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Club’s Card-Scanning
To make the rule more easily under-
stood and administered, the House
Rules Recently Revised
Committee recommended tracking the
number of entries without a card on a
calendar quarter rather than a rolling
C
lub Rules require every three-month period. A violation is more
member age 11 and older than fi ve entries without a card in three
to scan their membership cards months for members 18 and older, and
each time they enter the club- more than 10 for those ages 11 through
house. At the Board of Trustee’s 17. For example, senior and intermediate
request, the House Committee members are in violation if they enter the
recently reviewed the card- club without their membership cards six or
scanning policy, which has been more times between Jan. 1 and March 31.
in place for more than 10 years. The committee also established a
The card-scanning system helps minimum sanction of three-month’s
protect the club from unauthor- suspension for members who violate the
ized use by nonmembers, as well as a three-month period; juniors more than rule more than three times. The policy
members who resign, are suspended, or are 10 times. revisions, effective Jan. 1, 2010, defi ne
expelled. It also tracks member access and Since January 2009 the club has made progressive notifi cation and sanctions for
facility use to guide program planning and a concerted effort to communicate and card-scanning violations:
staffi ng levels. enforce the rule more consistently. The Failure to scan membership cards more
Members may occasionally forget or committee found that most members than fi ve times for senior and intermediate
misplace a membership card, but those are aware of the rule, and the number of members, and more than 10 times for juniors,
who do so repeatedly are subject to sanc- members entering without their cards has in a calendar quarter, are subject to the
tions. Senior and intermediate members steadily declined in the past 12 months. following minimum sanctions:
are in violation of the rule if they come in The committee determined that the policy
without their card more than fi ve times in and sanctions are effective. Continued on page 10
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