2023-08-14 20:46:52
The organizers of the Festi-GrÎles de la Côte-Nord, in Sept-Îles, discovered that card payments at the entrance to the site had not worked, resulting in a shortfall of approximately $22,000.
On Saturday evening, the organizers of the Festi-grÎles de la Côte-Nord, in Uashat, realized that the terminals for bank cards had been configured in “training” mode since the start of the event on Thursday.
Consequently, the machines issued receipts stating that the transaction was approved. But in reality, the money never made it to the bank account of the non-profit organization behind the festival.
“I will not hide from you that there are tears that came out in the committee,” said the chairman of the board of directors of the Festi-grÎles de la Côte-Nord, Hugo Rossignol.
“We said to ourselves, well, this may be the end of the festival. We were in crisis management with the Key Box, he added. We made a management plan. We decided to let people have fun on Saturday and enjoy the evening.”
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Sunday on social networks, the organizers of the Festi-grÎles de la Côte-Nord launched an appeal for honesty, asking people to pay the amount of their admission. Until Monday morning, approximately $5,000 had been collected out of the approximately $22,000 missing.
“It’s touching,” said Hugo Rossignol.
The mayor of Sept-Îles, Steve Beaupré, even personally donated at least $500 to the festival.
“We want to ensure the sustainability of this festival, indicated Mr. Beaupré. We had some great times this weekend. It’s improving, growing, there shouldn’t be too big a shortfall.
A shop present at the festival relays this call for honesty.
“There are beautiful activities, beautiful things, barbecue lovers are thrilled. There is beautiful music. I think there’s room for that in Sept-Îles, for our beautiful city, but people have to participate and give what they should have given,” said Daniel Poitras, co-owner of the Boutique. SMB.
The organizers accept Interac transfers to the email address of the Festi-GrÎles de la Côte-Nord or in person at Expertise accountant Dufour-Dubé.
Hugo Rossignol said it was too early to announce the return or the end of the festival.
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