From Mark Graham

Thursday, 24 March 2016

Where is Mytholmroyd Gala Committee?

• Gala Facebook page - no Committee posts since last summer and no news of 2016 Gala.
• Website expired, not updated after 2014 Gala and nothing to replace it.
• Nothing from Committee on Twitter for the last year.
• Evasive responses to requests to join the Committee, by Chairman publicly on facebook, evidently new blood actively discouraged, despite severely depleted membership.
• No record AGM 2015 (last record was January 2014) and no published record of the re-election of officers or the election of the vice chairperson; no published record of any meeting since July 2015.
• Secret meeting, called as extraordinary meeting at short notice, in the Chairperson's house in Pellon on 23rd March.
• Apparently all decisions are taken by Chairman and Vice-Chairman; anybody who disagrees is forced out.

A lot of questions need answering, including:

• The Committee was awarded £4,800 grant from Hebden Royd Council in 2015, how was it spent?
• Why has the Chairman cancelled the procession for 2016?
• Why does Committee comprise mostly non-Mytholmroyd residents? Chairman lives in Pellon, Vice-Chairman is from Huddersfield?
• Why can't this traditional Mytholmroyd Gala be planned and organised by the Mytholmroyd community? There are wonderful local organisations who could join together to produce a real village event on the school field.
• Many questions about Constitutional and other irregularities.