Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I don’t believe it is a question of cost savings. Rather, it is a matter of cost avoidance. If I recall correctly the cost of printing the Rec news was going to increase approx. $750k this year. (I could be off $100k +/-) In any event that additional cost would have been borne by us residents. So, contrary to some opinions I believe there is nothing nefarious going on here. It’s more likely that what we have here is an effort at being good stewards with our money. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
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God Help us the day the Morriisseess Morses are not involved in our operation. The way they handle our money, it is just good business nothing more.
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And we never, ever, EVER want the developer out and TV run by the residents..... Never, ever!!! |
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As I understand it, the recreation department pays for the the rec news. The Sun is under contract to to print and distribute it. Much like any advertising insert you find in the paper. If anything, a reduction in size would result in a reduction in profit for producing it. So it would only drive up the cost of a subscription.
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Hardcopy vs. Online
Has the size/content of the online Rec News been reduced as well? I assume most, if not all, of us who use TOTV would be better off with a more complete online Rec News than a limited scope hard copy. While saying this I fully recognize that many here will prefer to continue with the hardcopy version arriving in each Thursday's Daily Sun.
P.S. The most current online version is just 36 pages - exactly the same as the hardcopy version.
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All good comments...
One of the things that made me buy here was the Thursday paper packed with activities (listed in the Rec. News) to do. Instead of giving feedback here, write to the Daily Sun editors AND the Rec. Department and tell them how you feel about the declining value of the paper and how hard it is to find an activity that fits your skills and schedule. John Rohan always wants to know what you think. As for the District.Gov site, and the TOTV Activities site, it's too hard to find the clubs because of all the abbreviations they use. Skip |
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At the risk of being flamed, why not add $1 per month to the amenity fee? That would easily cover the cost of a full every week Rec News in the paper. After all, aren't all the activities here amenities?
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I need help! When I look up clubs on line all I find is 136 pages of abbreviated club names with phone numbers there are no descriptions of what the cubs do. I am at the recreation page for clubs is there another location that has more detailed information ?
It is impossible for me with that description to know what club does. |
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http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/a...es/recnews.pdf |
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Call and let them know how you feel!! I am personally very frustrated. All my New Years resolutions are gonna be hard to follow through with if I can’t find the Yoga and WATP and Zumba classes.
They need to find a better solution and it won’t happen unless we call and let them know how we feel. Writing is probably better. Complaining to each other doesn’t help a single bit. Action people!! |
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As I already posted (#13), I was told that the non-changing monthly classes will not have their full descriptions printed every week in the rec guide. You may have to wait a week for the next full printing of the monthly classes. Time will tell if this is actually true.
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I would like to see at least one difference between the hardcopy and online versions of the Recreation News. Right now, they are identical each week (i.e., number of pages). I think there should be a reasonable way to have information available all the time for the clubs that meet at the same time in the same place each week. Maybe the hardcopy version could only list the activities for these clubs in the first issue each month. However, the listings for these clubs should be a separate online document. Once it is published at the beginning of the month, it should stay online for the entire month (or it should remain up year round subject only to edits).
Yes, I have suggested this to the Recreation Department. John Rohan was responsive and informative. I believe he is looking at effective alternatives and is more than willing to hear from any of us. Publishing all the redundant information every week does seem (at least to me) to be over kill.
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Garden Staters Last edited by EnglishJW; 01-21-2018 at 12:27 PM. Reason: is for are |
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