Jun 18, 2012
Recreation Centers
Of Sun City West, Inc.
INTER-OFFICE
MEMORANDUM:
Date: June 18, 2012
To: Dave Moeller, RCSCW Governing Board
From: Mike Whiting, General Manager
Subject: Activity Report– 06/18/12
General Services:
1. We are up to 530 followers on Facebook. This is a good way for those leaving town for the summer to stay on top of everything happening here in SCW! Also visit our blogs for articles/discussions regarding the latest hot topics that affect your Association.
2. Interviews for the Membership Specialist position have been concluded and we have selected a replacement for Marie when she retires next week. Please welcome Louisa Shrovnal to the Rec. Centers the next time you visit Member Services.
3. In an effort to make the Rec News more useful for residents, we will be implementing some design changes beginning with the August issue. This will include:
- Changing the golf pages into sports pages so we can pull out and highlight some of the larger sports related activities and events our clubs are doing and give them more space.
- Continue to highlight upcoming events on the first few pages, but also pull more of the entertainment events back onto the pages before and after the tours and trips pages, making this a pull-out entertainment section.
- Begin running more news fromMaricopaCounty, Fire District, MCDOT and other organizations as we have space and as it pertains to our residents.
- Finally, in response to continued requests from our clubs to highlight some of their bigger events, we will be pulling out and highlighting various club events in boxed features on the club pages. To accommodate this, we will be limiting the club submissions to 200 words and will run only the best photos. We will trend away from running the very small photos, and will give more space to the higher-quality photos. The decision as to which clubs are highlighted will depend on how big the events are, how often the club has previously been highlighted, and whether it’s accompanied with a high-quality photo. The editor will make the final decision on which events are highlighted.
- Graphical changes to the Financial pages are being considered.
Facility Projects:
4. The pad for the Grandview Cart Barn has been graded and the underground fire riser piping has been set in place. Sun City West Fire will inspect the riser pipe. Electrical conduit will be set in the slab area and steel set in the pad. The County will then inspect before the pad can be poured. The pad will be poured toward the end of the week.
5. American Asphalt will begin the Slurry Seal to the back side of the Kuentz parking lot tomorrow, June 19th and striping will take place on June 20th. They will then return on July 23rd to apply seal coat and stripe on July 24th.
Recreation:
6. The Ceramics West Club will be meeting today to elect new officers and vote on proposed Bylaw changes.
7. We will be meeting with an acoustics consultant this week to discuss the possibilities of improving the sound at the Summit Hall.
8. Our Summer Series Event begins today June 18th with “One Heart” at 7:00 p.m. in the Stardust Theatre. This show is repeated tomorrow, June 19th at the same time.
9. Our 4th of July Celebration takes place at Palm Ridge on Wednesday of that week at 2:00 p.m. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Music will be performed by MC6.
Sports Pavillion:
10. The new Brunswick Vector Plus scoring software will be installed at the Johnson Lanes this week.
11. The Sports Pavilion will be closed for summer maintenance beginning July 29th and will reopen Monday, August 13th.
Environmental Services:
12. Desert Trails Golf Course is closed this Thursday through Sunday (June 14th – 17th) for fairway aerification.
13. We are testing the well at Echo Mesa Golf Course, installing well pumps and taking and recording water measurements.
14. We are following our established schedule for palm tree trimming around our golf courses. All trimming is expected to be complete around the 2nd week of August.
15. Transition atDeerValleyand Echo Mesa Golf Courses is coming along very well as the grass is filling in nicely.
RH Johnson Library:
16. The Community Puzzle is approximately a quarter of the way complete. Library patrons have been working diligently on the white border of the puzzle.
17. Library staff are performing an inventory prior to switching over to new ALA (Arizona Library Association) shelving guidelines.
Oops. Sorry, the ball machines use $1 bills, not tokens.So range ball purchases would not go through the pro shop, and would not qualify for Rewards points.
I didn’t realize the range ball machines were back to using tokens.
Will this start July 1st and won’t the tokens be purchased in the
Golf Shop? I imagine all this info will be in the Golf Shops July 1st.
Thanks for the info
Bill N.
Your rec card works as the rewards card, so you will need to show it for each purchase to qualify. Because the range balls are handled through tokens at the machine, no, they will not qualify. The purchases must be made through the computers at the pro shops. But pretty much everything else you buy there qualifies.
You say for all purchases…does that include the
purchase of range balls? Will the rewards card need to be presented with each purchase?
Thank you,
Bill N.
True. Except with rewards you now get points for ALL purchases, and you can use those points for ALL purchases (except dues). So when you buy a beer or a shirt or a sleeve of balls, you get points for that as well. Plus, you don’t have the initial outlay of $50 as you do with the Swan Card. We found that while many people bought the Swan Card at the introductory rate of $29, fewer renewed at $50, and the card is dropping off in popularity. This is designed to replace it. It also offers something for that largest base of golfers, the daily rate people, who right now receive no discount.
If we spend $30.00 for Green Fees..we receive $2.10 rewards.
This would not be quite a good as the Swan Card for Golf? Am I correct?
thank you,
Bill Noble
Yes, we will stop selling the Swan Card after June 30. We will continue to honor any existing Swan Cards through their expiration date. We will begin the Rewards program in September. Through the program, all residents who do not own a golf card (Swan, Coyote, Kachina or Annual) will automatically be enrolled in the Rewards Program. For every $1 they spend in the pro shops, they will receive 7 points. They can them redeem 100 points for each dollar they want to spend. Points may be earned and used for just about everything in the pro shops, including greens fees, lessons, cart rental, food and beverage, merchandise, etc. Nonresidents who wish to enroll in the program may do so for $10 per year.
Am I correct …the Swan Card will end July 1st and be replaced by
Rewards Card? How will the rewards card work?
Thank you,
Bill Noble