OCC Minutes May 6, 2014

OCC Minutes   May 6, 2014

President Trish Place opened the May business meeting at 6:30.

Treasurer:  Current Balance $2128.43 with a check pending for $200.00 from the sale of  an old club projector; $70 – 80 has been received so far from sales at Hotshops.

Library:  Dhruba didn’t have any news to report.

Cookies  Marc Maschhoff provided tonight’s snacks

Hotshops:  had lots of traffic last weekend; on Sunday  photos were sold by Mike Barker, Myers Burmeister, Beth button; Trish sold coasters;  now is the time to contact friends, family, etc to get more people in there.   If you have more time to go help at the Hotshops, let Trish know.

Orange City, Iowa Tulip Festival:  May 15 – 17; you can buy tickets for other events such as flower show, quilt show, car show, etc.

Lauritzen Gardens:  wants to expand its educational shows and is looking for a photographer to conduct a class.  Pay is $37.50 per hour.  Contact Brian.  Trish will invite him to speak to the club.

N4C Committee Meeting:  May 13 at Jason’s Deli, 12320 L St., 7:00 p.m.  in the L St. Market Place

Sand in the City Invites Photographers to Record Sculpturing Process:  Ryan Rourke, Development of Events coordinator for  Nebraska Children’s Home, spoke on this year’s theme “Family Fun in the Summer Sun” which will be June 6 – 8th.   He said 19 teams corporate teams will participate usually donating about $45,000 dollars/year.   On the 6th teams start creating sculptures by compacting sand from 10:00 – 12:00 eventually producing sculptures from  Leggos, Frozen, Turbo, Clash of Titans, etc. No admission charge.  If shooting photos on Friday, dress in clothes that could get wet and sandy.  Set your camera on the right date and time so Gary can organize them chronologically as a club group.  Sue asked if we can use Participant parking.  Go to Lot B North of Hilton west of Century Link and south of baseball field.

46th Annual Garden Walk:   June 8, from 9:00 -5:00, see spiritofomaha.com,    6 gardens to stroll in, sponsor UNMC Monroe Myers Institute,  $15 in advance - $20 on day; call 402-614-1721

Darkroom Equipment:  Bob Hughes brought a timer and film tank.  If interested contact Bob.

Free National Public Garden Day:  9:00 – 5:00; free admission to Lauritzen Gardents, Fri May 9.

Tonight’s meeting is election of officers & committee chairs

We nominated and voted for President and Vice President:
Nomination for President:   Paul Bellinger was nominated, seconded, and approved.
Nomination for Vice President:  Myers Burmeister was nominated, seconded, and approved.

Election of officers and chairs (cont’d)

The following people volunteered to begin or continue to fill the following positions:
Program Committee:    Ina Ohnmeiss, Dhruba Chakravarti,  Marc Maschhoff (new)
Digital Chair Person:  Myers Burmeister (new)
Librarian:  Ron Schmidt (new)
Secretary:  Marty Barker (continue)
Snack Coordinator:  Marty Barker (continue)
Equipment Coordinator:  Sue Baxter (new)
Treasurer:  Tim White (continue)

Nikki McDonald will be asked if she wants to continue as Print Competition Chair.

Club Competition Rules and Regs:

Trish reviewed the current competition rules.  There was a discussion about the September digital reveal because it’s the first one after the summer break.  We voted to have it be the 3rd Tuesday of the month with the first Tuesday for Show and Tell.

Mike Barker suggested we follow the competition categories and rules of the N4C but include our Assigned category.  N4C categories are as follows:

Nature – natural world no hand of man exept finceposts used by critters, but not feeders, setting natural at zoo
Photo Journalism:  tell a story – no altering; no elements modified but can crop, naturally sharpen, brighten
Travel – must have location in title so that truth can be verified.
Creative – similar to our “anything goes”

We discussed whether N4C’s stricter rules would encourage or discourage new members.   We also discussed the generational gap within photography because younger people see it as an art going from the camera to the computer with filters and post processing.  We need to keep this in mind in our competitions.

We voted to adopt the N4C categories but not necessarily their strict guidelines.  

Reminder: Assigned Category photos must have been taken after April 15, 2014.

Tim White:  Reminded us that for the Hotshop sales he’s in charge of the money for inventoried items only.