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INTRODUCTION

Upon given a mandate to canvas your citizenry on the
feasability of transferring Stewardship of the May Day
Festival from municipal control to that of an independent
society, I wrote to community groups requesting time to
address their membership on said matter, What follows is a
brief interpretation of the (responses) reaction to Our
question. At this point, I make no attempt to editorialize
basing my comments on notes made at the time of the

presentation.

While I spoke to many small groups, in the interest of
brevity I will present the views of four rather large and

Prominent community groups.

TOASTNI STRESSES OF PORT COQUITLAM

They have been actively. involved in judging responsibilities

re May Day Parade. They pregent an enthusiastic demeanor in
regard to May Ray, yet the general tone of discussion was
negative in regards to formation of a Society, they percieved
the city sponsorship as focused and non-political in its most
literal sense, Thay seem fearful of fund raising lobby
groups controlling events and public membership inhibited by
Cliques. One member pointed out that the Pitt Meadows
Festive Committee is chaired by the Mayor and private
enterprise is solicited for the necessary funds to host such
an occasion, The municipality does not finance this
festival. The presence of the Mayor as Chairman of a group’
of volunteers was, in her words, "neutral and, .:
organizationally efficient and less complicated". Somehow
city involvement at this level was again viewed as unbiased
and non-commercial. A few members stated that they would not
hesitate to work with the present May Day structure but would
ke less inclined to do so with a society.

There was an obvious spoken inherent fear of business Or
Givic clubs taking control of this festival and turning it
into a self serving “raucous affair® whereby children/family
would be less of a priocity than making money. There were,
however, two members who believed that well considered by~
laws of a society should clearly define the feelings of the
Citizenry. They were not afraid of a Society.

In review, this association favoured continued sponsorship of
the May DAy Festival by the City.

KINSMEN
Initially, in the spirit of levity I presume, the Kinsmen

Suggested cancelling May Day to focus on their faltering July
ist activities, It became obvious then that community civic

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