Knoxville Badminton Club designed the Membership Policies (“Policies”) and the club rules, including rules listed here and rules posted in clubs (“Rules”) to ensure a safer and more enjoyable environment in which to exercise. So, please be thoughtful and observe the Policies and Rules that you, and all members, have agreed to follow. Knoxville Badminton Club may, in its sole discretion, modify the Policies and Rules without notice at any time. It’s your responsibility to know and follow the most current Policies and Rules. All approved signs posted in a club or on the premises shall be considered a part of the Policies and Rules of Knoxville Badminton Club.

The following Polices and Rules replace all previous Policies and Rules. If there is any conflict between these Policies and the posted club Rules, these Policies and Rules apply. The current Policies and Rules are also available on the Knoxville Badminton Club website at www.knoxvillebadmintonclub.com

(I)EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT

Knoxville Badminton Club seeks, enrolls and maintains memberships without regard to race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation or age. It is further club policy that no circumstance or conduct undertaken by club personnel shall have the effect of discrimination on the basis of any of the aforementioned classifications. All club members shall have full and equal access to the club facility. All members with disabilities shall be entitled to reasonable accommodations for their physical and mental impairments. Any member who believes that they have been/are being treated unfairly on any of the aforementioned matters should first report to club management.

(II)NO SOLICITATION

Knoxville Badminton Club facilities are provided for the private use of club members only and are not open to the public. Any solicitation within any club, communication platforms, such as emails, chats groups, private messages to individual members and web portals is absolutely forbidden.  This includes, for example: solicitation for or not for profit for sports equipment including, sports accessories, racquets, shuttlecocks etc, political purposes or any other reason; use of petitions; distributing or posting leaflets, messages of product available for sale notices on message boards, web portals chat groups or advertising anywhere in a club facility; or leaving multiple copies of leaflets or other papers in any club.

Any offers, products, news, events, advertisements may only be posted by club personnel and admins.

(III)MEMBERSHIP FREEZE POLICY

Qualification and Notice Requirements: Knoxville Badminton Club will only freeze your membership if you are in good standing, you have all initiation fees paid, you are current on your monthly dues, you provide at least ten days’ notice for a freeze request to allow Knoxville Badminton Club to process your request, and you qualify for one of the three categories below:

Medical Disability: You must provide Knoxville Badminton Club with verification from your physician stating your medical disability will prevent you from using Knoxville Badminton Club facilities. The minimum term for a medical freeze is three months and the maximum is six months.

Active Duty Military Transfer or Extended Volunteer Assignment: 

You must provide Knoxville Badminton Club with a copy of your transfer, deployment or extended volunteer assignment orders. There is no minimum or maximum for assignment freeze. If you request a specific freeze term less than six months, your membership and monthly Electronic Funds Transfer (“EFT”) or credit card charge will automatically resume at the end of the specified time. If you request a specific freeze term greater than six months, or you do not specify a freeze term, you must contact Knoxville Badminton Club to reactivate.

Temporary Employment Transfer: 

You must provide Knoxville Badminton Club with verification from your employer, on company letterhead, that you are being temporarily transferred. The location of your transfer must be more than 25 miles from the nearest Knoxville Badminton Club location to which you have access. The minimum term for a temporary employment transfer freeze is three months and the maximum freeze is six months.

Extended Freeze: 

As a courtesy to our members, Knoxville Badminton Club may approve or deny your request for an extended freeze for reasons other than those listed above. The maximum length of an extended freeze is 12 months. If Knoxville Badminton Club does not receive notification to reactivate or further extend your freeze within 12 months, your membership agreement will be terminated.

Dues During Freeze: 

No further dues will be collected during your approved freeze and your right to access Knoxville Badminton Club facilities during the freeze will be suspended. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you will still be required to pay an Annual Fee (plus applicable taxes), as provided in your membership agreement, during your approved freeze so long as your membership is in effect. In the event your membership is prepaid, the term of the prepaid membership shall be extended, without further dues, for the same period of the freeze. Except for military freezes greater than 6 months or unspecified, your membership will be reactivated and your monthly EFT or credit card charge will automatically resume at the end of your freeze period.

Freeze Request Decisions: 

If your request does not conform to this Membership Freeze Policy, you will be notified that your request has been denied and your membership shall remain active unless cancelled.

