Marathon 2011

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Good Teodor!
Today i spoke again with the municipality of Marathon,with the mayor's secretary to be specific. They have some problems supporting hte event oficially which are: They have planned their events for September 2010 (yes,that's 2499 years after the battle!). In November they have elections and they're reluctant to plan events for September 2011. And the new program of the government called "Kallikrates" is merging many municipalities in all the country together. Marathon will keep its municipality and name because of its historical significance,but it will be merged with another 3 municipalites in Attica. This will cause a mess probably,and they don't know what to expect.
On the other hand,they didn't tell me that they simply aren't interested, but that i had better contact them after the elections at 7/11. I also haven't spoken with the mayor,but i know he has read and thought about an extensive letter that i sent him.
So this means that before we get the support that i'm hoping from Marathon,we have to contunue preparing for doing it all on our own, and i'm sure the more our numbers grow,the more chances we have to get support.
Khairete
Giannis