Dutch Tulip Festival Ottawa 13-15 May 2016

[david moore]

Any more info re parking of truck and trailer for those of us hauling in from distance? I guess that Jeff Mierens facility as per last year is no longer available?

[chris vickery]

All's quiet for a venue which is only three weeks away...
My missus was just asking about this event and it's odd that there has not been much advertised.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by david moore

Any more info re parking of truck and trailer for those of us hauling in from distance? I guess that Jeff Mierens facility as per last year is no longer available?

That depends. I think Jeff's company still owns the property. Whether there is access is another question. The new venue is much closer to downtown, and therefore space is more restricted.

[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.

[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.