Dutch Tulip Festival Ottawa 13-15 May 2016

[david moore]

Thanks, Terry - but does that mean that there is no parking?

[James P]

Seems like spotty and shallow passage of information is the norm for events such as this, so many great ways (like MLU and Canadiansoldiers) to "put the word out" other then Facebook or keeping info within a small inner circle of the cool kids.

[Jordan Baker]

I have put a question on the events Facebook group asking for one of the organizers to post some more info here for the "select" MLU crowd. The facebook page only has 178 people.

[Terry Hunter]

I have requested Jeff Mosher to post updates from the organizers as he gets them first hand from them. As usual, the organizers are slow to respond to our requests.

[J.Mosher]

As this is a new location the festival organizers are still working out parking and shower facilities etc. This information will be disseminated when we receive it. It will come, there will be trailer parking. The date and location have been advertised and an e-mail link for those requesting the form to register has been posted by Terry. (We had no way of posting an interactive version of the form here) We have not had many requests via e-mail however. If you are planning to take part please get your registration forms in now.

[david moore]

Thanks, Jeff
May I respectfully suggest that few have registered because they don't have the necessary details?! That certainly goes for us out-of-towners. The senior municipal, provincial and federal civil servants working on the planning might like to pull the proverbial finger out - we now have less than 3 weeks to know if we can attend or not. You are the messenger so no aggro aimed at you!

Cheers
David

[James P]

Originally Posted by J.Mosher

As this is a new location the festival organizers are still working out parking and shower facilities etc. This information will be disseminated when we receive it. It will come, there will be trailer parking. The date and location have been advertised and an e-mail link for those requesting the form to register has been posted by Terry. (We had no way of posting an interactive version of the form here) We have not had many requests via e-mail however. If you are planning to take part please get your registration forms in now.

Dude, we are 17 days out and nothing really of substance has been put out there for the participants, lets get the pickle out !!

[James P]

Originally Posted by Terry Hunter

I have requested Jeff Mosher to post updates from the organizers as he gets them first hand from them. As usual, the organizers are slow to respond to our requests.

Mr. Hunter, events like this boil down to "needs' and "wants", an event like the Canadian Tulip festival NEED to deliver while volunteer unpaid participants WANT to assist by giving up their time and equipment to see it succeed and build value into it. So that said the OMVA guy can push the issue and essentially say give the CTF a timeline to respond to. Yes the thing is run by government types and bureaucrats who just about sh!t themselves when forced to make a decision but there is zero excuse why info is so damn slow and arrives at the eleventh hour when they had a whole year to sort out the details.

[J.Mosher]

For the record, CTF staff are volunteers. None are government employees. The problems stem from gaining permissions from local commercial establishments and the City. Right now the hold up is securing parking from TD Place and determining the location of the irrigation system under the lawn so we can complete the camp layout. The volunteer guy doing that has been out of town on other business but is back now and will have that info for us this week. We have parking for flatbed trailers on site but we are working on securing more. As in previous years there is overnight camping, meals and water provided. Be set up by 0830 Saturday and Sunday morning. Open hours are 0900 to 1700hrs. You know the dates. You can arrive as early as Thursday afternoon.We have joining instructions to send out however it has been held up by the irrigation system problem, the camp layout obviously is part of the JI. Giving the CTF an ultimatum will not solve anything, they are good enough after all to pay for your gas. Had we been at the old location none of these problems would have existed. I'm sure that next year, none of these problems will exist if we are still at Lansdowne. If anyone has specific questions I will do my best to answer them. There is no secret information.
Btw, I'm not OMVA anymore.

[James P]

A whole year to sort out the details....................