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Old 06-30-2016, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
It appears you were "blown off" by the rec cen director as well as Rec Dept management and never got a straight answer. I would go to a Welcome Wednesday meeting at the District Offices in Sumter Landing (2nd floor conference room) and ask your question when the Rec Dept director makes an update. Those meetings are open to the public, held at 11 AM almost every Wednesday (not 7/06 though) and last about 45 minutes. You will get an answer - maybe not at the meeting but shortly thereafter.
I think you can also get ananswer by emailing the headof the Rec Dept. I have, on more than one occasion.

As Gracie and others pointed out, you probably will not be appreciated entering into an established group of players. but it's another case of having rules but not enforcing them. You can probably force the issue if you go to the top, but it won't change that group's mindset, and they will probably make you unhappy.

This isn't America's Friendliest Hometown. That is just marketing. TV is your normal group of 110,000 people, each of whom having unique personality and nature, some good and some not.

I know what I would do... I would go to the top and ask why this is happening, and maybe they will advise the group to follow the rules. But I would find somewhere else to play, because bad feeling between you and the group is already established, and that would be hard to overcome. JMO
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