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[President - Sri Lanka Club - Bahrain]

Dear Exco,

Please find below mail received from our club member Basil, for your information.

Best regards

Ravi De Silva

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From: Basil Sooriyaarachchi <soory...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:04 AM
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To: kevin balkhuysen <kevin.ba...@secureservices.bh>
Cc: Sanjay Ravi De Silva <ravidesilva....@gmail.com>, Meeran Osman <meeran...@yahoo.com>, os...@ramsis.com.bh, Pandula Medawatte <pandu...@live.com>, Wasantha Kahaduwa <wasa...@works.gov.bh>, "wisv...@yahoo.com" <wisv...@yahoo.com>, Tissa Higgoda <tissah...@gmail.com>, Sarath <sar...@batelco.com.bh>, Ahmed Rizvi <risah...@gmail.com>, pandula medawatte <pandu...@gmail.com>

Dear Outdoor Sports Secretary - SLC Bahrain,

With reference to your sms sent yesterday, after our telephone conversation, it seems that you have taken it personnel as usual because the suggestion came from the "SOORI". Don't take it personal I just expressed my view and suggestion. 

Please find below my reply to your sms;

1. If you can commit that the club member players you are going to introduce and play for the test series

    are going to continue playing for the club for the 20 & 25 over games also,then please do bring them.i 

    guarantee they will be playing.  But if the said commitment is not their please don't bother coming to 

    the ground's as they will not be  allowed to play. 

    This statement shows that you have mixed up the "intended purpose of the SLC i.e. to work

    benefit of the club and its members". Participating for an event by spending around BD 600 plus

    per year allowing bunch of "NON MEMBERS" to enjoy their weekends by playing for six to seven 

    months per year doesn't fulfill the said intended purpose of the club. As a member of executive 

    committee of the club who is appointed by the active members to serve the club and its members, 

    should not convey a message  to an active member saying"PLEASE DON'T BOTHER TO COMING

    TO THE GROUNDS AS THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY". Which is diminishing the rights of 

    an active member. (some of the players also non-members coming form the morning league will not be

    continued for the 20 & 25 over games and specially since they are not SLC members should not allow 

     to participate for any of club's activities). 

     Instead of that statement (red) it would be appreciated if you pass this message to so called non-

     members "PLEASE TAKE SLC MEMBERSHIP ASAP AS CLUB MEMBERS WANTED TO PLAY 

     I(YOU) HAVE TO GIVE FIRST PRIORITY TO CLUB MEMBERS". 

     

     We both discussing about the 'committment'. You refer the commitment for rest of the season

     ( Of course we should not forget about the commitment if there is any soft ball, tape ball or

     MRF ball tournament in any corner of the island.) The 'comitment' I refer is to take SLC

     membership then enjoy the events and facilities. Moreover we are experiencing so called commitment in

     every Tuesday at the nets.

     

2.  The reason is we need to continue the rest of the season.

     This is hilarious. Meaning of this sentence is that the club wanted to entertain those non-members for

     the rest of the season too irrespective of their membership. I don't see any benefit neither to its

     members nor for the club by continuing of playing under  current circumstances. When I asked from

     some of the non-members there what is there opinion is they come to play in Fridays club doesn't

     provide even a glass of water so why should we bother to take membership. As if they are doing a

     favour to club by playing under our club name by using collection of active memebers' membership

     fees and their sponsorships., which is not.I believe the money spending for year for them to enjoy their 

     game during every weekend for seven months is much higher than the cup of  water, tea or snacks.

     You are going to provide entertainment for this kind of group. Let them come to umbrella of SLC make 

     these comments. I have passed several no of application to them in numerous occasions but only

     one or two accepted to take membership and  returned the duly filled the form returned . The last one

     of the applications given by me was Hirantha Baddage's one which u collected in last April at 

     Salmania ground. I passed the application to him because I don't have any doubt about his 'talent' and

     commitment'.

3.  I do recommend strongly that you bring this up at the AGM.

     I do raise this during the AGM. But still since it is clearly stated in documents I don't think we have to

     wait till AGM to resolve. Nothing to resolve. " ALL THE FACILITIES AND BENEFITS ARE FOR THE

     UPDATED MEMBERS OF THE CLUB". What else you have to discuss during the AGM.

4. I would like to suggest;

    (a) Encourage them to take membership. Even still if they will not take membership, forget about them

         and stop entertaining them by using club's assets tell them "DON'T BOTHER TO COMING TO THE

         GROUNDS AS THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY".

     (b) Send email and any kind of message to current active members(Specially Lala Thenabadu

          Participants) inviting to come and play cricket representing their club. Sports is mainly participation

          it doesn't require to win by "hook or crook". Specially cricket is a Gentleman's game.

     (c) Remove the requirement of "active membership" from the all other events such as Sinhala classes, 

          indoor games, tennis, netball, toastmasters, gavel club, etc. etc..let anybody to come and  

          participate as they wish maintaining 'equilibrium' among all the club activities and benefits.

Finally, I would like to request you to stop "attacking Soori" for 'everything and anything'. Please be noted that I am an active member since 2004 attending all the club events as much as possible, specially knocking the front door rather than trying to come through back door. Think positively and do the need full for the betterment of the club and it's members. 

As you can see I have copied this to current president and all the past presidents who are living in Bahrain expecting better outcome.

Best Regards,

Soori 

 

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Received: 18 Feb 2014 22:10

Soori. 

If you can commit that the club member players you are going to introduce and play for the test series are going to continue playing for the club for the 20 & 25 over games also, then please do bring them.i guarantee they will be playing.  But if the said commitment is not their please don't bother coming to the ground's as they will not be  allowed to play. The reason is we need to continue the rest of the season. I do recommend strongly that you bring this up at the AGM.

Kevin.