correspondance with Lelia about the power cords

To: "Gordon, Leila" "Gordon, Leila"
Cc: "Leary, Joe" , CarolAnnBradley@aol.com"Leary, Joe" , CarolAnnBradley@aol.com
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Hello Leila, Well the movie alerted me to the possible danger. I guess the film showed what would happen if the assassin who did not have a house equipped with one of these special circuit breakers.

Let me ask you are you so confident of this device that you would be willing to have someone you loved get in the pool and then throw a live wire into the pool?

Wouldn't it be better to ear on the side of caution and use batteries or rechargeable batteries and give the appearance of doing the safe thing?

Hundreds of people are electrocuted every year because of ignoring the basic common sense of not mixing water and electricity.

Will a child see the use of power cords at the pool then go home and do the same thing? Is the difficulty of putting batteries into boom boxes worth setting a bad example for our youth?

Well we may come for a walk there.

I really feel the environmental impact of using written suggestion cards in minimal. Possibly you could use the backs of other printed material and recycle it the way my wife dose for shopping lists. The presence of a suggestion box in the lobby sends the positive message that we care about you and your opinions.-Rod

--- On Thu, 2/25/10, Gordon, Leila wrote:

> From: Gordon, Leila
> Subject: RE: Your Concerns Regarding our Boom box Use for Terry L. Smith Aquatics Center Classes and Lack of Suggestion Boxes at RCC Facilities
> To: "Rod Koozmin"
> Cc: "Leary, Joe" , CarolAnnBradley@aol.com
> Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 4:37 PM
> Rod--
> Please put your mind at ease; our staff is very vigilant
> regarding safety and no one is at risk of a James Bond-like
> assassination.
> As for the walking circuit, yes, there have been people
> doing it and we appreciated the idea.
> Leila
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Koozmin [mailto:sharpeningman@yahoo.com]
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> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:34 PM
> To: Gordon, Leila
> Subject: Re: Your Concerns Regarding our Boom box Use for
> Terry L. Smith Aquatics Center Classes and Lack of
> Suggestion Boxes at RCC Facilities
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> Hello Leila, I have been concerned. Perhaps it was the
> movie "From Russia with Love" When James bond kicks the
> electric heater in the bath tub electrocuting the assassin.
> I worried that a Reston citizen might fall prey to the cords
> and similarily be ellectrocuted. It just makes me nervous
> especially the leaving of them out when the class is
> over and the life guard using them as if don't have more
> portable devices. Also seeing a short cord plugged in used
> near a puddle makes me nervous.
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> I am glad to learn that the walking idea was
> implemented. Are many people using it? I tried it a few
> times when I didn't feel like swimming. My wife is actually
> walking around inside the house for exercise like my mother
> used to do.-Rod
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> --- On Thu, 2/25/10, Gordon, Leila
> wrote:
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> > From: Gordon, Leila
> > Subject: Your Concerns Regarding our Boom box Use for
> Terry L. Smith Aquatics Center Classes and Lack of
> Suggestion Boxes at RCC Facilities
> > To: "Rod Koozmin"
> > Cc: "Leary, Joe" ,
> CarolAnnBradley@aol.com
> > Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 4:22 PM
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> > concern regarding the safety of our instructor use of
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> > Aquatics classes in the online forum provided by a
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> > blog. They do use
> > these on deck. All of the outlets, water fountain, and
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> > clocks are on GFI circuit breakers (more reliable than
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> > outlets). All of our
> > electrical components are tested annually, by a
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> > electrician, who
> > sends that report to the Health Department as a
> requirement
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> > operating permit. Our operations are conducted within
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> > parameters; we take quite seriously the well-being of
> our
> > patrons. I assure you
> > that instructors' using electrically powered
> > equipment on the pool deck
> > do so in a manner that is safe and does not present
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> > risk of electrocution
> > to them or our patrons.
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> > Regarding your
> > continuing consternation over a lack of
> > suggestion boxes at RCC, I will again point out to you
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> > because we have
> > tried to migrate as much as possible to electronic
> > communication, in an effort
> > to be sound environmental stewards, we stopped
> printing
> > suggestion cards for
> > people to put in boxes. Anyone may use the RCC web
> > site to find our input
> > email address, RCCContact@fairfaxcounty.gov
> > from which to make suggestions. If someone wants to
> write a
> > suggestion, we are
> > happy to provide them with the opportunity and means
> at
> > both facilities. We
> > strive to obtain public input and opinion
> regularly.
> > I hope you noticed that
> > your suggestion for a walking circuit was one that we
> > implemented at the RCC
> > Hunters Woods building and advertised in the
> Winter/Spring
> > Program Guide.
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> > Have a great
> > day!
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> > Leila
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> > Leila
> > Gordon
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> > Executive
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> > Reston
> > Community Center
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> > 2310 Colts Neck
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> > Reston,
> > Virginia 20191
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> > 703-476-4500 x
> > 6142
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> > 703-476-2488
> > - fax
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> > www.restoncommunitycenter.com
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> > So
> > Close to You. So Much
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