Allown me to rant.... This summer I joined a club. I knew the club had classes in "the fall", but I wanted to get in and acclimate myself before the classes. I asked about the classes, I scoured each SunViews for information on the classes, I checked the clubs website regularly for information, I put my name on lists. This afternoon, I happened by the club meeting area and I see a sign, "Club closed, Classes in Session". WHAT? I asked the kind man at the door. He said, I was too late, classes were full. He kind of chuckled and told me "maybe next time". I said, "When is next time?" He told me he didn't know, info would come out later. I AM A FAILURE AT RETIREMENT. I do what I'm asked to do, when I'm asked to do it and NOTHING ever works. Did I miss the secret code or handshake? Is it not possible to join something around here without already being part of the clique? This is RIDICULOUS.
Sorry to hear of your troubles J&V. I think the direction you should go is to bring it up with the COC(Committee on Clubs) Representative. Cardholders should be given preference for classes and in the order the request was made. I hope you have been able to sort this out.
What club are you talking about? I have never heard of a club in SC saying NO to a potential member. RETIREMENT is very easy to get into. Please visit the SC Visitor Center and/or the SC Posse. You might enjoy volunteering there. I DO!
Sorry to hear that Sun City is city of cliques. There always should be room for one more. SC also seems to be unfriendly towards singles who want to move to SC. One blogger downright told me to go somewhere else.
Sun City is not a city of cliques. There will always be some people like that in a large group, but they are a minority. I am sure some clubs may not seem to be welcoming but in my experience it is a few of the smaller clubs without the steady influx of new members. I have always been welcomed at every club I visited with someone offering to show me around. I also disagree about SC being unfriendly to singles. I am single. Most of the people I know are single. Most couples I know realize that some day one of them will be a single again.
In my 10 years in SC, I have never, never, ever felt uncomfortable because I am a single. Each club/organization that I have joined has made me feel very welcome. So There!!
The OP didn't suggest it was because of being a single, it just drifted there. The reality is, the OP is just too nice and has to become more aggressive :highly_amused:.
