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WAC® MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2012 Volume 31, Number 10 ISSN 1091-7985 Letter from the President & CEO Chuck Nelson, President & Chief Executive Officer / cnelson@wac.net Washington Athletic Club® 1325 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 206.622.7900 / fax 206.464.3058 www.wac.net / magazine@wac.net 206.464.4631 / fax 206.464.1392 Subscription: $36 / Single copies: $3 Published on the first day of each month Periodicals rate postage paid at Seattle, WA Feeling good and getting better W about members and their lives and accomplishments, and insights into a wide variety of Club facilities, amenities and events. This publication allows us to communicate with our membership and make sure you're fully aware of all the WAC has to offer. It's all about creating opportunities for you to use your Club to its fullest. We also want to make sure there are many ways for you to communicate back to AC Magazine is a wonderful way for our membership to access information about the vast variety of activities that take place around the Club. Inside these pages each month, you'll find details about group fitness classes, articles Publisher: Michelle Pinson Editor in Chief/Creative Director: Barbara Schmitt Managing Editor: Darrick Meneken Designer: Kelly Wang Designer: Anna De La Paz For advertising information: David Stolber Advertising & Marketing Sales Varsity Communications, Inc. p 206.367.2420, ext. 1204 • f 206.363.9099 david@varsitycommunications.com EXECUTIVE STAFF Chuck Nelson President & Chief Executive Officer cnelson@wac.net the WAC team. We encourage you to do so through conversations with WAC member leaders, committee members, the management team, and via the survey mechanisms that we'll be rolling out in the months ahead. You can find a list of members of the Board of Governors as well as the Program Board on page 4. A list of executive staff emails can be found just to the right of this letter. Your feedback is always welcome, be it positive or an idea for potential improve- ment. We want this facility and its people to exceed your expectations every time, and knowledge of what those expectations are helps us do that. Please let us know what you think the WAC should be. Our job is to use that information in the context of the Club as a whole to help reach our full potential. Only then can we fulfill our mission and commitment to our members. We particularly like to hear about the impact the Club has had on your life. We have had a great run recently. Members have told us about Club contributions, including: • A personal trainer who has transformed a member's body and spirit; • A lifesaving technique learned at the 6th Floor Pool that saved a choking child; and Robert Bonina Vice President Food & Beverage rbonina@wac.net Melissa Borders Vice President Club Programs mborders@wac.net Bill Cohen Vice President Operations wcohen@wac.net Dawn Dorsett Admin. Systems Manager & Executive Asst. ddorsett@wac.net Paul Lowber Chief Financial Officer plowber@wac.net Wayne Milner Vice President Athletics wmilner@wac.net Michelle Pinson Vice President Membership & Marketing mpinson@wac.net • A wedding experience that helped create a perfect lifetime memory. These are just three examples of relationships formed and lives made more complete because of WAC membership. Hearing about these things inspires members and team members alike. Magazine proves, we are justifiably proud of what the WAC is and always has been— and we're excited about where we can go. We have a great club and a shared responsi- bility to each other to make the most of this time-honored institution. The WAC has been a major part of this community and tens of thousands of lives As the 5 Star Platinum Club of America award featured in this issue of WAC for 83 years. Going forward, we can be even better. See you at the WAC. Wendall Smith Vice President Human Resources wsmith@wac.net WASHINGTON ATHLETIC CLUB - Dedicated 1930 - MISSION To enrich the quality of life of our members VISION To be the premier athletic club in America VALUES Leadership, Excellence, Integrity, Service and Sensitivity POSTMASTER Send address changes to: Editor, WAC Magazine, P.O. Box 1709 Seattle, WA 98111-1709 WAC and Washington Athletic Club are registered trademarks of the Washington Athletic Club. OCTOBER 2012 | Washington Athletic Club Magazine | 5