Promoting Yorkshire Authors

Agenda - Promoting Yorkshire Authors (PYA) - Annual General Meeting 2025

The PYA Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 22nd January 2025 by ZOOM at 7 pm and we encourage all members to join us as we shape the direction of PYA for the next twelve months and beyond.

To join on the day use this link or ZOOM Meeting ID 815 3498 8938 and Passcode 974772. Please disregard any other joining instructions you may have been sent - only use the ones in the Agenda for the AGM.

Agenda

1. Welcome and Chairman's Report (Paul Smith)
2. Finance Report (Member of the Finance Subcommittee)
3. Committee and Subcommittees - The committee and subcommittees will resign and those who wish can put themselves forward for re-election for a coming year. We are also seeking new members for the committee to replace those standing down and to add to the experience of the committee and subcomittees. The current members are:
• Core PYA Committee: Paul Smith (Chair and Treasurer), Linda Jones (Vice Chair), Jane Clack (Vice Chair), Kate Swann, Pam Golden, Ros Kind.
• PYA Advisory Committee: Heike Phelan, Helen Johnson, Phill Featherstone, Stuart Larner, Susanna Lewis.
• PYA Finance Subcommittee: Paul Smith, Ros Kind, Jane Clack, Linda Jones, Kate Swann.
• PYA Events Coordination Subcommittee: Paul Smith, Jane Clack, Linda Jones, Pam Golden.
4. PYA 4F - Promoting Yorkshire Authors for the Future: Discussion. Please take a look at our discussion document which you'll find on this blog. It proposes a way forward for PYA and we're seeking active members to drive PYA forward. Please try to read it prior to the meeting.
5. Any other business.
6. Date of the Next AGM - 21st January 2026 proposed.