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CAFTCAD - A brief history of the Alliance.
2006
- First meeting held in February 2006 with several designers to discuss the possibility of creating an Association for costume designers, assistant designers & stylists.
- A registration fee was collected as a commitment to move forward.
- Core group was formed with 10 individuals that were interested in continuing to work on this project. It included:
| Alex Kavanagh |
Joanna Syrokomla |
| Antoinette Messam |
Kathy Vieira |
| Brian Cupid |
Lea Carlson |
| Delphine White |
Luis Sequeira |
| Dorothy Crutcher |
Martha Mann |
| Gersha Philips |
Ruth Secord |
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- Many Core group meetings were held to flesh out the organization's mandate, mission statement & membership criteria and levels.
- General Meetings held in March & April to assess interest in continuing to work towards forming an Association.
- Development of the official name of the Alliance
2007
- General meeting held at OCAD in March 2007 presenting the organization to fellow professionals. The name CAFTCAD was voted on and accepted.
- Ian Drummond joined the core group
- Design & Development of Official CAFTCAD Seal
- Online domains secured for caftcad.com & caftcad.ca in June
- Further core group meetings furthering the progress of the Alliance.
- Communiqués sent out to all interested parties, outlining updates on our progress.
2008
- Final approval of official CAFTCAD seal February
- Joining the Core Group was Laura Montgomery, Nancy Granfield, and Anna Dal Farra
- Establishing of the CAFTCAD Blog - April
- Incorporated May 2nd, 08 with the writing of by-laws, constitution, membership levels & criteria.
- By-laws, constitution, membership levels and criteria all passed by membership vote on June 3rd, 2008
- Holding of 2 General Meetings in June & October, 2008
- The CAFTCAD blog April 24th,2008 updated with costume related news, exhibits, events, sales and info.
- Positions of principals were established.
| President: |
Luis Sequeira |
| Vice President: |
Ruth Secord |
| Treasurer: |
Ian Drummond |
| Secretary: |
Joanna Syrokomla |
- liaised with retailers & wholesalers with presentations of services & new products.
- The purchase of a significant library to establish a research base for the CAFTCAD resource center.
- Revision of membership levels and fees for 2009.
- Design and development of CAFTCAD membership card
- Design & development of Members Savings book
2008 CAFTCAD - Events
- Members Meet & Greet party held in June
- CAFTCAD Movie Wardrobe Sales held July and October at Toronto Film Studios for the general public to purchase goods made available by members and outside vintage vendors. Attendance was recorded in excess of 1400 people.
- Our first Annual Film Festival Party held at the Intercontinental Hotel, provided over 300 people with an evening celebrating Canadian Costume Design during the TIFF.
- CAFTCAD Festivus Holiday Party held in December.
2009
- Members Savings book offering the CAFTCAD membership hundreds of dollars in potentual savings from participation Costume Industry Support members and other industry vendors and service providers
- CAFTCADEMY held in March at Filmport provided the costume community with a weekend long Costume Seminar Series. Attended by over 60 people with 11 speakers discussing 10 subjects ranging from artistic to academic.
- CAFTCAD.COM goes live June
- Spring Movie Wardrobe Sale held Saturday May 23rd , 2009 offered the public personal stock and products from over 40 industry professionals including CAFTCAD members. More then 700 people attended the one day Sale at Pinewood Studios.
- CAFTCAD celebrates Costume in Film cocktail party during the Toronto Film Festival in September, brought together over 350 industry professionals mingling amidst costumes from some of the film premiered at the festival.
- Fall Movie Wardrobe Sale held October 24th , 2009 offered the public personal stock and products from over 40 industry professionals including CAFTCAD members. More then 750 people attended the one day Sale at Pinewood Studios.
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