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THE AMERICAN CLUB
NOV / DEC 2016
Scott Weber
President
The volume of items that need to be stored long term
increased significantly with our recent move. To facilitate
(or really minimize) this the Housekeeping team organized
the highly successful Member Garage Sale, which took
a month to coordinate behind the scenes. The Finance
team helped execute this as well, which was harder than
you (or at least I) would have thought it’d be. Dahlan,
our Service Director (The 2nd Floor), now goes to the
rooftop weekly to pull items down and sort through them
to create a comprehensive inventory list of stored items
for The Club. With the amount of linen, glassware, and
tableware it takes to run operations, you can imagine
this is no small task.
In addition…the “People Development” (HR) team
oversaw the move of the admin space to its new location
in B1. This involved three office-wide spring cleaning
sessions (involving all Admin staff) and disposal of a lot of
junk (hmm…I wonder how long my mug was in the junk
shop??). The team packed up more than 1,000 boxes of
files and materials and then unpacked and organized
the contents in the span of a Sunday.
To prepare for the shift to Level 3, the Library team
packed an incredible 23,000 books and all Library
equipment and archives within just five days! They then
moved everything to Level 3 where it was unpacked in a
week. I’d like to specifically thank our Library Committee
for their eagerness to help, but as the area was under
construction, no Members were allowed to enter.
There are countless other examples of challenges faced
during this migration…these are just examples. They
demonstrate, however, the incredible teamwork and
“spirit” we’re seeing as we move towards the middle
of this project. Indeed, it’s amazing to see that spirit as
each and every staff member works towards a common
goal, and it is this spirit that will make the entire project a
success. With that in mind, and if you don’t mind, please
take a moment the next time you’re at The Club to thank
our team members for their hard work on our behalf. Each
and every one of them play a role, and are instrumental,
in the redevelopment journey.
Stay tuned also for more information soon as we expect
to award Phase 3 of the Project before the end of the
year. Phase 3 will include the construction of the shell
and core of the new building. More information about
this will be sent out via the redevelopment e-blast and
posted on the Thyme board in the coming weeks.
Thanks for your continued support during this project and
please feel free to reach out to me at president@amclub.
org.sgif you have any questions I can help you answer.
Happy holidays!