Apology From Tom Engberg _2_

							From Tom Engberg, President Moraga Country Club
Board of Directors

First, on behalf of the Moraga Country Club Board of
Directors, its management and its membership let me offer
our sincere apologies to Kristen Lewis Cunnane. She is a
brave woman whose courage in talking about her ordeal and
bringing a sexual predator to justice is an example for all to
emulate.

I made the decision, as Board President, to cancel her
proposed swim clinic so that I could make certain that our
Board of Directors was aware of her clinic. I did it because
there has been a significant amount of coverage of her
courageous stand against child abuse and I wanted to make
certain that the Board would be prepared should coverage of
her clinic take place. I have since spoken with the Board
and it has approved her clinic.

We will welcome her at MCC, where she and her family have
been members for many years, to share her experience both
as a world class swimmer who started her career as a MCC
Mini-wave and set numerous team and pool records before
going on to become a member of the UCLA swim team and
now as an assistant coach at UC Berkeley.

I hope that our swim team members learn from Kristen not
only about the dedication it takes to succeed at athletics but
the courage it takes to stand up for one’s self in situations
where a child feels threatened or abused. Kristen has
exhibited amazing courage and we are very pleased that she
will share her story with our swimmers and other members of
MCC.
I apologize for the controversy this has caused and any
distress it caused Kristen and our membership.

Tom