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Just wanted to confirm - to move from near to arm's reach, a player takes the run action as a fast action. The run action is technically a move skill check but s/he doesn't need to roll in this case hence not moving into another zone. Somehow, I felt a roll may be appropriate since the player moves into the opponent's weapon reach? Did I get this all correct?

Oh, and related, what action can a player chose on the other hand to prevent another player to move into arm's length. For instance a staff fighter with near reach wants to keep a sword fighter at distance?

The Move skill is used if you use the Run action in Rough terrain.

I'm unclear on whether the MOVE in required only when moving into the ROUGH zone, or every time you move while in a rough zone. The wording in PH says "when you RUN into the zone" so I'm guessing you don't have to roll MOVE in that zone to go from NEAR to ARMS LENGTH or to leave the zone? Is this how folks run it?

The Move skill is used if you use the Run action in Rough terrain.

I'm unclear on whether the MOVE in required only when moving into the ROUGH zone, or every time you move while in a rough zone. The wording in PH says "when you RUN into the zone" so I'm guessing you don't have to roll MOVE in that zone to go from NEAR to ARMS LENGTH or to leave the zone? Is this how folks run it?

Yup. The narrative for this could be that Near to Arm's Length is such a short distance and also would punish offensive actions a little bit to much.

I should say the in our group we very often forgot about rough and open zones. Amazing how hard some rules are to remember.