Mr. Hartzman – I am providing you the following information in response to your public records request regarding the authority of the War Memorial Commission.Per the War Memorial Commission manual, the Commission’s role was, and continues to be, to “serve as an advisory group in the operation of the Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium-Coliseum and make recommendations to the Council concerning its use and operation.”
In December 2003, the WMC formally voted to amend one of its duties from “make rules and regulations for the use and operation of the Greensboro War Memorial, including fees for its use, subject to the approval to the Council” to “advise the Managing Director of the Greensboro Coliseum Complex on rules and regulations for the use and operation of the Greensboro War Memorial, including fees for its use, subject to the approval to the Council.”
Also of note, as a condition of his hiring as Coliseum managing director in 1994, Matt Brown was granted authority (previously held by the City Manager) to “delegate and assign the responsibility and authority to execute lease agreements on behalf of the City of Greensboro with respect to the Greensboro War Memorial Coliseum Complex”.
We are unable to answer your other question regarding “what Greensboro Coliseum Complex advertising was bartered for event admissions”. It is unclear what you are referring to as “Greensboro Coliseum Complex advertising”? Also, it’s unclear as to why the Coliseum would “barter” its advertising for “event admissions” to its own events?
Andrew Brown
Public Relations Manager
Greensboro Coliseum Complex"
May 26, 2010
Mr. Brown – Thank you for your prompt reply.
1. Why did the WMC formally vote “to amend one of its duties from “make rules and regulations for the use and operation of the Greensboro War Memorial, including fees for its use, subject to the approval to the Council” to “advise the Managing Director of the Greensboro Coliseum Complex on rules and regulations for the use and operation of the Greensboro War Memorial, including fees for its use, subject to the approval to the Council.””?
2. Let me clarify my advertisement/barter question with a hypothetical example. The Coliseum wants to place an ad in a local newspaper. Instead of making a monetary payment to the newspaper, tickets and/or other Coliseum Complex perquisites are exchanged.
So to rephrase:
Please provide details of Greensboro Coliseum Complex perquisites exchanged for how much advertising with whom over the last 12 months, including "face values" and any other relevant information.
I will be happy to provide any additional elucidation.
George Hartzman
Triad Watch
FYI : The third question emailed to the City of Greensboro Public Affairs Department on May 19, 2010 was “What is the dollar amount of the gap between The City of Greensboro’s FY 2009/10 spending and FY 2010/11’s expected revenues?”, which has not yet been answered.
Triad Watch
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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