Thanks Anton On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Twigg, Anton <[email protected]>wrote:
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change > the world. > Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." > - Margaret Mead > > I don't think that the people involved in the organization of the festival > went out of their way to inconvenience the citizens of Observatory, or in > fact enrich themselves. From what I understand they managed to salvage a > situation that would have scared off the most adventurous event organizer. > > I certainly cannot point a finger at the running of the event as I did not > get involved. If you feel you made every contribution to a successful event > that you can then by all means feel free to criticize. > > I for one don't want to live in Wisteria Lane, and think Obz needs things > like the festival to make it the interesting, vibrant, cosmopolitan suburb > that it is. > > Let's give credit where credit is due, and use the appropriate forums to > build a better community. > > Anton Twigg > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Biddy Greene > Sent: 07 December 2010 06:39 PM > To: The Observatory Neighbourhood watch > Subject: [obsnw] Re: Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest > > "The festival got permission from the Business owners to close off the > area." > > Is it legal for "the business owners" to stop me walking up the street > unless I pay? Closing off vehicular traffic (who can drive round > another way) is quite different from making people have to pay - or go > far further afield - if they want e.g. a litre of milk. My husband did > in fact manage to talk his way in without paying, but that's not the > point. > > There was at least some other stuff to eat, btw - John got some really > nice kebabs from Ganesh. > > This was a fiasco; but surely we can get it right next time...? > > > On Dec 7, 2:28 pm, "Julia Teale" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was given to understand that it was obligatory for Obs residents to pay > R30 per person to have weekend access to the area whether they were > interested in the festival or not. It disgusted me but I coughed up R90 > anyway (there are three of us in the household) as I realized it was too > late to complain about this decision and request something more realistic. > I was then issued with pathethic paper armbands with halloween logos that > we had to cut off when we needed to shower and then laboriously reattach > with sticky tape each time we wanted to enter our own shopping district. I > disagree with the notion that the festival was a success. It was cobbled > together last minute and a bunch of generously minded musicians agreed to > perform. The stalls were horribly boring, selling rubbishy tourist tat and > the only food to be had was borewors. And we call this a Festival of > Arts!!!!! My heart went out to those clubs and pubs who had paid musicians > to play and had to charge an entry fee to cover costs. The attendance at > these places was poor because people resented having to pay yet another > entrance fee. What a fiasco. I suggest that next year you call it what it > is "The Obz Beer Fest" or the "Obz (now carefully monitored) Bender", or, > more playfully, "The Obz Jol" but please, not the Observatory Festival of > Arts. If you wish to understand why, please attend Grahamstown Arts > Festival, or Outshoorn Festival. > > > > Further, as a concerned and interested resident, I would like to see, > publically posted, clear accounting for the event. What money came in, what > was paid out and to whom, and who benefited financially from the event. I > think as a resident I have a right to this knowledge as it will affect my > support of any kind of this event in the future. > > > > Julia Teale ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ancois Bester > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 4:56 PM > > Subject: Re: [obsnw] Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest > > > > Hi Jo, > > > > The festival got permission from the Business owners to close off the > area. Gate staff did however use their discretion where residents were > concerned and the policy was to let folks pass to be able to do their > shopping at Spar or visit the video store. > > > > Best, > > Ancois > > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Jo-Anne Stolk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > On Saturday my husband and I thought we'd pop into Spar but were > > foiled when we saw that the whole precinct was gated off (the gate to > > the parking lot was locked as well). I didn't see anything about > > access to shops for residents and we sure weren't going to pay the > > entrance fee just to buy a bottle of cooldrink at Spar. 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