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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "staffing":

4 staff members and 1 rec director FULL TIME, M-F in the OFF-season????? I learn something new all the time on this blog! They have got to be kidding!!! Why do we need all this personnel when there is virtually nobody at Lake Adventure November through March? You can use billing and lockbox processing services for your bookkeeping and money handling. You basically need someone to handle the phones and assist the general manager (if you had one). And we don't have a full time year-round recreation program! The summer program is practically the same thing every year - you just need someone to change the dates, change a few trips, make reservations and oversee the rec staff during the summer. All this extra personnel should be seasonal! (Sorry, you'll probably hear from "the husband" again!)

anon -- it is not about individuals or individual's jobs - it's a bigger issue than any one job - it's about whether la should operate as a year round operation or a seasonal operation-- since less than 5% of the members that visit la come between labor day and mid may it is difficult to justify having ft employees out of season -- the finances of la are going to take A VERY BAD HIT VERY SHORTLY-- there is no reason to believe that la will avoid the financial meltdown occurring everywhere else, local and state governments, all kinds of companies and individuals not being able to get credit, soaring unemployment and mortgage foreclosures-- it is only beginning and la will soon see have drastically this will affect it's ability of operate--the bod is the stewards of the member finances and if they fail they could be liable for mismanagement of assoc finances-- failure to act to get control of discretionary spending is their responsibility and so far they aren't performing very effectively--- at no time is this about specific positions or individuals -- it's about managing la so that it survives the biggest financial crisis in the history of this assoc--- that means managing the payroll, operations, facilities and other costs to adjust to the realities of the time at hand-- the welfare of the assoc is paramount and all others issues should be on the table for consideration in reducing costs