Below are the SignupGenius reservation links for the week of Aug 30 – Sept 5. Please remember that this summer guests are not allowed, and members of different households cannot share the same family swim reservation.

• Family Swim Reservations
• Lap Swim Reservations

Two-stage Process for Reservations

• Registration opens at 9pm Thursday, August 27. Members initially will be allowed to make no more than one family swim reservation and one lap swim reservation.
• On Saturday, August 29, around 10am, we’ll update these registration limits. Members then can book a second family swim reservation and up to two additional lap swim reservations for the week, choosing from available slots.
• Note: Use this special code for Signup Genius: dh2020 (do not share with non-members). When you sign up, use your first and last name, list any family members coming with you, and your DHARA Membership number (all required).

Reminders & Other Updates

• Check out our many drop-in/walk-in options throughout the week.
• If you are unable to make your reservation, please cancel 12- 24 hours in advance if possible, so others might use the pool. We’ve had a number of no-shows, and this leaves valuable pool time unused. We have also started monitoring no-shows.
• In the next week, we’ll share our more limited September hours, which begin after Labor Day and continue until the last weekend in September.

The DHARA Board

Make a Reservation for the Week of July 26

• Lap swim signup
• Family swim signup

Note: Signups go live at 10PM tonight – This will be the same every Thursday before each new week begins (the weeks still run Sunday through Saturday).

Signup Reminders

• When you access the Signup Genius links, you will need to use a special code (you must be logged in to view the code using the this link).
• When you sign up, use your first and last name, list any family members coming with you, and your DHARA Membership number (all required).
• Going forward, links to the reservation pages will be posted on the Dominion Hills website.
• If you can’t make your lap or family swim reservation, please cancel/delete it, from your Signup Genius confirmation email. This helps ensure empty spots can be rebooked and used by those eager to enjoy the pool.

Buddy in Your Lane – New Lap Swim Option

To provide additional lap swimming opportunities, we will allow members who sign up for lap lanes to share their lane with one other member.  For example:

• “Member Smith” can sign up and add “Member Johnson” as another swimmer when making the reservation. This will count toward the Smith’s weekly reservations but not Johnson’s. If Johnson wants to book lap times and bring Smith (or someone else), that’s okay as well.

Of course this is completely optional – you’re still welcome to have your own lane (on your own reservation). Think of it as having a “swim buddy” with whom you can share a lane, while creating room for other members to get in some additional laps! And as before, any number of swimmers from the same household may share a lane under the same reservation.

Fellow members,

After reviewing our attendance by families at the pool since Phase 3 started we’ll be making some adjustments to our available family time reservation slots so we can allow everyone more time at the pool! We will be implementing the changes so that we can start with the new schedule on July 19.

Please NOTE: To keep the transition smooth we have disabled FAMILY reservations beyond July 18. If you see a date of 2021 as an available time to reserve a slot, this is a side effect of the restrictions. (You’re welcome to book for January of 2021, but you’ll have a cold swim.)

The details of our new availability are being finalized at our board’s COVID task force meeting this week and, we will send out information as soon as possible.

Thanks, and happy swimming!!

We’re sharing some important updates to our Phase 2 Guidelines. Please read this email carefully as the described policy changes impact lap swimming reservations during the coming week and require further action from those who already made reservations.

We also have exciting news regarding a new walk-up policy for open time slots. Keep in mind, we will continue to update our pool guidelines related to COVID as the summer progresses and state guidance changes. We appreciate your patience with all of this. These are challenging times for the board and pool manager, and we are trying to be as nimble and responsive as possible while maintaining a safe, enjoyable pool environment.

Lap Swim Time – Clarification & Change

During Phase 2, as in Phase 1, we intended to allow one reservation for each of our 6 lap lanes during each lap swimming time slot. This would permit 6 reservations in a given time slot. The change for Phase 2 is that up to 3 people from the same household may use the lane during the time slot. Instead, the reservation system was allowing two reservations for each lap lane during each time slot (12 reservations per time slot). This resulted in the potential for members of different households sharing a lane. This was not our intention, and we have had negative feedback from the membership about it.

To rectify this, we are reducing the number of available lap lane reservations per time slot from 12 back down to 6. This will allow the intended one household per lane during each time slot.

Below is updated/clarified Phase 2 guidance to reflect this change:

• Up to 3 swimmers from the same family may share a lane under the same reservation. If more than one swimmer is using a lane, the swimmers must maintain 10 feet of social distance while in the pool.
• Swimmers from different memberships/households may not share a lane.
• As before, each membership can make 6 lap reservations per week.
• To accommodate this change, we have had to cancel the existing lap swimming reservations for the coming week. Therefore, anyone who has a lap swimming reservation during the week of Monday, June 22, please rebook your reservations as soon as you are able.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Also, make sure to check your “My Reservations Page” before and after making reservations. If there are any discrepancies, please let us know.

Drop-in/Walk-up Now Available

Starting Monday, June 22, if there are open time slots that have not been reserved in advance, members can use the open slot(s) on a drop-in/walk-up basis, first come, first serve. This policy applies to both lap swim and household exercise slots.So, log in and keep a close eye on the reservations openings pages, which easily allow you to see when there are open time slots.

Using a time slot in this way does not count against a membership’s weekly reservation allotment.

Also, please note that any reservation made will be honored, right up to the last minute of the time slot. You are still permitted to be late to your reserved time slot.
Important Note: At the moment, we are not scheduling reservations past June 28. We expect to adjust the schedule starting June 29, to build in swim & dive team instruction. Stay tuned for details in the next couple days.