The problem is ,it' s not just a Farmers Market.
The Market vision statement claims to "promote a relationship between the
public and the arts and cultural community in our area"
Sponsorships are collected on that basis.Thirteen of them , including from the Town of Aurora.
It's almost midday Tuesday. It was Friday morning when I requested the amount of finding by the Town. As yet I have not received it .
Neither from the myriad pages provided by Ms Kroeplin how much money the Market Executive is handling.
We know of thirteen committee members, including Chair and vice chair who are not vendors.
We don't know if vendors are committee members, But thousands of hours of volunteer labour are tallied for our enlightenment.
Recruitment.nomination and election process to the committee is as follows:
Every year those present at the annual general meeting (or by proxy) can let it be know they want to volunteer on the committee
No matter who might volunteer, past members are selected by present members to be the governing body of the Aurora Farmers Market.
In effect, no election is held. Current members select themselves , priority being past experience.
It's hard to understand why Ms Kroeplin believes the method commends itself.
Harder still to understand why Aurora Council has no concern.
A considerable edifice gas been constructed to solicit funds from groups and organizations insidde and outside the community .
The Market consists of thirty-four vendors. The Town jas agreed for aa specific location to be used for a Market and issues permits to vendors for a fee.
It's not obvious the vendors have an organization to represent them in dealing with the town as required by the Famers Market Bylaw.
The Chair and vice-chair are not vendors .
Why are they even on the committee?
Why are they soliciting funds on behalf of the Market?
Why do the have a business relationship with a developer in the area?
Why are they receiving funds from said developer?
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
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Such a shame the market is there to promote a relationship with the arts and cultural community. What about the sciences? Wouldn't it be nice to discuss bridge construction or stormwater detention problems at the market while picking up strawberries?
Perhaps a small oversight by one of the consultants on the town's roster of consultants.
In Aurora, as soon as you mention the words "culture,"
"arts," "committee" or "board" you have invited a whirlwind into the community.
How something as simple as a farmers' market can deteriorate into bedlam is simply beyond understanding.
Possibly the council should cancel this event for 2015 and invite true farmer/produce vendors to create their own organizational structure from which should be banned all "professional" shit disturbers. If this were done in time it could be operational next year and if not so what.
Life is complicated enough without a bunch of special interest groupies sticking their fat heads and loud mouths into things that really do not concern them. The few of them spoil things for the great majority.
Off with them!
The biggest " Why " is why this individual decided to put everything on the line with her presentation. It was quite clear that there is no proper "election "of representatives & now the vendors find themselves in a mess not of their making. I am fairly certain the lady did not call a meeting of ALL concerned before she appeared at the meeting.
To 16:50
You are correct in your question of concern.
Texts went out to members of committee to come out and show support at council.
Another tidy-bit of info surfaced this past Saturday at the market.
It seems emergency meetings after the market closed, and e-mail voting was the norm under this chair.
As Christopher(who I don't have much time for)says
"WTF".
Oh, once in awhile Evelyn uses that too.
What? A slag against Watts and it got published? WTF????
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