OCC Minutes March 31, 2015

OCC Minutes March 31, 2015

President Paul Bellinger opened the meeting at 6:30.  There were 35 members and guests present.  Snacks were

provided by Jan and Irv Cobb.

Treasurer:  Tim White reported $2871.43 in the club account and $463.66 in the N4C account.
Library: No report because Librarian Ron Schmidt was absent.
Equipment:  Sue Baxter reported that the color monkey is available.
March Print Competition:  Nikki McDonald has now returned all prints.

Tonight’s program:  Tim White gave an excellent presentation about his personal experience with nature

photography and included many practical tips.  He will also give this presentation at the N4C Omaha

Conference in September.

Next OCC Meeting:  April 7th will be a digital reveal of April entries.  The assigned category is “critters.”

 We have a total of 63 entries in all 6 categories to be revealed.

OCC Meeting April 28th:   Paul B will present working in Lightroom with raw photos, but other members can

bring computers to share processing in other programs if there is time.  

N4C Competition:  Larry Headley reported on the March competition.  There were 38 photos from 7 member who

won 13 awards representing 33% of those given out.

N4C Springbrook Conference:   April 24 – 26th;  Myers Burmeister will present a show on storage; Ina

 Ohnmeiss will present an update on conference information; panaramas for the print competition need to be

given to Myers by Tuesday, April 21 so he can take them to the conference.   Be sure to pay strict attention

to requirements on the panarama photos which must have a ratio of at least 2 (width) to 1(height) and have an

area limit of 320 sq. in.

N4C officers ballot:  See Paul Bellinger if you are interested in running.

OCC as a Corporation with 5013c Status: It will cost $583 per year for club insurance which will cover any

member at any event we sponsor or participate in.

Lincoln Club will meet April 14th at 7:00 pm giving a program on rodeo photography.  Anyone from our club is

invited to visit.

Community Service for Photographers:  an Omaha event improving low income houses needs photographers.  The

served area is between Leavenworth and Vinton and 16th and 24th.  See Trish Place if you are interested.

 Info is also on the blog.

Selling Photography at Arts and Crafts shows: Steve Schwiesow shared his experience.

CREDENTIALED EVENTS:

Paul Bellinger and several members went to Wisconsin snowcross.
Paul Bellinger, Gary Prill, Beth Button, and Ron Schmidt went to motocross at Mid America
Garth Brooks is coming up.
If you’d like to attend a credentialed event, see Paul Bellinger for instructions.