Reggae: Past, Present and Future

Dear Reggae on the River Coordinators,

Our first coordinator meeting was a very positive and successful meeting for Reggae on the River 2007. Thanks to all for coming and lending your support. The next coordinator meeting will be on Tuesday, February 13th at 5:30 at the Mateel. We look forward to seeing you there. For those of you who were unable to attend, we missed you and hope you will be able to attend the subsequent meetings. Your input from past experience is invaluable for future success.

There is a lot of conflicting information flying around “out there”, and whether or not this is the reason that you did not attend the meeting we want to clear up some misconceptions:

1. Balanced against expenses MCC realized no net income from Reggae on the River 2005 and 2006.
2. People Productions quit working for Reggae on the River as announced at our Annual Meeting on November 17th, 2006 and in a letter titled “Letter of Termination” which we received at the end of October 2006 prior to the public announcement.
3. The Mateel entered into mediation in good faith to try to resolve our problems with People Productions. Despite many efforts we could not reach a mutual agreement.
4. The MCC was given several ultimatums on buyouts that were clearly not in the best interest of the Community Center, and therefore unacceptable.

After all of this transpired, thankfully a proposal for the MCC to license Reggae on the River 2007 was supported by 2B1 Multimedia. Boots Hughston has given us every reason to believe that he can produce a safe, conscious and environmentally friendly event for our community. He is a past coordinator of Reggae on the River and has been in our area for years. He will be meeting with groups of coordinators to continue organizing the event. We are looking forward to having all of the community involved including volunteers, coordinators, non-profits and vendors.

We are moving forward with Reggae on the River 2007 and we hope to see you at the meetings and participating in the show. Below please find the statement of principles 2B1 signed as a part of the license agreement.

Thank you,
The Mateel Community Center
707 923-3368 Coordinator’s Hotline Mailbox 33