OCC Minutes January 28, 2014

OCC Minutes January 28, 2014

Meeting Called to Order:  President Trish Place opened the meeting at 6:30 with 22 members and 3 visitors.

Treasurer's Report:  Tim White announced we have $2216.13 in our account.

Library and Equipment Report: not available.

N4C:  Trish said we have 10 committee members signed up to steer the N4C Conference in the fall of 2015. Linda Davis is in contact with the Lincoln Club which has 3 or 4 people that will help.  We're invited to attend their meeting on March 18th to get to know them.  At that meeting Sam will do a show on wildlife.  George Sinos suggested asking other Omaha clubs to help even if they are not N4C members.  We need an initial meeting of committee members to look at possible sites.  They can meet tonight during the cookie break.

Both Mike Barker and Nikki McDonald won contests in NRC this month.  Some OCC members will judge the N4C pictoral category in March.

HOTSHOPS Show and Sale:  We also need to have a meeting for people interested in the HotShops Show and Sale to meet soon and plan logistics.  They can also meet tonight during the cookie break.  There are 14 people signed up so far.

Annual Cathedral Flower Show: Trish commented on the Cathedral flower show mentioning that 4:00 Sunday is a good time to go as a photographer because very few people are there.

OCC March Print Competition:  Nikki is possibly getting a judge from Metro Community College because they will be on spring break.   Prints can start coming in to Nikki any time.  We had 65 entries in the fall; but in a practical sense, 45 -50 is about the limit.  We want as many PEOPLE as possible to participate, so we discussed limiting the number of entries per person.  It was suggested that each member number their photos in order of preference so that numbers 5 and 6 can be eliminated if there are too many entries for the judge to deal with.   We also discussed having our own members as judges instead of an outsider.  It will depend on whether Nikki can find a judge this time.

Tonight's Program:  Mike Barker presented a video of his methods for high speed photography with guns.  After the break he presented a photographer's guide to Hawaii, with an emphasis on how the islands' geology affects their weather.

Next Meeting:   Feb. 4 - Reveal of the winners of the OCC Feb. digital competition.