SALISBURY CAMERA CLUB 

                  Minutes of the Salisbury Camera Club Committee held at 7.30pm on Thursday 10th November 2011, at 108 Bouverie Avenue South, Salisbury. 

Present: (Chairman) Peter Woodhouse, (Vice-Chairman), Tony Oliver and Richard Ramsay (Treasurer) Peter Read, (Secretary) Richard Temlett, Ivor Smith and Stan Stubbs.

1. Apologies

     Dawn Walters, Tony O’Reilly, Sally Money and Robin Gemmill 

2. Minutes of the Last Meeting

The minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 25th August 2011 were circulated. The minutes were then approved.  

3. Matters Arising

Stan Stubbs is now emailing information about photographic opportunities in the area to members who requested it. Stan is also making a list of competition entries he thinks should be looked at for next year’s external competitions.

Richard Temlett now has the glass slides to be handed over to the Museum for storage.

Name Badges are now being worn by the committee members

Robin Gemmill has designed and circulated some advertising posters for the club.  

4. Treasurer’s Report

Peter reported that the current balance of accounts was as follows:

HSBC BMM account (savers)  £831.76

Community account (current a/c) £1845.11

Cash     £60.00

The current situation leaves the club with a surplus of £702.02 to pay for the Rent for the hall and the Judges and Lecturers. Peter said that this was better than last year at this time. 

5. Secretary’s Report

Richard said all the correspondence he received, had been processed by either being forwarded to the Chairman Peter Woodhouse, Tony Oliver, Peter Read, put on the Club Notice Board or posted on the Salisbury Camera Club web site News section by Peter Read. Richard said he has a number of adverts for Photographic training or courses: it was suggested that these should be printed out and pinned on the notice board, in case any members are interested. 

6.   SCC Christmas Dinner

Peter Woodhouse confirmed that he had provisionally booked places for interested members into The Avon Brewery at 7.30 pm. on the 19th December. Peter agreed to put a menu and booking list in the notice board, together with a request for a £5 deposit per person and mention it to members on the club meeting on Monday 14th November. 

7.   SCC Exhibition in the Guildhall

Tony Oliver said the exhibition in the Guildhall will be from 23rd to the 27th of January. The prints will be put up on Sunday 22nd and removed on Saturday 28th. . Prints can be any size up to 500mm x 400mm but must be framed. 

8. SCC Trip away

A number of locations were suggested: the Gower Peninsula, Exmoor or the Isle of Wight. Peter Woodhouse said he would sound members out on the 14th November and then try and supply more details on the 28th. It is hoped that Dawn Waters may be able to assist with the organising the trip 

9. Scoring at Bi-monthly Competitions.

Richard Temlett said it was the SPF policy was that any club inviting a judge to judge a competition should brief the judge on what the club required of them. It was agreed that for the rest of this club year the judge would be asked to keep the number of images scoring ten, to a reasonable number. For next year the system of scoring would be discussed before prior to the AGM. 

10.     14th and 28th November Club Evenings

Tony has the latest RPS CD of the Digital Projected Images; these would be shown on the 14th; Steve Pereira would be asked if he would a practical demo using his wireless trigger. On the 28th it was suggested that members could see Eddy Butt's 3D images as Peter Read has his CD and has an adequate number glasses for all members to see them. It was also suggested that possibly Stan and Tony could run a print discussion similar to the way a Judge may but with the author having an input to the discussion. Because there still a lot of members incorrectly sizing their digital images Richard Temlett would show members how to get the images the right size again.. 

11. A.O.B.

None 

12. Date of Next Meeting

It was agreed that a committee meeting in early January would be required to confirm Guildhall exhibition details possibly 11th, 12th or 18th January. 

13.   Meeting Closed at 9.20 pm 

Signed......................  Hon. Chairman  Signed..................... Hon. Secretary