OCC Minutes October 21, 2014

OCC Minutes October 21, 2014

Paul Bellinger opened the meeting at 6:30.  Paul Evans brought treats.

Guests:   Brenda was introduced by Larry Headley with a recommendation to join the club.
Treasurer:  $2342 in the club account.     $50 in the N4C Convention account.
Equipment:  scanner available.
Library:  PSA journals can be taken home.

N4C:  Two of our members did take 2nd and 3rd place with perfect scores. Full results later.

New locations?:  Possibilities are  HyVee on 168 and Q and Lansky’s but they require eating there.

 Revisiting our choice of the Omaha Public Library at Millard, Sue proposed we have a vote of all members

along with old members we can reach.  Larry Headley can put out a vote on Survey Monkey.  W.e must know our

preference with OPL Millard before Nov. 1

Digital Print Competition: prints due to Nikki McDonald by Oct. 28th.  Rules on club website.

Upcoming photo Ops murals and grafiti in downtown Benson. Images needed for Springbrook.  Zombie Walk this

Saturday in Benson (at 5:00 or 5:30??).  Trish mentioned an Omaha Photographers meet up group.  There will be

a partial solar elipse this Thursday.  Check the club blog for other ops such as downtown Omaha or Kerry

Bridge.

Club business cards:avail able for members to carry and hand out.  They will be reprinted some time next

year, so we’d like feedback on what information should be added to them.

Darkroom Equipment Wanted:  Meiers Burmeister met a lady shooting film who wants darkroom equipment.

October Club Competition Winners:  Meiers will get our October results published this week.

Tonight’s Program:  Show and Tell by Members

Paul’s Show and Tell:  Paul did a follow up on his rodeo shoot and how to work with the communications center

at the Century Link Arena.

Practice for Club Judging: Paul did a brief demo of what could make a given photo better.

Next Meeting:  Nikki will talk about her favorite photos, but if you have ideas for Q & A with her, send them

by email.  She’ll send a link to see her work. She is talented at composition & postprocessing.  Let Paul

know other topics you need help with, leading to club programs.


Submitted by Secretary Marty Barker