I would like to tell everyone about an incident I witnessed at the pool on Tuesday.
At around 5:15 a woman came into the pool area and verbally acosted Laura who is in charge of the swim team. I am appalled that this person chose to do this in front of many children and parents. The way she was talking (or rather yelling) at Laura was unbelievable. Laura kept her cool and I heard her tell this person that it wasn't the time or place for her to be doing this and to keep her voice down since there were children around. THe woman said she didn't care. I have also since found out that this person is good friends with our new board president Vangie Veldez. The way she was talking she acted like she was speaking on behalf of the board president. The horrible things she was saying to her are too numerous to list here. But, needless to say this was a person that was being very irrational.
I don't know what is going on with the board. The swim team is the ONLY organized activity left offered to us. The president should be focusing on all the people that come and use the volleyball court every night and jump the fence to go swimming. Or maybe they can do something about security, or maybe they can enforce the covenants, or get the college kids off the basketball courts, ect. ect. ect.......... The swimteam is fully supervised and you wont' ever catch a swim team kid vandalizing or destroying HOA property.
I have also found out that the board won't let the swim team sell concessions at the pool when it is open. I really don't understand this. We like having the concessions there and it helps support the expenses of the swim team. Why would they have a problem with this. The people I've talked to that have sent e-mails to the board or left messages with Procomm haven't ever been given an answer or even a reply to their questions.
I know there are people who don't like the swim team. Usually it is because of the traffic by the pool when they have their meets. But, the team only has 2 meets during the summer. So, I think we can put up with a traffic for 2 nights out of the year. (Which by the way isn't any worse than driving by when the basketball players have their cars there.) This activity builds character and self-esteem for our children. It also teaches them a lot about team work. Why can't the board see it from a child's eye. They are setting a bad example for the children of our neighborhood by trying to hurt the swim team.