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Originally Posted by kansasr
I see that this mornings insert has implemented more of the reductions. This has gone from its usual 64 pages to 56 last week to 36 this week. All of the eliminations have come from the clubs pages and I'm left wondering who is now deciding what makes the cut. Just comparing this week's to the previous week, I see that art groups, billiards, bridge,mah-jongg, pickleball and swimming are the big losers.
While I agree that the weekly insert in the paper is a huge waste and would prefer to see either a monthly, or an online version with copies made available at rec centers, this new approach is totally unacceptable.
I noticed the announcement in today's paper about the changes said nothing about how they were reducing the size nor how they were now deciding which groups deserved promotion and which did not.
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It is my understanding that all groups must have a responsible villager to volunteer to head a group or club and to take responsibility for the room. I have always been told that the recreation department doesn't pay the people who teach the classes. I know that is true of my art group, my ceramics group and my craft group. They are all kindly volunteering their time. If the group becomes too small, they can lose "possession" of the room for which there is no charge as long as only villagers are involved. People are not supposed to use the room to make money or to accept money. But generally groups of grateful members try to honor them with a gift.