Poll Results - A Members Matter Poll - Question 4

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The next question gets to the root of the importance of Clubs in Sun City and the resulting support or lack thereof by the RCSC.

Question 4: Clubs are an integral way of life in Sun City, the RCSC should do what?

  

Everything in their power to help them be successful	Use the Committee on Clubs (COC) to make sure they follow the rules	I have a great idea for Clubs…
90%	7%	3%

 

Ideas of your own:

• Yes, clubs are a great way to meet people and spend time.  But like my harvest yellow & avocado kitchen appliances taste changes and the clubs also need to change so what worked 20 years ago is not working now.  Pickleball has passed golf in popularity.  My daughter and granddaughters all play it.  We are behind the curve.  They send out a survey about what we want... well unfortunately the way the board moves nothing new will be available in my lifetime. 
• The Clubs need to take more responsibility for their future.  I can't see any way the RCSC can make clubs successful without the actions of individual club members.  And yes, many of the clubs may have outlived their glory days and become a thing of the past, and need to make room for new clubs and new ideas.  
• Games clubs might not be as necessary as in the past if only space would be provided for people to play spontaneously when they want to. RCSC could act as a facilitator for tournaments and assign a monitor, so members don't always have to take on responsibilities. Having multiple types of games going on encourages others to see what they are like and is ideal for those not wanting to limit playing to one or two clubs at designated hours. Creating opportunities for enhancing social interaction rather than having regimented hours for specialty clubs also takes less administrative work too.
• Do everything reasonable for Club success while using the Committee to make sure they follow rules, codes, and the law.

More Comments on Clubs:

Advertise them more. Have evening hours for those who still work. They are your future clubs.

I assume the club rules ensure our protected status with the IRS.

After repeated requests to the board, management will still not allow pickleball club events in the evening for members that work. They cite low participation numbers while restricting participation. Club time is 7am -2pm. Myrna was micromanaging the club and nothing has changed.

I do think the clubs will likely fade as newer residents come in, just my opinion.

Clubs are lifeblood for this community, at times it seemed like employees felt every club should know what to do and how to do it, and at times not very helpful. 

Start a "club incubator" program that allows clubs some leeway (variance) from normal club requirements.  The management team should be evaluated based on the vitality of the overall club programming.

There is a website called meet up.com. If someone is interested in forming a club or a group of people for a specific activity, they could organize it through this website. Then, they can send out announcements About each event quickly and easily. They bypass all of the 12 pages of rules and regulations that they have to go through if they were to organize it through the rec center clubs.  It’s quick, simple, easy, and is more welcoming for newbies.

Utilization must be gathered for all clubs, required & reviewed by COC monthly. Trend for use on spreadsheets. COC should review data with club officers(?) & if utilization isn’t sufficient to warrant costs associated with expense, space, maintenance, etc., COC should work with officers/members of ‘like’ clubs to discuss potential merge, i.e., multiple sewing, multiple wood, etc. May not be able to often make changes, but at least clubs are being monitored & oversight conducted. (If this is all currently being done, never mind!)

Clubs are not inclusive.  Working residents are not able to participate in most because of the hours of operation/meetings.  This discriminates against the younger or still working members. 

Clubs are part of the foundation of what makes Sun City such a great place to live. Encouragement is needed as we evolve over the years.

First, the COC should be involved in reviewing the Clubs' annual requests to make an informed recommendation to the Board of Directors. Also, more RCSC fees should be directed to the Clubs. Now that we have a $3.5 M golf maintenance building essentially for the staff, let's consider what the Clubs want.

Training for club leadership and cooperative working together is needed for clubs. Workshops on building consensus in group decisions. The board could really benefit from this too🙂

Considering it is the ‘Recreation Centers of Sun City’, the RCSC should be helpful in any way possible to any of the clubs to help them be successful. Although I have not been able to participate due to a heavy workload and serious medical conditions, I make sure my dues are always paid. I thought that is what the dues were used for!