Meeting at the Maire

Time for the annual MJC chat with the mayor.

The artists hereabouts will now know that we have been
shifted from our Saturday morning slot to Monday
morning - which disruption is as nothing compared to that of
the other groups.

The mayor, as we know, is anxious to close the MJC. (see
postings passim) It comes out of his budget, there are legal
entailment's and its all about culture, about which he cares not
one jot.

He can't close it while there are numbers of people in the
commune who use it.

But there are things he can do. The first is to compress us.
Accordingly he has closed the Espace Louis Alibert, saying
it was too cold (This was because he had had the heating
switched off) Once that was closed all the activities had to
happen in the Centre Culturel which is why everyone is
double booked.

Everyone wants the space they've always had with the right
equipment, no-one wants change, hes expecting internal
dissent; instead of which the groups are shuffling about trying
to help one another.

So Ha! -to him in round one. But he'll be back.

I was very impressed at his technique last night. Obviously
the question, so why have you shut off the heating at Louis
Alibert was asked; his response was 'I have complete
confidence in J-C O', his adjunct. At this point everyone jumps
up saying of course this is not in question. Then the question
isn't answered.

This happened a few times. Brilliant.

He's clearly had training since last years meeting and, of course,
since his team tried to get rid of him.