(IV)GUEST PRIVILAGES

Knoxville Badminton Club encourages you to bring friends, relatives and business associates for a guest visit. We strongly recommend that you make an appointment for your guest’s visit and a tour/orientation may be required. A guest must be at least 18, sign a medical and injury release form and pay a guest fee before using Knoxville Badminton Club facilities (a parent or legal guardian may bring a 16 or 17 year old minor as a guest if the adult member agrees to sign the appropriate release forms). Knoxville Badminton Club may restrict the number of guests and times you may bring guests. You must inform guests about these Policies.

(V)Use of Knoxville Badminton Club Facilities

Availability of Facilities: 

Knoxville Badminton Club facilities or services, including but not limited to, classes, equipment, babysitting, basketball, saunas, whirlpools or pools may have limited hours, be discontinued altogether at anytime, or be offered on a “first come first serve” basis. Knoxville Badminton Club reserves the right to charge a separate participation or reservation fee for any or all of these facilities or services. Use of Knoxville Badminton Club facilities or services are authorized and limited pursuant to your membership agreement.

Conflicts Regarding Use: 

Please don’t linger on the equipment because other members may want to use it. No member should monopolize the equipment or weights. If there is a sign-up list for the use of the equipment and a maximum time limit on its use then the directions for the use of the sign-up list are part of the club Rules and Knoxville Badminton Club expects all the members to follow them. In short, observe gym etiquette. If there is a conflict over use, let Knoxville Badminton Club management resolve it.

Minors Under 12:

May not use Knoxville Badminton Club facilities at any time and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times when in the facilities, unless the minor is registered in Kids’ Club or participating in a Knoxville Badminton Club approved youth program. If your minor child does not behave, Knoxville Badminton Club may ask you to make other arrangements. Knoxville Badminton Club does not permit children over six years old of the opposite sex in the locker rooms.

Minors 12 – 17: May use Knoxville Badminton Club facilities without being accompanied by a parent or guardian if the minor is a member or a guest and their parent or guardian signed the financial guaranty and the membership agreement. Knoxville Badminton Club reserves the right, in its discretion, to require that a parent or guardian accompany a minor.

(VI)PROHIBITED ITEMS AND ACTIVITIES

No Alcohol, Drugs, or Smoking: 

You cannot engage in any activity at Knoxville Badminton Club while under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol. Knoxville Badminton Club does not permit smoking, alcohol, or illegal drugs, including steroids, in any of its facilities.

No Weapons: 

No weapons of any kind are permitted in Knoxville Badminton Club facilities.

Photos/Filming: 

Taking photos or filming of others is not permitted without their prior knowledge and consent, and under no circumstances is any photography or filming permitted within the Kids’ Club, locker room, steam room, or sauna areas.

Food & Beverages: Knoxville Badminton Club reserves the right to limit the consumption of food or beverages in workout areas.

Personal Training: 

No member may train another member for compensation. If Knoxville Badminton Club determines that such training occurs at a Knoxville Badminton Club facility, the trainer and/or trainee may lose their membership.

Outside Equipment: Knoxville Badminton Club reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit or restrict the use of outside equipment in the club.

(VII)DRESS POLICY

Knoxville Badminton Club requires you to wear appropriate clothing and footwear while in its facilities such as gym shorts, T-shirts (that cover your chest), undergarments or tights with all apparel, jogging, aerobic and sweat outfits, clothes that have not been torn or altered. Street clothes/shoes and jeans are not appropriate. Racquetball/badminton shoes are required on the courts. No street or black-soled shoes permitted. Being barefoot in the general workout area is prohibited. Knoxville Badminton Club recommends closed toed shoes be worn on the general workout floor at all times, and wearing opened toed shoes or socks alone is at your own risk.

(VIII)VIOLATION OF POLICIES OR RULES

While in Knoxville Badminton Club facilities, Knoxville Badminton Club does not permit and will not tolerate any inappropriate conduct. Such conduct includes, without limitation, using loud, abusive, offensive, insulting, demeaning language, profanity, lewd conduct or any conduct that harasses or is bothersome to members, guests or Knoxville Badminton Club employees.

If any member or guest violates any of the Policies or Rules, Knoxville Badminton Club will ask that person to stop or leave. A member’s violation of any of the Policies or Rules may also cause Knoxville Badminton Club, in its sole discretion, to terminate that person’s membership and/or other agreements.