I'm afraid I can't tell you about the swimmer groups or the chamber of commerce but the reason there are two carnival groups is because a few years ago a number of people weren't happy with the way the carnival was run and so decided to set up a different group to run a better one. That group has since disbanded and Dover Town Carnival has been set up.
At no point though did DCA disband or give any intention of doing so. In hind sight rather than setting up a separate group those concerned individuals should probably have joined DCA and tried to change things from the inside, that would probably have made this situation moot but they didn't and today is the consequence of that.
I hope that helps to clear things up a little bit Bern.
