Monday 9th April 2018
Danny Howell writes:
This evening I attended the AGM of Warminster History Society, held at Warminster Library. Seventeen people, including myself, were present. Mary Ross-Gower chaired the meeting. I have to say that the meeting was extraordinary and bizarre. The mood was gloomy. Mary Ross-Gower said the Warminster History Society would in future have only two meetings a year and the annual membership fee would be £2. I expressed my opinion that this would be a backward step. No one else seemed to care. Mary Ross-Gower said the Society had many difficulties, mentioning that they had no one who could do “internet things”. I offered to do their I.T. for them but the committee made no comment – I was ignored. The committee, who appeared to have no ideas and no passion for local history, were re-elected en-bloc by a very passive audience. The committee then voiced out loud their combined opinion that there was “No hope for the future of the Warminster History Society.”