As announced previously, there are two main changes in the organisation on the 2011 Calis Carnival.
The Carnival has become much bigger and more complex than we ever thought possible and the workload of organising the carnival event as well as a year-long calendar of fundraising events has become increasingly difficult with our limited resources.
At present the existing Carnival committee, which is made up of a small group of hard working volunteers with little or no real experience at event organisation, receives no external funding to put on the carnival event and all costs have to be raised from either seeking sponsorship or sheer hard work. After 3 years we feel that we have achieved the best result that we can given these limitations and that if the event is to continue to improve and grow and benefit Calis, that it is time to seek outside help and for the Turkish business community and local authority to take a bigger part in the organisation and ownership of the main event.
We are now delighted to announce that following Thursday's special meeting at Fethiye Belediye the Calis Association for the Promotion and Development of Calis have confirmed said that they would like to take over the organisation of the event with the support of Fethiye Belediye.
At the AGM, a decision was taken to form two new independent committees.
One committee will be responsible for organising the Carnival Day/ Weekend event and all of the publicity/sponsorship associated with this event. This committee will be chaired by Mete Ay,the Chairman of the Calis Association and many of the existing volunteer committee will continue to help on this committee. This new committee will meet in early December to elect officers and discuss plans for the Carnival itself.
The other new committee will deal solely with fundraising and will be responsible for organising a year round calendar of events to include the Promises Auction, Christmas Fair, car boot sales, craft fairs and other events. This committee which has already been formed and is chaired by Peter Clark, will continue to work legally under the umbrella of FETAV and its main aim will be to raise money for the children in the local area. The associated charities of Embrace and Animal Aid will continue to be legal, working under the umbrella of this new committee.
Both new committees, although independent of each other, will support each other in their aims and objectives in what ever ways they can and fundraising events will continue to be held in order to compliment the main carnival event itself.
We think that this clearly definable division of workload and responsibility is the best way forward for both the promotion of Calis and for raising money for local children's charities.
