Over reach or a sign of the times
 

Has anyone else attended a Village Club function to be asked to sign a release, waive, forever discharge, hold harmless, and covenant not to sue activity release form? I am told that everyone who participates must sign one every year. I must have missed this request last year.

For me, this requests comes on top of now having to register with the Feds to fly any RC device over .55 pounds and a new EAA requirement for having a background check to be able to fly Young Eagles. I look at the new rules, regulations, and requirements as a troublesome preview of the future.

I understand that I should look the other way and just sign as requested. Now, about the new requirements for golf carts that I would like to see enacted in the Villages …..

You're always asked in January to sign one so you don't sue the rec center when you hurt yourself over doing an activity.

It has always been around, the disclaimer. "They" cross their t's and dot their i's.


and I think that for awhile a lot of people keep looking for the downside here. It really IS too good to be true. You will see pretty soon that it doesn't have to be changed. At first I thought that I was being taken. Or hoodwinked, or sucked in. But I am a huge fan now.

We did this for the car club meetings, I was not aware it was for ALL clubs.

If the Rec. Dept. wants members to sign the release every year, they should accost the residents themselves. not ask the club leaders to hassle them. It's not the club's responsibility to do the legal department's job. Clubs have too much to do renewing memberships in January as it is. Besides there is nothing that says you can't use the recreation facilities if you don't sign. In many of the clubs that I belong to, most members refuse to sign it. There is one club that I know of that requires you to sign the release to be a member. I think that's unfair.

By signing it, you give up your rights to blame the district for their negligence.

I vote OVER REACH.

Skip

Nope, this started just a few years ago. There was no release forms about 7 years ago. It was the legal department's afterthought.

Skip

I have signed many a release form over the years. Always an option. I can choose not to participate in the activity that requires that I sign a release.

They tell me that one only needs to sign once for all activities in The Villages. The agencies asking for protection are government agencies as presented in the IRS law suit. Maybe the City of Urbana is not as sophisticated as the Villages is in asking for protection from their own citizens. I have never signed anything like this up north in Urbana to go to the parks or participate in Urbana functions.

I believe the release form is for The Recreation Dept. facilities/equipment not for a club. I sign one at the beginning of the year at whatever Recreation Center I go into first and that one release is good for all for the year.

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  Originally Posted by twoplanekid (Post 1178598) They tell me that one only needs to sign once for all activities in The Villages. The agencies asking for protection are government agencies as presented in the IRS law suit. Maybe the City of Urbana is not as sophisticated as the Villages is in asking for protection from their own citizens. I have never signed anything like this up north in Urbana to go to the parks or participate in Urbana functions.

???????????????? Urbana, though lovely, is small. I think it has around 9000 residents now.. You could go to Main Street and holler if you want to tell people something.

All things are different "up north".
Just get over it!

" You could go to Main Street and holler ........ "

One of your funniest posts ever Gracie ! I grew up in a town so small that approach to spreading the news would have worked !! :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: :bigbow:

That may not be entirely true. As I understand the law, you cannot sign away your right to sue for gross negligence. For example, if management failed to address a safety issue that was brought to their attention then that could be interpreted as gross negligence. Perhaps a attorney can jump in and set us right.

Gracie,,,sooner or later.......................

As I used to say, you know a town is small if you can see the "You Are Now Entering ..." sign and the "You Are Now Leaving..." sign at the same time.