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What would you do if you were asked not to come to the club for 14 days because your were around?

Keeping Your Club Safe: COVID-19 Precautionary Measures

Dear Member,

The Club learned today that a Member has tested positive for COVID-19.
The Member came to the Club most recently on October 8, between 11am and 1pm, to have lunch at American Bar & Grill.
Members who may have had close contact with the Member have been informed and have been asked to avoid visiting the Club for 14 days.

Staff who served the Member are self-isolating at home while awaiting the result of PCR tests.

On top of the frequent sanitization of all Club areas, places visited by the Member have received additional deep-cleaning.
You can find information on Club safety measures and updates on a dedicated page on the Club website.

As has been the case throughout the pandemic, our priority is the health and safety of all Members and staff, and we strongly encourage you to follow all public health guidance.

Stay safe.

Mike Alfant
Representative Governor
Tokyo American Club

We learned from the volunteer leadership at the TAC that (the three member governor board) want to raise our dues. Per the Town hall TAC staff apparently did research to ‘benchmark’ the rates. The conclusion by the three was that the dues haven’t been raised for years. ((However, one member highlighted how TAC is more expensive for families).

Although TAC member ‘owners’ don’t mind an increase in dues. It must be logical and justified. After all, the Shuto expressway was supposed to be free once the cost of building it were covered. We know how that story goes every time you pay to drive on the Tokyo highway. Two things-

1. If TAC is struggling financially, wouldn’t it make sense to fully open the club so members feel welcome to use it? If members come, they will spend money.
2. Eliminate the mask police and the hospitable requirement to wear masks in their club.

Let’s face it. The virus fear is really a phantom virus. It’s real, it kills some vulnerable people (old, overweight, preexisting conditions). However very few people(much less members) know someone first hand who actually died of it.

If volunteer leaders and TAC management want to raise the dues, no problem. Put it to a vote. But before you do that, you’d better open up the club fully or explain to the hundreds of perplexed members why you are really preventing members from enjoying their social club.

Are you a members? Have you got ideas? Please feel free to suggest below. Remember, keep it positive and constructive. Thanks!

(1 June 2020)The Tokyo American Club reopens today for members who have paid for two months of membership but have not been able to access the weight rooms, squash courts, the restaurants, bowling alley, and other facilities in the club.

You will have you temperature checked on entry. You’ll have to wear a mask inside the facility at all times, even when you exercise. However, members report that they have to book time to get into the gym. With a limit of 3 visits a week, it could be a challenge for the serious fitness buff.

What’s you take on the reopening? What could TAC do better? For whomever is making these decisions and what would you suggest they change?

Tokyo American Club is owned by its members. Yet, the club really does not seem to be accessible despite its reopening.

You may want to comment on the Facebook page of TAC, but a quick search of FB won’t find any decision makers listed on the platform.

What is your experience so far with the newly reopened TAC? Please feel free to share this site with others.

Making a better Tokyo American Club (MABT) is a multi-member website dedicated to making sure members get value from their experience and to be a voice of Supportive TAC members.