CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S MESSAGE
New Café Coming in Early Fall
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he golf season is well underway and we’re approaching the dates of one of the top-ranked amateur tournaments in the country, The Glencoe Invitational. It is scheduled for June 15 - 17, 2017. If you enjoy watching high level golf, this is an event you do not want to miss. Every year, this competitive event attracts players who prove to be the future stars of the game on professional tours all over the world. Members are very happy with the Golf Clubhouse renovations, including a complete overhaul to the showers and vanity areas, as well as painting, new carpeting and new benches in both the men’s and women’s locker rooms. In addition, all the other washrooms in the Clubhouse have been fully renovated. I would like to recognize and commend our General Manager, Mike Kenney, for all his efforts leading the project and bringing it in on time and within budget. The Glencoe Golf & Country Club has introduced a new initiative to help offset the ongoing rise of the minimum wage in Alberta and diminish the cumulative impact these increases will have on future menu prices. This year, the 17% gratuity charge has been eliminated and instead is included within the menu pricing. To ensure that employees are paid fairly, they are getting a higher hourly rate, in lieu of a traditional gratuity payout. This initiative will benefit members with lower menu prices in the long term and will guarantee employees a higher hourly wage that will not fluctuate based upon sales volumes. Remember, with this new initiative, employees are paid considerably higher than minimum wage, so tipping is not expected nor do the member rules permit it. This plan has been implemented as a trial in the 2017 golf season and will be evaluated on an ongoing basis. If the plan is successful, it may also be implemented at The Glencoe Club.
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t The Glencoe Club, it has been another very busy and successful winter season. It is hard to believe that it has been over a year since the opening of the new facilities after the expansion. Judging by how busy it has been, members are embracing and enjoying the new facilities. Hopefully, the weather will be good this summer, so that members can get full enjoyment of the outdoor pool, hot tub and waterslide. In late April, the Club had the honour of hosting the Lapham, Grant, Crawford and Lawrence-Wilkins Cup Squash matches. The Lapham Cup matches between Canada and the USA date back to 1922 and could very well be one of the oldest amateur sporting events between the two countries, having been played for 90 consecutive years. It was quite the event, steeped in tradition and good sportsmanship and with a trophy similar to the size of the Stanley Cup! Please see the article in this issue of Glencoe Life for more details. The Café/Administration renovation project is well underway and, at the time of writing this message, is on budget and on schedule to open early September. General Manager, Jan Bloemraad, is in charge of overseeing the design and the success of this project. I congratulate Jan, the Food & Beverage and Maintenance teams for seamlessly arranging for the temporary “Café” services at three locations in the Club. Despite the disruption, sales are strong and members, although being inconvenienced, are to be thanked for adapting to the shortterm changes. If you have any comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at glundmark@glencoe.org. A Greg Lundmark, CCM, CCE Chief Executive Officer
NOMINATION FOR DIRECTORS Notice is hereby given that The Glencoe Club will receive nominations for the Office of Director: Any 2 (two) Shareholder Members may nominate any other Shareholder Member, other than a body corporate, for election as Director; provided that the Shareholder Member so nominated has endorsed his/her consent to such nomination upon such letter. All nominations must be received at the Club by 4 pm, July 20, 2017, and any nomination received after that date will be invalid. Nominations are required for at least 4 (four) directors, to be elected for a 3-year term. Nomination forms are available at the Front Reception Desk and on our website for download. Please include a digital photograph of the nominee with the nomination. 6 glencoe.org
