Possible Clues:

• Roman meeting places
• Free-for-all in these meetings? Quite the reverse!
• 'It's ___ good cause'
• "I'll trade this ___ peanut." (2 words)
• "I'll trade this ___ buck" (2 words)
• Go — ride
• Know -- fact
• Venues
• Knock ___ loop
• On behalf of area, providing places for discussion