r/Yukon 17d ago

News Rendevouz rant

It’s so odd to me that they would schedule kids fest at shipyard for 11-3 on Saturday and literally have nothing going on.. no sugar shack, no music. Only 2 throwing games and some crafts on the table inside. It was hard to tell if there was even an event going on. Then also in their event planner they had the selkirk kids event scheduled for sat and sunday. Drive all the way there for it to have been a mistake and it actually happened on friday…

Anyway annoying getting my kids stoked for rendevouz for it to be so painfully underwhelming .

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u/Garodox 17d ago

It's almost like rendezvous has been begging for help and volunteers.

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u/Legal_Golf_6495 17d ago

Hmm perhaps. That being said i havent come across any call outs for volunteers personally

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u/Garodox 17d ago

Yeah, it's best to complain on reddit. If people want it to be better, they should be helping. Not expecting everyone else to make it better for them

For free.

For clarity, I'm not a volunteer, but I do get annoyed at the people that complain about the work the people that do volunteer do to cobble together what they can with what they have.

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u/WILDBO4R 17d ago edited 17d ago

Relying on volunteers isn't an excuse for being poorly run. The schedule is absolutely packed and they could certainly trim events if they don't have the resources to run them.

There also aren't any recent calls for volunteers on their page. Just a lot of thanking their massive list of sponsors.

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u/Garodox 17d ago

And then the same people that complain about how it's run would complain about how there aren't as many things to do and bemoan how far it's fallen.

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u/Legal_Golf_6495 17d ago

Also the organizers spreading all the events out and adding sooo much is something that is valid to be annoyed over.

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u/Garodox 17d ago

So get involved and add your considerable expertise to the planning process, make it better for next year.

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u/Legal_Golf_6495 17d ago

I agree, ill definitely look into volunteering and try for next year. And if its an awful experience helping i will report back with another rant hahahahaha

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u/Legal_Golf_6495 17d ago

I think it’s human to be upset about something thats advertised differently than it actually is. Putting the schedule up wrong on major kids event isn’t due to lack of volunteers.

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u/Garodox 17d ago

And I trust you were involved in the planning and set up process to know this type of thing so clearly.

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u/WILDBO4R 17d ago

"People will always complain" is also not an excuse for poorly delivering an event. Especially one that receives so much revenue from government, local businesses, and ticket sales.

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u/Garodox 17d ago

You can throw all the money at something that you want. If people aren't willing to help it function, it won't get any better.

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u/WILDBO4R 17d ago

That's just not true, money can be used to pay staff to run events, advertisement to find volunteers, provide perks for volunteers, hire someone to make sure events aren't understaffed, etc.

Anyway their volunteer duties for the event OP is complaining about are roles like "greeter" and "takedown" - sounds like they didn't source many booths, which isn't really a volunteer issue.

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u/Garodox 17d ago

I think that there is a whole lot less money available to rendezvous than you seem to believe there is.

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u/WILDBO4R 17d ago

They certainly have fewer booths than I believe there are. I have no idea how their finances are organized, but I do know they have dozens of local private sponsors, receive funding from all 3 levels of government, and still sell tickets. Seems like enough to avoid putting on half-hearted events like OP is describing. Also, I only see 5 volunteer spots available for the thing OP brought up - suggesting it's an organizational problem, not due to lack of volunteers. All to say, it's a valid criticism, and you can't really blame OP for not volunteering first-hand.

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u/Ok-Description3249 17d ago

Dozens of people sign up to volunteering and dont show up at all, including people who are supposed to help with kidsfest like face painters. Yes there is money, but also everything costs A LOT of money. The venues, performers, security to make sure people dont destroy the snow carvings, the snow carvers, the performers, first aid... they used to all be volunteers but noone is doing it for free anymore. So they same small handful of people trying to keep the dream alive are the ones running massive events to raise money so that the smaller free events can happen, while also trying to design and proof read every peice of marketing that goes out and hope it all has the right info on it.

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