OCC Minutes May 20, 2014

OCC Minutes May 20, 2014

Meeting Called to Order:  by President Trish Place at 6:30.

Treasurer’s Report:  Our current balance is $2182.23.

Hotshops: Paul Bellinger, Linda Davis and Paul Evans will monitor  this weekend.  All photos must be taken down by June 2nd  - can be done during the day

Visitor: – steve found us on line.

Library:  Dhruba will transfer the books to Ron Schmidt.

Equipment:  Scanner found.  Larry Headley has the monkey.    A woman contacted the club saying she had bought Squarebox lighting equipment, but wants to resell it in new condition.  Trish bought it as a resource for the club.  Came with two soft boxes on stands, umbrella with tripod, lighting gadgets, barn door with filters, backdrops.  All in a bag the size of a very large sports bag.  Trish will have a meeting soon where we can all bring camera and experiment with it.  Trish will loan it out if members are interested.

Lauritzen Gardens:  wants photogs to teach classes but Larry Headley called Brian and hasn’t heard back yet, so we don’t know if Brian has filled the request.

Wedding Photog wanted: Chrissy Jackson - Sat. Jul 19th.

Iowa State Fair:  Nikki posted a link for the fair photo contest.  Aug 7 – 17th.  All photos must be B and W because of Ansel Adams theme.  Entries must be postmarked by midnight Saturday, June 7.

Upcoming Photo Ops:

Shakesbeer on the Riverfront:  5:00 – 9:00 pm, Friday evening the 23rd, lots of different beers, snippets of Shakespeare’s works, boats on river, see nebraskashakesbeer.com

Sand in the City  first Friday in June

Other events:  Special Olympics,  Big 10 Baseball tournament, Junkstop, KC Maker Fair

Assigned category cards:  Trish printed assigned categories on cards to put in your photo bag.

Tonight’s Treats:   Irv brought snacks

Shakespeare on the Green at UNO:  June 19 – july 6