General News

1. Please remember that when parking on the street, you MAY NOT park 50 feet within any stopsign, intersection or driveway. SEVERAL cars were parked illegally this past weekend on the street. Cars were parked right next to the driveway going into the turn-around, and some were parked right by the stopsign at Highcroft. There are white tick marks painted on the curb that show where 50 feet is. DO NOT park between the white tick mark and the entrance/stopsign/etc. The police were out ticketing this weekend. Please tell your spouses and friends who come to watch you as well!!! Also, you may want to park your car facing the right direction as well. For example, you want your car to be facing Carillon and Gramercy, not Highcroft.

2. Catering.....most of you are probably aware of the catering issue that the tennis committee had to deal with after this weekend. First of all, the catering went over very well. There was enough food, good variety, etc. A few minor changes will be made that will be discussed below. However, as this was a trial run for us to try the Mad Hatter, this was also a trial week for her. After her first exhausting weekend, she felt that she could not physically do this all by herself and that she would need to hire help, which would raise the price. The committee would not agree to the price being raised, but were open to other alternatives which we discussed with the captains. We have come to a happy medium, which most captains are very agreeable to, and we hope that everyone does their best to be positive and work with the situtation. ANy team has the right to still not participate. The solution is this: On match day, the caterer (her name is Robin) will arrive 30 minutes before the matches are to begin (8:30 on Saturday, 12:30 on Sunday). She will park her van on the street right in front of the pavilion (between courts 9 and 10). We are asking that a group of people simply walk up that small hill to assist her in carrying down all of the food and drinks. She had to make countless trips on her own, and it would be one trip if we could pitch in and help her out. For clean-up, we are going to pick up all of our trash, throw away any unused food and consolidate her baskets and dishes into one pile for her so that when she returns later that day, it is all ready for her to pick-up and go. We felt that this was an optimum solution, and we are willing to try it out. Again, if your team does not wish to do so, that is fine. A few minor adjustments will be made to the "assortment" of food from last weekend. Instead of having such a wide assortment of foods, we have asked that she limit it to 4 or 5 dishes, and increase the quantity of each one. For example, there may be sandwiches, fruit, dessert and 2 appetizers, but more of each than what was provided last weekend. There will also be less soda and more ice. The gatorade will now be provided in 1 gallon jugs versus the large 5 gallon container to try to eliminate so many yellow jackets from hanging around (they were attracted to the gatorade that dripped from the jug). We know that this solution may not satisfy everyone, but we hope that we have at least satisfied the majority, which is all we can realistically hope for. Again, each team has the right to not participate.

3. Finally, we ask that when each team is done playing their match, that they not only bring their scorecard up off of the court, but that they also empty the small trashcan on the court into the large trashcan in the pavilion. The large trashcans must be rolled up to the curb at the end of the day for pick-up.