[Mintwood-place] Fwd: Basketball Ediquette

[eddie_becker]

Dear Friends, We are extraordinarily lucky to have Bryan Weaver as 
our ANC rep.
He holds two courts just about every Saturday in Kalorama Park, one 
on the basketball court and the other between games talking to 
neighbors. 
On the Kalorama Park list, he offered to come out - late night - to 
try to get the 3am basketball players to cease and desist.   
Something he might not be able to do all the time and forever. If 
anyone on Mintwood cares about the noise issue and Bryan's family 
life - please join the Kalorama Park website and post your solution. 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AllforKaloramaPark/

Thanks, Eddie


--- In AllforKaloramaPark at yahoogroups.com, WeaverANC at ... wrote:

Cynthia is right, until about 6 months about we had the ability to 
remove the rims from the backboards, it also gave  us the ability to 
change rims out when they were damaged at a minimal cost. It was also 
better shooting on single rimmed basket.....
 
but the rims made too much noise for some neighbors, DPR did not like 
that residents ( Earl, an ANC commissioner and a basketball player) 
were taking the rims down, and the The Fund for Kalorama Park 
included replacing the old style rims on their punch-list for 
improvements for the court (it is the only suggestion from the list 
that DPR honored) --- so after last year's basketball tournament DPR 
came out and replaced them with double-rimmed backboard that is 
impossible to take down with out a blow-torch. They make less noise 
but we can not remove them nightly. 
 
Earl and I did come out to the courts on few nights to talk to the 
players. That seemed to work well for awhile. I am willing to do that 
again. 
 
What nights of the week are these guys playing Basketball? I will go 
to the court, chances are that I know them I will ask them to respect 
the 10pm rule (that was a summer rule designed for while school was 
out), other than that we can only ask MPD for enforcement of the 
posted law.  
 
 
Bryan Weaver
ANC 1C

 
--- In AllforKaloramaPark at yahoogroups.com, Cynthia Pols <pols_cm at ...> 
wrote:

A number of years ago, the basketball court had removal rims. The DPR 
staff would install them in the morning and then remove them in the 
evening. That system worked to perfectionl!!  --Cynthia Pols

Emily Mechner <anc1c02 at ...> wrote:            Last time around, Earl 
Johnson (1) told the kids not to play past 10 pm and (2) told the 
neighbors to call him if they did.  A few times he got out of bed at 
2 in the morning to shut down games.  This worked (for a while at 
least) because Earl had influence with the kids and was willing to 
take personal responsibility for the matter.  
   
  With Earl out of the picture, I don't know what the solution would 
be.  I am a bit dubious that the police could be mobilized to care 
about it, or that their intervention would have the desired result if 
they did.  Any ideas how to get the basketball community to "self-
police" and respect a rule that is hard to enforce?  I can't resist 
pointing out that a lot of adults in the community are not setting a 
good example in terms of respecting rules.  The "it's not really a 
rule unless I like it or I'm forced to obey it" attitude is 
pernicious.
   
  Emily
   
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: k_penhoet 
  To: AllforKaloramaPark at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:33 AM
  Subject: [AllforKaloramaPark] Re: People in park in early morning 
hours ( 2am)
  

    There is also the issue of people playing basketball at all 
hours. We 
regularly go out and ask people to stop playing which, as you can 
imagine, has mixed results. The park has posted signs that state that 
it is closed at dark but unless someone enforces it, the notification 
is pointless....and it often seems as if the police would rather 
people play basketball than do other things at 3:00 AM.