beanmedic Wrote:Assholes!
Bean, I seriously doubt you think the Hip are responsible for this . . .
but let's just clear this up right now, as it's apparently it's a slow news day or something and the Hip have nothing to do with it and are caught up in the middle by association.
Here's the deal:
This has been positioned as the Hip kicking the kids off the ice, when it should be a story about bu·reau·cra-cies and inefficient communication between two parties who have a sort of complicated deal
3 : a system of administration marked by officialism, red tape, and proliferation
let's just reread that news story:
The Hip: reserved the dates on July 26 with the owners
Kids Hockey:
booked the facility with the city on Oct. 17, but was told Dec. 4 it was no longer available.
So, somebody tell me why the Hip are being blamed for grabbing the arena two and a half months earlier (through the proper channels), and why would the city even accept the booking without checking with the owners FIRST and then, it appernetly took them almost two months to find out it was even available and to inform the tournament participants.
Then add some information not as widely reported . . .
http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list...2494&more=
Under the terms of its contract with the City of Victoria, arena developer R.G. Properties is obligated to provide 1,700 hours of community-use ice time each year. However, the company has the right to cancel those time slots to make room for concerts and other events as long as the city officials in charge of scheduling community ice time receive at least 30 days prior notice.
Janssen said minor hockey officials received word of the cancellation Dec. 4.
“They have obligated their contract, but I think there’s a gap in their vision statement as far as the benefit to the community,” he said.
"They" being
R.G. Properties NOT the Hip. . . . the article continues . . .
Dave Dakers, R.G. Properties director of facilities, said the company was unaware the novice tournament had been cancelled, since
it’s the city’s responsibility to deal with arena user groups.
“We have no involvement in that process. We don’t get any financial compensation for the public use,” he said. “We book the commercial ventures and all that time goes back to the city... so we would never have been aware of it.”
The city usually replaces community ice time that has been lost to moneymaking events at the arena, but Janssen said there’s no way the novice tourney can be re-booked.
“That was the only real window we had for it,” he said.
Dakers said community groups looking for greater certainty might be better off approaching other arenas.
“
Minor hockey probably never should have booked that event,” he said. “The user groups have to understand, they should be booking these thing in other buildings where there’s an ability to move (scheduling) around.”
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre houses the only sheet of ice within the City of Victoria. . . .
Ok, even more info:
http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/stor...0f&k=57540
Memorial Centre spokesman Tom Billings said R.G. Properties did not know of the hockey association's plans when it reserved several days for the Hip to rehearse and set up for their shows on Jan. 7 and 8. But he said the company told the city Oct. 23 that the dates were off-limits.
Anyway, this is non story that's been made into something at the expense of the HIP.
MAv.
