Promoting Yorkshire Authors

Agenda - Promoting Yorkshire Authors (PYA) - Annual General Meeting 2026

The PYA Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 21st January 2026 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.

Here are the ZOOM joining instructions for the evening.

Join Zoom Meeting using this link.

Meeting ID: 828 9544 7482

Passcode: 094012

Agenda

• Welcome plus Chair and Finance Report (Paul Smith)
• Committee and Subcommittees - The committee and subcommittees will resign and those who wish will 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 members seeking re-election are:
• Core PYA Committee: Linda Jones (Proposed Chair), Paul Smith (Treasurer), Jane Clack (Vice Chair), Kate Swann, Pam Golden, Ros Kind.
• PYA Advisory Committee: Joy Barnard, Yvonne Battle-Fenton, Lucy Brighton, Karen Drury, Phill Featherstone, Helen Johnson, Stuart Larner, Heike Phelan, Ian Walker.
• PYA Finance Subcommittee: Paul Smith, Ros Kind, Linda Jones, Kate Swann.
• PYA Events Coordination Subcommittee: Paul Smith, Jane Clack, Linda Jones, Pam Golden.
• At this point Paul Smith (current Chair) will hand over the meeting to the New Chair
• Plans for 2026, the year ahead (New Chair)
• Any other business.
• Date of the Next AGM - 20th January 2027 proposed.