I can understand that there are rules about activities taking
place in the clubhouse. There are policies in place to make sure the club house
facility is not being misused or abused by residents. What I don't understand
is how those policies are being applied.
I see some
advertising in The UCO Reporter and on Mr Israels blog about an up and coming
play being presented by a group here in the village. That's great , residents
get to enjoy an evenings entertainment and participation in the play.
However the
charging of admission is illegal under Florida statutes unless the group is
registered with the government and has a tax number . If they do have a license
and are registered they are conducting a business here, which is not permitted
under the Century Village rules.
Previously;
this same group asked for donations from the audience and published information
stating that a donation jar was in place for collecting money at their event.
That's also illegal as they would have to be registered as a charity to collect
donations.
I wanted to
clarify the position of WPRF about collecting donations in the club house and
brought it to the attention of Eva Rachevsky who stated ” We know it's going on
but we turn a blind eye to it”
I really
have no objection to a group asking for a few bucks to continue in their
efforts, but I do have objections to rules being unfairly enforced. You can bet
your last buck that The Messenger Club would be summarily thrown out if we
asked for money in the clubhouse. I was threatened with removal for taking
pictures and soliciting people for interviews. That warning came as a result of
a single conversation I had while sitting in the foyer waiting to attend a meeting.
The pictures were taken at the meeting, with full
disclosure to everyone in attendance.
There's a
lot of noise being made lately about illegal and objectionable activities
taking place in the club house. I guess that some illegalities are favored with
a blind eye from the administration as long as the culprits are not in
their bad books.
That's not
fair. Rules should be applied evenly without prejudice.
Neil
J Moore
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