Update on Labour Disruption (Feb. 1, 2012)

Hi Sunday Night Open Curlers,

With the potential for a labour disruption at the city looming, I would like to be as clear as possible (given what we know and what we don’t know) about what will transpire in the short term.

The main message I have for you is that the Club may be open for normally scheduled play even if there is a lock-out or a strike .  Therefore, it is essential in order to avoid defaulting a game that you come to the Club prepared to play even in the event of a confirmed labour disruption.

 In short:

-- Assume you are curling, and that the Club is operational, until you receive official notification otherwise.

-- Even if you hear on the news "a lockout is on" or "a strike is on", that does not necessarily mean the Club is closed.  It may well be open for regular play.

-- Teams are expected to come to the club and be ready to play unless specifically notified by the Club (eg. on the LCC website) or by me via this email address.

-- However, once we are experiencing a labour disruption, the club may close without notice.  Furthermore, it is recommended that you take personal belongings (brooms, shoes, etc.) from the club after each game rather than store them on site (eg. in your locker).

For updates, please continue to monitor:

http://www.leasidecurling.ca/cityunion.htm 

Once again, fingers crossed that we don’t have a disruption of any kind... but please note the above if we do.

Best,
Steve.

 

Labour Disruption (January 29, 2012).

Hi Sunday Night Open Curlers,

You may have heard of the possibility of a labour disruption at the City of Toronto.  Given that Leaside Curling Club is a city owned facility, and club staff are City employees, such a disruption has the potential to affect activities at our club.

While there is a significant amount of uncertainty around this issue and its potential effect, the best thing to do is follow updates from the Club available at:

http://www.leasidecurling.ca/cityunion.htm

If a disruption interrupts our schedule, your Sunday Night Open Executive will communicate how we will accommodate/alter the Draw 3 and Playoff schedules once we are in a position to know the number of weeks we may have lost in such a situation.

In the meantime, I know as much as you do by following the news and the above Club website update link 

Let’s keep our fingers crossed!

Thanks,

Steve 

The Schedule & Cancelling Games (January 29, 2012).

Hi Sunday Night Open Curlers,

I’m writing to remind everyone about the issue of cancellation of games and the need to make every effort to maintain scheduled games 

While significant life events do happen (sudden family emergencies, wide-spread sickness, etc), please remember your full team’s obligation to make all efforts to maintain the posted schedule.

-- When feasible, a team must always attempt to play:  during the regular season, only 1 regular member needs to be present and you may use up to 2 spares.  Note, you must field a minimum of 3 players. 

--  A specific Sunday Open spares list is located on our webpage.  A general Club Spares list is also available along with member contact telephone numbers/email addresses in the “membership section” of the LCC main webpage.  See:   http://www.leasidecurling.ca/private_area_access.htm   I recommend all skips gain a password ahead of time (instructions are on the website).

-- A cancelled game may well result in a Default-Loss, given the inconvenience.  Curling is a “scheduled” game.  Teams often find it difficult to do make up games with work, school, family and other commitments.  Sometimes it’s just too much to ask everyone to add another game to a busy week in everyone’s lives.  The burden of a cancellation must fall on the Cancelling team, often in the form of a “default loss” 

What to do if you need to cancel a game:

Keeping in mind that urgent situations do arise - and I think we all understand that “life happens” at various times (sickness, family emergencies, etc.), cancellation may be the only option.

In such circumstances, the cancelling team Skip or delegate must:

-- contact the opposing Skip to advise of the cancellation as soon as it is known (best to both telephone and email).

-- contact me as drawmaster via email only to advise (1) that the game is cancelled, and (2) who will get the default win if it is not played ie. who cancelled and who didn’t.

-- contact the club office at 416-338-4793 to (1) advise them that the sheet is free for other league’s make up games and (2) to inquire about make up times for our own game.

-- finally, re-connect with the opposing Skip to offer options on a potential make up dates & times. 

Please remember that ice time for make up games is severely limited at Leaside. 

Just as a final note, one available slot for a make up game is Sunday at 5.30pm when the Pizza league is not playing.  However, and this is just my opinion, it is quite an inconvenience to ask for a make up game that will cause the other team to play 4 consecutive hours on a Sunday. 

Thanks for taking the time to understand what to do in the event of a cancellation.

I hope everyone has enjoyed their games and I wish you all continued good curling.

Best,
Steve.

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