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I can speak to this subject a little.

There was a move instigated very early this year to allow essentially unfunded support groups to meet at Recreation Centers, and allow no more than 10% of any meeting to be outsiders.

Another stipulation was that these support groups be medically oriented. That's almost a given, I guess, but not necessarily.

The notion went before the Amenity Advisory Council (or close to that). After agonizingly lengthy discussions, they voted 3-2 to allow such meetings on a trial basis, thru 2009.

Many folks adopted the attitude that once you open the flood gates, you will totally ruin The Villages. As a member of one of the support groups who may benefit from this (we haven't yet decided whether to move our meetings away from an off-campus venue), in light of the limitations on attendance agreed to, I frankly cannot believe that we are damaging TV at all.

Unfortunately, there are many here (especially longer-term residents) who think we have already ruined the place, what with our near-75,000 population.

SWR