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From: “Better TAC Team” <editors@wordpress-644826-2102161.cloudwaysapps.com>
To: “Tac_members” <tac_members@wordpress-644826-2102161.cloudwaysapps.com>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 7:19:51 PM GMT +09:00 Japan
Subject: Making A Better TAC (MABT)- Need Your Feedback
Dear Fellow TAC Members,
With the push for a “Yes” vote on increasing costs to TAC members by the current leadership, the vast majority of the TAC membership has risen up in alarm. This was evident in the three town hall meetings and materialized in the vote result.
Although not organized at the time, a number of us were able to get an email out to demonstrate how a “Yes” vote was the wrong decision (posted on the website). If you were one of the members in the packed room on 7 June, you will know that people were very concerned about what is going on with the Board of Governors (BOG) and especially with the management of the club.
We have amazing people in retail, IT, operations, hospitality, entertainment, finance, marketing, and many other areas that can help the club keep the glow that it has had and blossom as it goes back into these amazing new facilities in a few months time.
Our goal is to better involve our membership as we have found out few things about TAC that concern us.
- -TAC does the majority of work house and outsources little to keep costs competitive
- -The average salary for the top 10 managers at TAC in 2009 was XX million yen according to the website. Quick marketing checks would have this as 40% above market rates in Japan.
- -Apparent over-staffing in certain areas of the Club
- -There seems to be no check or balance on the management we employ
Democracy has spoken and the Board of Governors is listening after your “No” vote. The group of members that has been working towards fixing and helping the club has become known as Making A Better TAC (MABT). We have a website with close to 100 visitors each day since we set it up earlier this month. Clearly all members that want accountability and transparency are a part of MABT.
Five of initial MABT membership will begin work with the BOG shortly to help better represent the membership on the whole. The rest of our growing group will be monitoring the status. We will use the website to collaborate with each other.
We will remain a voice of the membership and independent from both the management and the BOG. Let’s all stand together to continue our momentum. The site can use more ideas from you of how
- To Reduce Cost
- Generate More Revenue
- Improve the Tokyo American Club overall
Please check out the site and comment in the appropriate section so that we can open the lines of communication and make everything clear.
We are looking forward to working together to make an even better TAC.
Sincerely,
Making A Better TAC (MABT)
www.abetteramericanclub.com
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Yes, it was a fruitful and suggestive meeting on June 7th. Appreciate to the President held such open meetings.
To avoid the situation of “too late”, I hope to open all opinions raised at the meeting for all TAC members as well as clear answers.
Still remain some questions;
A) Why TAC cannot reconsider to decrease interest rate to financing firm ? Who contracted with the company?
What relation is there between TAC and the firm?
B) Why TAC advertise Azabuday House so repeatedly? Some one said, TAC received a lot of advertise money from the firm but no answer specific money.
Who contacted with the company ?
C) Why quality of foods are poor and much expensive food and beverage prices compare with other membership clubs ?
Other clubs always open material suppliers and each costs.
TAC’s new building is becoming noticed by mass media, sincerely hope that no scandalous rumor will be written there.
I believe Lance will make his mind strongly to improve TAC.
Makoto Sasayama
XX million yen average! Holy moley, that’s US $300,000.00 or so
These salary levels are an abuse of the membership’s trust! This needs a level reset.
David
It was a pity that someone who I called him an “a-hle” . He gave to many members a wrong information
for the vote.
Even so you are very close. I believe you will make it. Sorry for my bad word. But he is really so.
Shiego Sugawa