You seem to be very familiar with DB. Is there any truth to the way the story was described in posts on VIN, or is it a misrepresentation?
I could probably make some calls and get a version of the story, but it would be the same one-sided (or even 2-sided) hearsay, and you'd be faced with either believing some random poster on VIN or some random poster on DDF. I also don't really see the point, because the fact remains the same: there was a clear violation of the local rabbi's psak, and it was either done publicly or became public knowledge, so the shul reacted to preserve the kavod of their rabbi, their community, and what they see as Kavod HaTorah.
“I CALLED DEER FIELD TO GET THE FACTS & CONTEXT
1. senior living complex for the past 3 months each day at some point they sit around the deck/ grass spread out & shmooze
2. someone had yartzeit so he said everybody stay at your place , & i’ll be the chazan we are all sitting here anyway
3 not on shul property , no hats & jackets
4 so the shul board told one of the minyan dont give the daf anymore”
As to the VIN version of things, this is pure speculation on my part, but it seems like absolute BS.
1. No one has been locked down for 3 months. It's been barely 2. I know, stupid detail, but it goes towards the accuracy of the account.
2. How do you picture this going down? A bunch of guys are hanging around like they always do, when suddenly Jerry has a thought. "Hey Barry, Irv! You know, I actually have yartzeit today! Everyone stay where they are and I'll chap a quick kaddish." ....There's no way this wasn't premeditated. Furthermore, if we can find the time to argue the pros and cons of minyanim here on DDF, you can bet your life this argument has been had ad nauseam on every porch of Century Village.
3. No hats and jackets? Is this a negotiation? Makes it less official? They bargained with G-d? Or is this to show it was spontaneous? See above...
4. Personal opinion, but it seems reasonable. If you can't respect the rav, please don't represent our shul. We'll find someone else to give our shiurim.
“Happens to be that the Swimming pool at their club house is open for up to 30 people at a time. But members of the shul cannot make an outside minyan in front of their building!”
This is just more of the same old attempts at justification. It doesn't change the fact that Torah doesn't look kindly on those who disrespect the psak of a rav in public. If you have an issue with the psak, there are prescribed avenues to deal with them in a halachic fashion.