renovation Project

Nine of our Advisory Panel members share their comments on the proposed Mountain View renovation project below.

We want this to be a great conversation starter. Please feel free to leave your Comments at the end of the article.

My Take on the March 21st, 2022 Long Range Planning Meeting

Attendees:

Present: Chair: Allan Lenefsky, Director Kat Fimmel, Gary Osier, Russ Toman, Mike Blachut, William Day, Steve Oakes, Candy Ruggiero, Bill Laslo, and Norm Dixon

Also present: 3 guests, GM Bill Cook and Directors Collins and Aikins

First order of biz: Fitness Recommendation to the Board

• withdrawn from the original meeting agenda: 
• Bill Cook was called upon by Allan to explain why the motion for updated equipment was

Regarding the article in the March 21st Independent, “RCSC meeting format changed.”

Please note this blog entry has been updated on 3-23-2022 since being published on 3-21-2022.  Please see the final section under Update.

Unraveling a disaster

Where does one start to unravel the disaster of that Reconsidered motion? First of all, Director McAdam was correct that the motion to Reconsider was out of order because it was required to be reconsidered at the meeting in which it was presented (see RONR 37:10). Second, the monthly meetings are just that. Each one is a meeting and each one is considered a session because the entire order of

My "vision" for Mountain View - A Panel Member brings forward her unique and fun perspective

My vision for Mountain View is a remodel/retrofit to MCM (Mid-Century Modern styling)

• I am thinking of the red and white diners with Formica topped tables and chunky red vinyl chairs with fountain sodas EXCEPT the diner in question would be contracted out to George in the exact spot occupied by today's theater.
• George, in Direct Competition to Red Robin, offers a selection of gourmet burgers and bottomless fries. Does he offer beer and wine?

I am down for the count. OOPS, wrong sport! -- A commentary on court usage

Counting courts

Take a look at basketball, pickleball, and tennis usage in the current RCSC Facilities Activity Report.

It details each center’s use by sport/club and activity with an overall total.  

Drop your jaw when you see it

Exchanging Meetings - What's Up With Board/Member Exchanges?

Just in case you haven’t seen the YouTube, or read the meeting minutes, or read the Sun City Independent, we want to make sure that you are aware of the new format for RCSC Board meetings starting in April.

 

Email Blast from RCSC

Board/Member Exchanges Return Starting April 11

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Do You Love Sun City? - One Man’s Opinion

A brief look back.

If I told you those buying in Sun City in the 60's and 70's were absolute zealots who loved Sun City, would you be surprised? My good friend Ben Roloff just told me about finding files at the Sun City Museum that documented the origins of building organizations from very early on in 1960.

Pickleball Meeting held by the Pickleball Club on March 15th at 5 pm at Mountain View Recreation Center

Dan Haberman, president of the club, and members of the entire Pickleball Board were seated at a table in the front of the stage.

o   There was no microphone, but there was a podium.

o   RCSC Board members Dale Lehrer and Kat Fimmel were in attendance.

·       Dan announced that the purpose of the meeting was to take a vote to see if the majority of those present were in favor of new Pickleball courts being built

RECALL - A Sun Citian Point of View That Makes Sense to Us

“Not even judges can try their own case.” 

I am appalled at the recent article (“RCSC board recalls denied,” Sun City Independent, March 2, 2022) regarding the rejection of a recall for Recreation Centers of Sun City board members Darla Atkins, Michael Ege, and Sue Wilson.

As noted, this is

Recap of RCSC Board Meeting 03.14.2022

 Caution: Confusion Zone Ahead

The short, one motion Amended Agenda posted for this board meeting was most welcome!

Maybe it would be adjourned before lunchtime. ( WRONG.) 

This recap is my unbiased effort to understand how our

A Deeper Dive - One Man's Take on the Poll Results

We Need to Ask You Some Things...And We Need Your Answers...Boy Did We Get Them!

The Sun City Advocate Group is barely 4 months old, and we recognize we are learning and growing as we go. With your help, we will get better and become more efficient with each passing month. Thank you to all who took the time to

The whole poll and nothing but the poll. Well, and the results.

Your responses to We Need to Ask You Some Things...And We Need Your Answers

We have some awesome comments to the seven questions we asked. Please take some time and review the responses.  The open-ended questions have a PDF

We Need to Ask You Some Things...And We Need Your Answers... - A broad summary of the recent poll

We recently sent a poll your way - We Need to Ask You Some Things...And We Need Your Answers...

We received awesome feedback.  We will be posting specifics to the Blog shortly so stay tuned. I created a simple, condensed interpretation of all the answers.  In future Blogs, others may choose to answer some of the comments individually. My compilation follows: