(a) An adult must accompany children under 10 at all times while in the restaurant. Children exhibiting disruptive behavior may be asked to leave. Customers must respect others to enjoy a pleasant meal in a pleasant atmosphere.

(b) Reservations may be made for tables. Reservations will be held for 15 minutes past the specified time and then the tables become available to others.

(c) Parties of 15 or more are requested to give management 24 hours notice.

(d) Members may not provide their own beverages. If a member brings in alcoholic beverages, a cork fee of $10.00 per bottle will be charged.

Bar Rules

(a) During normal operating hours, no one under the age of 19 is allowed in the bar. No one under the age of 21, other than those holding a valid military ID card, may buy or be served alcoholic beverages. Those holding a valid military ID card may be served at age 19.

(b) The bar may be opened to persons under 19 years of age during special events (College night, Teen Center, etc.). Stated rules for alcohol consumption will be observed during these special open times.

(c) Alcoholic beverage will not be served to anyone showing signs of intoxication. Bartenders are under strict orders to follow this policy and have been instructed to call the General Manager immediately should an obviously intoxicated customer demand service.

(d) Members may not bring their own beverage, including wine, into the bar.

SWIMMING POOL RULES

General Pool Guidelines

--The ARA will make every effort to have a lifeguard on duty at all times during pool open hours.
--In instances when no lifeguard is available the pool will be closed and the access gates locked.
--The rest period and adult swim period, scheduled to begin at 45 minutes past the hour, will begin when the last child is out of the pool.

Pool Rules
--The lifeguards are in charge of the pool area. They are to be treated with respect at all times. They are responsible for enforcing pool rules. They have the authority to bar any member from the pool for any action they deem unsafe and for any disrespectful or abusive behavior or language. Lifeguards will report all significant offenses to the General Manager.

--All children under the age of 10 must be supervised at all times by an adult member who is within the fenced pool area. Children who are non-swimmers should stay in the shallow end of the pool, which is appropriately marked. An adult member should closely supervise children. Parents are responsible for their children's safety.

--Personal servants are not allowed on the pool deck nor can they be given responsibility for children in either pool.

--When the lifeguard is off duty, neither children nor youth under the age of 19 may be in either pool. Any person over the age of 19 who uses the pool when no lifeguards are on duty do so at their own risk and the ARA assumes no responsibility for their safety and well being.

--Appropriate swimming attire must be worn. Cut-off or jeans are not permitted. Fully clothes person must not be in the pool. Children who are not toilet trained must wear plastic pants over their diapers in both pools.

--Showers must be taken before entering the pool.

--Running, pushing, shoving, dunking, snapping towels, fighting and roughhousing in general are not permitted in the pool area at any time.

--Large floating devices and large group games are not allowed if, in the judgment of the lifeguards, the pool is crowded. Be considerate of your fellow swimmers.

--Anyone using the diving board must make certain that the area around the diving board is clear before jumping or diving from the board. Dive or jump only to the front of the board. Diving from the pool deck is allowed only on the end of the pool with the diving board.

--No eating, drinking or smoking is permitted on the pool apron. No glass is permitted on the pool apron.

--No one is deemed under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be allowed to use the pool.

--The children's pool is reserved exclusively for children five (5) years of age and under. Because no lifeguard is on exclusive duty at the children's pool, a parent or adult (excluding personal servants) must supervise any child using the pool. The supervising adult should remain in the immediate vicinity, preferable area outlined by the blue line.

--Whistle blowing system on the hour indicating the beginning of a 15-minute period in which children must vacate the pool and those who wish to swim laps may do so.

Enforcement and Sanctions
Because the pool, although popular and fun to play in, is an inherently dangerous area, the lifeguards have absolute enforcement authority on activities therein. All adult members are responsible for helping to enforce rules and for reporting to the lifeguard on duty or the General Manager any serious infractions of the rules.

Sanctions
The following sanctions apply to both pools:
First offense: Lifeguard issues a verbal warning. He has the authority to evict an offender from the pool area for the remainder of the day. The lifeguard will report all incidents of ejection to the General Manager.
Second Offense: Lifeguard reports the offense to the General Manager who reports to the Board for review and issuance of sanction consist the seriousness of the offense. These sanctions may range from a warning letter, through suspension and possible expulsion.

TENNIS COURT POLICY

Mission Statement: The Mission of the Tennis Committee is to promote the game of tennis at the American Recreation Association (referred to as the "Association") and establish a set of functional rules and procedures for use of the tennis courts at the U.S. Mission Club and it's associated activities. The day-to-day activities of the Tennis Court are supervised by the on-duty marker(s). Established rules of tennis shall apply.

Access

1. Club Tennis Courts may be used by members or by guests when playing with the member who signed them in. Courts may be utilized by non-members as part of "Interclub League Competition", or specified tournaments sponsored by the Club.

2. Courts may be reserved at the weekly adult or student sign-up draws, through a weekly "bulk" sign-up, or through daily sign-ups as described below. Only club members may reserve the tennis courts.

3. Tennis courts may be reserved for 45-minute playing periods between 6:00 a.m. and 9:45 p.m. daily unless otherwise described below. Players lose rights to a reserved court if they arrive more than 15 minutes after the start of the period.

4. One member will be charged a court user fee for each 45 minutes of playing time for each court used the same fee will be charged regardless of court function (singles, doubles, or lessons) or age of players, as described below. Before beginning play, the member reserving the tennis court must sign a payment chit. A $1.50 fee will be charged per court for daytime use a $3.00 fee court will be charged per court when lights are used. Players will be charged for sessions interrupted for 15 minutes or longer due to inclement weather during the day, or for 30 minutes or longer when lights are used. No court user fee will be charged during Social Time. An additional fee will be charged for either lessons or for hitting with a Marker, Assistant Marker, or Ball Boy.

Reserving courts
1. Weekly Friday Adult Sign-up Draw (Adults are defined as anyone who is beyond the eight grade at AIS/D). The sign-up sequence will be determined by numbers drawn by eligible members present at the weekly draw normally scheduled on Fridays at 12:00 noon.

a) Eligible members may sign up for a maximum of five periods per week, no more than two of which may be prime time periods. Note: the Marker running the draw has the right to reduce the allowed number of periods prior to the sign-up draw when a large number of people are present for the draw.

b) Members may reserve no more than one prime time court per day. Members may reserve one prime time and one non-prime time, or two non-prime time courts on the same day providing they do not reserve the court for consecutive periods.

c) When signing for a court, members should provide their complete name and membership number. Illegible entries may invalidate the reservation. The individual whose name has been used to reserve the court must use the court or a "no-show" penalty will be imposed.

i) Adult family members (limited to two resident family members who are entitled to one sign-up each), must individually draw a number and sign up separately. If only one family member is present at the sign-up, s/he will draw only one number but will have the option of signing up for either family member.

ii) If the family member whose name appears on the reservation cannot play, a "no-show" penalty will be imposed other eligible family member may not substitute for the person whose name appears on the reservation.

iii) Single or unrelated members must each draw a number of her/himself. No member may make a reservation during the draw for another member except for family members as described above.

d) Visiting family members (parents, siblings, or adult children of members) who are registered with the Club, and who are in Bangladesh for a limited period, will be afforded the same privileges as resident family members EXCEPT they may not take part in the weekly sign-up draw, or have a court reserved by a family member during the weekly sign-up draw. Visiting family members are subject to "no-show" penalties as appropriate.

e) Temporary members who will be paying with a chit card must inform a Marker when reserving a court, and pay for the court and Marker (if applicable) when the reservation is made. Markers may reduce or cancel the charge in the event of rain or illness only.

Weekly Friday Student Sign-up Draw (Students are defined as family members enrolled at American International School/Dhaka (AIS/D) in the eighth grade or below. Students above eighth grade may participate in the Weekly Adult Draw.

a) When AIS/D is not in session (to include all vacation periods), visiting students may participate in the Weekly Friday Student Sign-up Draw.

b) Sign-up sequence will be determined by numbers drawn by eligible students present at the Weekly Friday Student Sign-up Draw, normally scheduled at 11:45 a.m.
c) Students may reserve one or two student-time periods per week depending on the number or participants at the Draw. The number of allowable periods will be announced prior to the drawing. Parents may draw and sign up for their children.

Other Sign-ups a) Following the weekly draw, members may schedule court time the same procedures and limitations listed above, on a first-come basis. Sign-up sheets are maintained at the Marker Table by Court 2. b) Court time, in addition to that described above, may be scheduled by members on the same day the reservation is made, or after 5:30 p.m. for the following day. c) If there are vacancies on Court 2 during student time the evening prior to play (after 5:30 p.m.), adults may reserve Court 2. d) Members may call the Market on duty to reserve a court for that same day only, or after 5:30 p.m. to reserve a court for the next day. No other telephone reservations are allowed.

Court time

In order to try to accommodate demand, equity, and other considerations in allocating court usage, the following court-time designations/categories have been developed:

a) Prime Time periods on weekdays are:

Court 1 - 4:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 6:45 p.m.
Court 2 - 5:15 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 6:45 p.m.

