Two officers’ houses at Camp Casey Conference Center on Whidbey Island are available for the personal use of regular full-time faculty and staff members. The houses include Faculty House East and West. Reservation requests may be submitted during the month of May. The deadline for this scheduling period is May 31, 2008.
| Policies and Procedures |
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Full-time, regular faculty and staff are eligible for a weekend or a week long stay. Midweek use may be requested based on availability. |
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Reservations during the academic year are handled independently from uses during the summer period. Academic year stays do not cause a “loss of points.” |
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Submit your request online after reading policies and procedures (see below) by May 31st. |
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Reservations will be assigned and offered according to a drawing procedure, as explained below. |
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On your request form, please request five dates when you would be free to make a trip to Camp Casey. |
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As the request forms are received at Camp Casey, each one is given a number. After the deadline, a drawing is held. |
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A waiting list is developed from the requests that are left over after all available weekends are offered, followed by requests received after the deadline. A request received after the deadline will be placed at the end of the waiting list. Offers will only be made to late requesters in the event that a weekend becomes open due to a cancellation that cannot be filled by the others whose names are higher on the waiting list. |
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The non-refundable reservation deposit is called the “booking fee.” The booking fee is $35.00. This is the total cost to use a house. The booking fee is required to confirm the reservation. It is not due until you have been offered a date. If you find that you must cancel your weekend after it has been confirmed, you will unfortunately have to forfeit the booking fee — unless you are able to trade with someone else for their weekend. To trade a weekend, email Maralie Johnson (maraliej@spu.edu) at Camp Casey to get the names of some people with other weekend reservations, and contact them to see if one of them will trade weekends with you. If you are able to trade weekends within the same use period your booking fee will be applied to the new date. However, if you cancel without trading for a different weekend, the booking fee may not be transferred from one use period to the next, and you will forfeit the fee. The funds go toward the ongoing maintenance of the houses. |
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Only personal, vacation use of the Camp Casey houses is allowed under this courtesy fringe benefit. The full-time faculty or staff person OR his/her spouse must be present with the party using the house at Camp Casey. Other uses, such as SPU departmental use, church groups, Bible Study groups, school groups, youth groups or any other type of retreat that is sponsored by or referred by a faculty or staff member must be booked through the Camp Casey office according to normal reservation procedures. Other buildings at Camp Casey are used for those types of groups. The rental rate will be the standard, non-profit group rate for each specific building at Camp Casey. Please call the Camp Casey office, toll-free, for a free information packet call 866-661-6604. |
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All faculty and staff visitors to Camp Casey must abide by the use and conduct policies of SPU and Camp Casey Conference Center. Failure to abide by the established policies or procedures, including proper care and cleaning of the house, may result in the forfeiture of future uses. |
There are other facilities at Camp Casey that may be reserved for personal use by SPU faculty and staff: These include the Firehall, Alumni West, and the Fort Casey Inn. Call the Camp Casey office to learn more about these opportunities toll free at 866-661-6604. For information about the Fort Casey Inn, visit the website at www.fortcaseyinn.com.
To see photos, visit www.spu.edu/depts/casey.
For more information or for further clarification of the policy, contact Maralie Johnson (maraliej@spu.edu) or by calling toll free at 866-661-6604.
