Let The Games Begin!

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

In the event you haven’t heard the 2010 Olympics are about to start from Vancouver BC, Canada.  One of T2 Systems customers, The Resort Municipality of Whistler, is a host city.  I was given the incredible opportunity to come to Whistler and will be your roving blog reporter from the games.   Most importantly, I am here to assist with the parking operation and support of handheld ticket writers throughout the Olympics.

I arrived in Whistler on Wednesday morning and was picked up by Sandra Smith, Supervisor of By-Law Services.  For those of you that don’t know Sandra, she is one of the most fantastic people you could ever want to meet!   She immediately introduced me around to all the staff in the office, got me settled into my own work space and equipped me with all my Olympic gear! I got a chance to visit with all the By-Law Officers as well.  The excitement over the Motorola MC75  handhelds was evident. They absolutely love them!

Whistler currently has four of the new Motorola MC75/Oneil Printer combinations that they hav­e been using for about a month. In anticipation of the extra manpower and work needed throughout the Olympics, an additional ten units have been brought up to increase their fleet to a total of fourteen.

They are expecting parking to get complicated. Simply put, there is not enough parking to go around. The eight municipal parking lots in Whistler will be used to support the 2010 Winter Games, leaving limited parking around the Village. This alone will create very limited parking, considering the enormous influx of people and vehicles that will begin arriving in the next few days.   Like chain reactions, the By-Law officers are expecting considerably more work while enforcing the limited parking and keeping the spaces available for much needed short term parking. There has been numerous additional staff deployed to the By-Law office to assist with the operation. They will be out in full force in a twenty-four hour presence to insure parking is being enforced.

So my part for the first couple of days prior to the Opening Ceremony are complete, the fourteen handhelds are setup and ready for deployment. The additional staff has been trained and ready to go.  Let’s see where the next couple of days take us as the parkers converge here in Whistler. I will keep you posted and up to date, so stay tuned! And again, Let the Games Begin!