On weekends and U.S. Embassy-announced holidays,
prime time periods are 9:00 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and 6:45 p.m.
Courts may be reserved by adult members during prime time. Students may play during prime time only when playing with an adult member who has reserved the court in his/her name.

b) Student-time periods are 3:00 p.m., 3:45 p.m., and 4:30 p.m. on Court 2 during weekdays. Students have priority to reserve Court 2 during this time, either by participating in the weekly student sign-up or on a first-come basis during the week. If no student has signed for Court 2 by 5:30 p.m. the evening prior to play, adults are eligible to sign for the vacant space. Courts are reserved for 45-minute blocks of time.

c) Social Time. The purpose of Social Time is to allow a maximum number of Club members to play tennis. Social Time is from 10:30 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. on weekends and American Embassy-announced holidays (provided the holiday is announced prior to the Weekly Sign-up Draw). There is no charge for court use during social time. Courts may not be used for lessons during social time.

d) During Social Time on Saturdays, students are eligible to sign up for social tennis in groups of four from 12:00 noon to 6:45 pm. Students may not sign up as part of an adult foursome, but will be given their turn on the court if a full line of four students on the sign-up board is present. If courts are empty during other periods of Social Time, students will be permitted to use the courts. Students must sign up formally. If adult members interested in using the court arrive, the students will be permitted to complete their set before leaving the court.

The following rules will govern use of the courts during Social Time:
i) Doubles only will be played unless insufficient players are available to round out foursomes. A Marker may be used to complete a foursome if there are not other members waiting/signed up.. If additional players arrive after two players have begun a set of singles, the first players may finish a "short set" before yielding the court for doubles play.

ii) Only "Short sets", the first team to win six games wins the set, will be played during social time.

iii) No more than five minutes may be used for "warm up" in preparation for playing a set during social time.

iv) A sign-up chalkboard next to Court 1 is used for determining the foursomes and their order of play. Members must sign their names on the board to make up the foursomes on a first-come basis, and may not sign up persons not in the immediate vicinity of the tennis courts. On days of social tennis, members playing reserved courts may not sign up for social tennis until their reservation period has expired (i.e., players cannot continue their match into social tennis time, unless no one is waiting).

v) Players who sign up for social tennis should be waiting and immediately available to take the court when the period begins or when the next court becomes free (i.e., persons cannot sign up and leave, returning later to play.)

vi) Players MUST join in complete foursomes on the board before starting a new line. If four players wish to play together in doubles, they must wait until a foursome is completed before entering their names on the next line.

vii) Players may not play in consecutive sets unless insufficient players are waiting to play.

viii) Upon completing a set and leaving the court, players may immediately enter their names on the next available line, and await their next turn to play. The name of a person playing on the court may not be entered on the board until that person completes playing the current set.

ix) A player who cannot play at the time his/her turn comes up may switch with a player in the next foursome waiting to play provided everybody in the next foursome agrees. If any player in the second foursome disagrees with the switch, the player requesting the change must drop to the next available line or start a new line-up at the bottom.

e) Open Time for cardholders of other clubs to use Club courts is on Tuesday from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on Court 1 only. Card holding members of other clubs are eligible and will have priority to play during this time, with or without Club members. If no other players are present during Open Time, members may begin a private lesson or practice or play singles on Court 1, but should yield the court when members of others interested in using the court arrive. There is no court charge on Court 1 during Open Time. (Open time does not apply on Embassy-announced holidays, when Social Time will take precedence).

f) Non-Prime Time is any time not included in Prime Time, Student, Social, or Open Time.

g) Other "Times" include Ladder Time, Tournament Time, and League Time. Depending upon demand, the Tennis Committee may designate certain periods as reserved for these uses.

The Tennis Committee reserves the right to adjust, modify, alter, amend, or abolish the different "times" as court utilization patterns suggest. Members will be notified at weekly sign-ups of contemplated changes.

Cancellations
1. Reserved courts which cannot be used should be cancelled as soon as possible. Members must cancel a reservation before 5:30 p.m. the day before the reservation or a "no-show" penalty will be imposed, in addition to the Marker fee if court has been reserved "with Marker". When canceling a reservation, the member must come cross out his/her name on the sign-up sheet, initial the cancellation, and indicate the time and date of cancellation in the designated column. Members may also cancel reservations by calling the Marker on duty (telephone 881027, ask for the duty marker) and requesting the reservation be cancelled.

2. If a member cancels a reservation after 5:30 the day prior to the original reservation, but another member subsequently reserves or uses the court, the person with the original reservation will not be charged a "no-show" penalty or user fee.

3. If a member who has not cancelled arrives at the courts at any time during his/her reserved period, s/he will be charged a user's fee but no "no-show" penalty if s/he makes her/his presence known to the Marker.

4. If illness prevents a member using a court s/he has reserved, the "no-show" penalty will be waived provided you inform the marker before the end of the monthly billing period. "No show" penalties will not be adjusted after bills have been prepared by the Club. Members are urged to notify the Marker as early as possible if they are unable to use a reserved court.

5. During rainy periods, members should call the Club to find out if the courts are dry. Members will be charged a "no-show" penalty if the reserved court is dry and not used. Once the rain has stopped, players should consult with the Marker on duty before resuming play. Courts must be completely dry to prevent damaging the court surface.

