Artistic excellence: 3/10. Participation in social ties: 5/10. Contribution to the influence of the city: 5/10. These are the marks awarded by the municipality to the photo club. These three criteria, which must be added the numbers, determine the grant the association created in 1960.
And the result is not favorable to the club chaired by Antoine Hotomme. “ It goes from 1 100 to 312 €. ”
The calculation method applied by the new majority goes wrong , starting with the rating for on artistic requirement, “ remains in the craw ” slips Martin Mazurkiewicz, former president of the association affiliated to the secular friendly.
Half Bailleulois
The nineteen members lament the decline and challenge several points. For example, the number of members Bailleulois increases the amount of subsidy.
Antoine Hotomme believes that it penalizes the club: “ Only half of the members are Bailleulois. That’s disregard of an essential fact: photos clubs exist in very few cities. It is therefore normal that they attract fans from surrounding towns. “” It is normal that there are criteria , Martin adds Mazurkiewicz. But when we completed the grant application, we had no knowledge of these criteria … “
The grant challenges down the annual exhibition , which costs “ between 400 and 600 euros .” Other expenses relate to outputs and investment “ in the collective material .” “ The club is no longer able to finance its exposure, its first purpose for over 40 years ,” concludes Antoine Hotomme.
For associations Assistant Colette Hus: “We had to make choice “
” It’s true they have to face a big drop in funding, but we had to share a budget, we had to make choices , concedes Colette Huss, Deputy associations in the town of Bailleul. We have awarded grants according to a global note, that the club was not good enough , “she continues.
Indeed, the photography club won only three out of ten for the artistic quality of the project, one of the most important criteria for the final evaluation (30% of score): “ We believe that their project is not sufficiently concrete to Bailleul ,” says the one.
Beyond the artistic quality, associations are also noted on other criteria, such as “the Bailleulois radiation.” And again, the note is more than mediocre for the club, “ We have given the number of Bailleulois in associations. It happens that many do not come from here “But Colette Hus says ” remain open to projects “ and does not preclude the possible grant exceptional.” We want to submit us s concrete things first! ‘
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