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oe power may be splintered as many groups have their very
specific vested interests, Kinsmen admit, as witnessed in
their annual report, that their July 1st endeavors are not
meeting with success and was at that time *(Feb 1895) subject
4 to possible cancellation. Even though they have participated
ann in May Day for many years, many members felt July lst as a
toe national holiday was more important to the community, Some
Oe ! held the view that societies were cumbersome. They did not,

: however, express the cautious views of other groups regarding | | |
commerclalization of May Day. Membership were of many minds ee

| regarding a society - there seemed to be no definate ae fe

| reaction. a | a
y _ HaMen sepresent new faces in the community, people | oo
: Pt unfamiliar with & f&radition of May Dav, There was more 2 | :
| | SONCSEN expressed re the July lst event, '

BaliodshrAs,

Because of an ongoing rélationship with the City, a

relationship of obvious complexity, I feel reticent in aver

generalizing the Triple A's response to our question. We : |

do Know that their Ail Sports Winter Carnival was not held in | a — ‘
ia 1984, We do know that d™Bageball Tournament was scheduled a po

oo for the same weekend ag May Day 1985. This date was |

i | ' undoubtedly selected as a matter of Gonvenience yet it is an
4 act that clearly shows the vested interests of one group
| / within a community as compared to the whole. At the time I

; attempted to liaison with the Softbail people, of the opinion
, ar | that the two events could be run in conjunction with each
a | other, co-operatively not competitively. Criticism if May
RO _ ‘Day was duly nated and responded to. In addressing the

ao ot P.GAAA. I was aware that the Association ig composed of a

namber of amatuer sports groups. Bearing in mind that all
have dissimiliar fiscal requirements, it may be that
a | individual clubs would be interested in working independently 7 pS
i en with May Day. In fact at a later meeting with one such | 7 ate
Bp group, that assumption proved ta be well founded. This group ae Bs
| did not want any society regardless of components - they
- a | wanted continuous City Sponsorship based on the fact that |
Po they felt the City would be more attuned to the children of |
eo ad | the area,

Notes.
‘ | | At this point, the May Day office has received correspondence
aren from P.C.A.A.A, announcing their willingness to discuss the

i formation of a Society, I must point out that an outstanding

| resource person in this area would be the P.C.A.A.A.
treasurer Jean Day, I have attached her 1983 report as May
an ao Day comordinator for your re~evaluation. Personally, I do
re not see the success of May day dependent upon the P.C.A.A.A,

wet involvement.
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