Membership Matters

MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP MATTERSMATTERS

With the winding down of a communications committee, this page is devoted to being more of an opinion page, where prevailing moods and sentiments of Members on current Club issues, expressed in comments and mails, are echoed. As always, we want to know what’s on your mind, and will always welcome your feedback. RECENTLY, A DECISION WAS MADE TO OFFER BREAKFAST ONLY AT PINKS… Breakfast at Pinks only is a mistake. Do away with the chafing dishes and cook to order as it used to be. TP Appalled by people’s behaviour at Pinks, and disappointed to have to have breakfast there… I am an overseas Member and come to the Club for the Club, not to come to an average hotel. FP While I agree with the economic reasons for having only one venue for breakfast, I do not agree with the argument that economy alone justifies dispensing with breakfast in the old restaurant in a child-free environment. RS No waiters, tables not laid, multiple trips required, no logic to layout, food in chafing dishes cold, table not cleared as food finished, coffee disgusting.AB

MORE GENERALLY Your German sausage has not seen Germany and the saurecraut [sic] was not cooked. It tasted ok as I was very hungry. PE Why is it that there are never any ice-creams in the fridge? Also, never any low-fat milk. RH Not the place it used to be. WR There are only three things wrong with Pinks: 1. Service. 2. Service. 3. Service. DN BUT IT WASN’T ALL BAD… Thank you to the team for a wonderful Red Room dinner… It made for a special evening and a great meal. DB www.mcc.co.ke www.mcc.co.ke April– June 2017 Muthaiga Country Club 3

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BIRD QUIZ

I have enjoyed your glossy magazine for about six years now – the printed version is much nicer than the electric version, by the way – and wanted to congratulate you in particular on the excellent bird quizzes. I don’t know Mr Usher but please convey to him our immense admiration and gratitude – his puzzles are interesting and fun and his pictures are invariably brilliant. It is a quarterly treat to test friends and family on their birding skills and to unpick Mr Usher’s special sense of humour. Long may he continue to be the best bit of your brilliant magazine. SSat Pinks

MUTHAIGA TOWN HOTEL

TO I am a young, up-country Member and I come to Nairobi quite often. I would prefer to stay at the … Club but find that the rooms are usually fully booked. What disturbs me is that they are not booked by Members but by overseas visitors, I am told. I’m sure this is very good for the Club’s bottom line but it is very irritating MORE GENERALthat some Members are allowed to use this Club as a tourist LY destination for their clients. I don’t know what it says in the Your German sausage has not seen Germany and the saurecraut [sic] was not cooked. It tasted ok as I was very hungry. PE DO MEMBERS MATTER? You used to have a section in the magazine devoted to comments and letters from Rules but I would be very surprised if this is allowed and I hope the Committee will take action against the people who are profiting from their Membership, but also denying fully paid up Members a chance to stay at their Club. HHD Members, which gave the impression that the Why is it that there are never any ice-creams in the fridge? Also, never any low-fat milk. RH Club cared about what Members think and feel. Now, not so much. The comments book doesn’t do anything more than acknowledge receipt and the The whole Club’s rooms were taken by non-Members who were loaded into a bus next day while others stayed on for the whole weekend. Who is inviting these people in? SB magazine puts events under Membership Matters, which isn’t Not the place it used to be. WR quite the same. I wish you’d bring back the letters page. CBD

[Ed: Noted. We welcome all letters, congratulatory or otherwise, and are assured the Committee constantly reviews comments and

There are only three things wrong with Pifeedback.] nks: 1. Service. 2. Service. 3. Service. DN

MONKEY BUSINESS

I need windows to be open at night, but I do not need to be woken by a monkey on my dressing table early in the morning, eating the nuts from the mini-Bar. Something needs to be done. I suggest askaris need catapults. CJ

POOLING DISCONTENT

Why a yucky yucky pool? And so cold! HJ

[Ed: this view was expressed, less succinctly, by many.] PEACE AND RIOT

Kindly bring the garden space back to normal. We like a place of quiet to read and reflect. If people want to conduct business then there is a Business Centre and Pinks. We want peace – and clarity about the rules! PS Kenya vs USA Ladies Polo

Staff Fire Fighting Training

Manyatta Polo Club in Gilgil recently hosted a Polo BUT IT WASN’T ALL International pitting the Kenya Ladies against a team from BAD… Florida, USA. MCC staff underwent fire fighting training as part of an on-going exercise to ensure safety for Members and MCC staff. Staff Members from across all departments were trained in how to contain and deal with different sorts of fire and extinguishers.

The American visitors put up a fierce challenge but the final score was 7– 4 to the Kenya Ladies team. They are pictured here with their hard-won trophy. From left – MCC Members Megan Griffiths, Aisha Gross, Tiva Gross and Izzy Parsons. Thank you to the team for a wonderful Red Room dinner… It made for a special evening and a great meal. DB

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