The winds of change blowing through the Port Douglas Chamber of Commerce could reach the popular annual Carnivale festival.

The current 10-day format could be slashed if Chamber's resources can't stretch far enough after it was announced that president and Carnivale general manager Ken Dobbs was looking to reduce his Chamber commitments.

It was indicated that Secretary Paula Johnson, who has been heavily involved in Carinviale, may also be reviewing her position on the Chamber.

"Carnivale has to be reviewed at some stage," said committee member Martin Tranter. "That requires us to consider who's available to do Carnivale.

"If those parties aren't available to do Carnivale like they have in the past, that will require us to do a review and a rethink on how Carnivale operates.

"It may be that we need to farm it out to separate management, you don't know until such time we see who is going to participate on the committee," Mr Tranter said.

Mr Tranter said it was a testament to organisers that Carnivale 2012 finished in the black, making a small profit of around $2,000.

"I take my hat off to Carnivale this year in terms of the weather and in terms of some of the obstacles they had to face. To still turn around and deliver a financially viable Carnivale is incredible.

"When you consider how much goes into Carnviale and who does it, you have to walk away with a level of admiration, not necessarily so much criticism for what is happening."

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Acting president of the Chamber, Phoebe Kitto, acknowledged members of the public who believe a shorter format, such as a four-day festival touted in the past, would provide a better spectacle.
 
"There are a lot of people who want it reduced down, we know that, we hear that," Ms Kitto said.

"Carnivale isn't a Chamber thing, it's a town thing, the town owns it. If the town says we want it over a weekend, we answer to the members of the Chamber, it's not up to a couple of us.

"We need to look at things like what would the funding be, would it put that in jeopardy, who would put their hand up to run it, what are the main reasons for wanting to do Carnivale?

"At the end of that process we might say 'Yep, the current format is the best format' or we might say 'okay, there are some changes, either minor or major, that we need to make.'"