When the doors to the General Store meeting room at the Gold Rush Inn swung open at 11 a.m., officials were still rushing around putting the finishing touches on their "stations" and trying to get the technology to work.
There's a station with maps and details on the Final Recommended Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan.
There's a communications station with big, coloured and lined sticky pads for people to jot down a few words and post it on one of several flip charts conveniently located around the room.
There's also a feedback form people can fill out and stuff in a comment box, but so far not one of the dozen or so people who have trickled in have opted for this.
And there's also the requisite power point presentation station with the big screen.
To help people negotiate this maze, a Walmart greeter meets them as they come through the door and tries to determine where they should be directed.
Officials from the departments of Energy, Mines and Resources, Economic Development, Environment and Tourism are located at the stations to answer questions.
Some people know what they're after but many are truly bewildered by the all the maps and the processes and the land use planning jargon.
The Yukon government's open house runs every day this week from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The public has until Feb. 25 to tell the government whether they want it to accept or reject the final recommended plan.
Click here to read CBC's story, Opposing groups hold Peel meetings in same Whitehorse hotel.
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