Jun
3
2010
Mark your calendars! This year's Candler Park Fall Fest is scheduled for October 23-24, 2010. The schedule of events is not yet finalized, but the music and arts festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, the 5K road race will likely be Saturday morning, and the tour of homes will be on Sunday as in years past.
We've got volunteers signed up for the following posts:
- Sponsorships - Doug Wetzel (678-472-7589)
- Music and Vendors - Mark Clement (404-808-3635)
- Treasurer and Contracts - Dave Aynes (678-665-3283)
- Permitting - Walt Weimar (678-361-4792)
- Artists Market - Cherie King (404-786-2407)
- Tour of Homes - Mary Alice Bray (404-522-5455)
If you're interested in helping out with any of these areas, please talk to these folks. New to volunteering in the neighborhood? Don't be shy! This is a great way to get involved. Plus, the more help we get, the more we can get done and the more fun we'll have doing it.
Stay tuned for more details in the coming days and weeks...
Back from the Dead?
From the meeting minutes in the June Messenger:
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Special Events: Walt Weimar, CPNO
Special Events Chair, proposed a resolution
to allow the CPNO board to negotiate with a
third party to run the 2010 Fall Fest. Walt
noted that no volunteers have stepped
forward to run the Fall Fest or any of its
committees. Working with a third party would
delink the festival from CPNO, which would
maintain its control over the Fall Fest 5K and
Candler Park Tour of Homes. The third party
would be able to use the Fall Fest name,
choose the date, seek permits, line up
sponsors, etc. CPNO would have no
financial risk and using a third party would
relieve volunteer burn out in the
neighborhood. Walt noted that this approach
has been successfully used with the
Midsummer Music Festival’s 5 K race and
that the money-making activities are the Fall
Fest 5 K and Tour of Homes. He also noted
that originally the Fall Fest was the only
neighborhood event but that there are now
others that bring in larger amounts of money
with fewer volunteers needed. Doug Wetzel,
in response to a question from the
membership, noted that the Board supports
this resolution. The CPNO Board believes
that, without this approach, there won’t be a
Fall Fest. Mark Clement urged CPNO to use
a local organizer rather than a for-profit group
to keep the intent and spirit of the
neighborhood festival alive. Following a brief
discussion of a potential process to identify a
third party to run Fall Fest, a motion to allow
the CPNO board to negotiate with a third
party was unanimously approved by a show
of hands.
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What changed between the May meeting and today? Is the CPNO board and Mark Clement sure they have the volunteers needed to put FallFest on?