6. Members who reserve a Marker's time and don't use the Marker will be billed for Marker's time.

Penalties
1. Members who reserve courts and fail to use them will be penalized as follows, unless they have cancelled the reservation prior to 5:30 pm the day prior to the reservation: - $2.00 for a Student-Time "no-show" - $2.00 for a Non-Prime Time "no-show" - $5.00 for a Prime Time "no-show" - Marker charges if reserved - A user fee will not be charged for a "no-show"

2. "No-show" penalties will appear on monthly Club billing statements.

3. Members cannot switch reserved time for a vacant court on the same day.Note: Markers do not impose penalties. Marker responsibility is to record whether players did or did not use reserved courts. Members disputing the imposition of a "no-show" penalty, or who request a penalty fee be voided should bring the issue to the attention of a Tennis Committee member.

Guests
(a) Guests are defined as non-Club members. Except for Social Time, when guests are specifically not permitted, guests are welcome. Member who bring guests to use the tennis courts must sign in their guests at the entrance and, if applicable, pay the guest entry fee. Guests must play with at least one member, including the person who signed them in guest may not play exclusively with guests, and may not use the court for lessons in the absence of a member on the court. If a marker is used while a guest is using the court, Marker fees apply.

Markers, ballboys and instruction

1. Markers
Markers are responsible for the following court activities:
a) Providing scheduled tennis lessons or practice.
b) Maintaining court schedules and sign-up sheets.
c) Supervising the ballboys.
d) Maintaining the tennis courts
e) Reminding members of the tennis rules and regulations
f) Recording and reporting problems to the Manager or Tennis Committee members, who in turn will bring them to the attention of the Club Board.
g) Any other duties assigned by the Tennis Committee or Board.

Ball Boys
Will perform traditional ball boy activities. Ball Boys will not be used as "baby sitters", nor will they be responsible for the behavior of children.

Tennis Instruction
Markers, Assistant Markers, and Ball Boys are available for instruction or practice except times designated for special purposes. Hours for the Markers/Assistant Markers are 6:00 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. to reserve time with a Marker, write "Marker" on the sign up sheet opposite your name. Prior to the playing session, the member must sign a chit. The Marker charge for each playing session is $1.00 in addition to the court fee.

Attire
(a) Players must wear proper attire, including shirt and proper tennis footwear, while on the courts. Street shoes, sandals, flip-flops, etc. are not permitted on the tennis courts.

Tennis competition
1. Tournaments will be held periodically as scheduled by the Tennis Committee. Trophies or prizes may be awarded by the Tennis Committee.

2. A variety of tennis ladder competitions may be provided. Types of ladders are determined by the Tennis committee, according to the wishes of the members.

3. Rules and monitoring of tennis activities will be approved by the U.S. Mission Club board based on the recommendation of the Tennis Committee.

Club tennis ladder rules
1. Challengers will contact the person they wish to challenge and propose a date for the match. The person challenged must respond within three days, either accepting the proposed date or choosing an alternate date within ten days of the challenge. Once a challenge is confirmed, the challenge match must be immediately entered on the challenge sheet posted next to the ladder.

2. Court 1 will be used for ladder matches during Social Time, between 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Alternatively, players may schedule a challenge match during non-Social Time, provided the time limit on challenges (see"1" above) is met. Confirmation of the reservation for a challenge match rests with the person making the challenge. Players are encouraged to utilize other than Social Tennis Time to play challenge matches. Players making a challenge match may reserve two consecutive court periods during the weekly draw or afterwards, provided they indicate the challenge on the court reservation sign-up sheet (Eample: Challenge J. Smith v. T. Jones) and on the challenge sheet.

3. Members desiring to enter a ladder are allowed to initially challenge anyone on the ladder. If the challenger loses his/her initial challenge, his/her name will be placed on the bottom of the ladder. If victorious, the challenger takes the place of the player defeated with the loser and all names following will move one rung lower. Once positioned on the ladder, a player may only challenge up three places.

4. In the event of failure to accept a challenge without adequate reason (e.g. illness or absence from Dhaka), the person challenged will exchange places on the ladder with the challenger.

5. An unsuccessful challenger cannot rechallenge the same person within the two-week period following the challenge. A person losing a challenge cannot rechallenge the successful challenger for a two-week period.

6. A player may not make a challenge if a challenge is pending against him/her.

7. Challenge matches will be the best two out of three sets or, if both players agree, one eight-game pro set. A seven-point tie-breaker will be played for any of the three sets when the game score is six-all (or eight-all in an eight-game pro set). Results of all matches should be recorded by the players on the challenge sheet posted on the bulleting board next to Court 1. Members of the Tennis Committee will monitor the challenge sheet and update the ladders accordingly.