FREMANTLE SOCIETY members will be asked next week whether they want to wind the group up.

Membership has fallen so low in the 40-year-plus organisation—and there’s so little activism—that members will be asked at the next meeting to either nominate a new committee or wind it all up.

President Henty Farrar told the Herald he doesn’t really expect the organisation to fold, but wants the meeting to be a wake-up call to locals to get involved. The society hasn’t been able to make a decision for months due to a lack of quorum and too much work is falling on a very few weary shoulders.

Committee member Roel Loopers says things are so bad the organisation has $30,000 in the bank it can’t spend.

Mr Farrar says plans for a major overhaul of Kings Square and other developments means it’s a crucial time for the society to be active.