65th Annual General Meeting – Lymington Camera Club Phoenix Room on Thursday 26th May 2016 at 19.30 hours AGENDA 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Chairman’s opening remarks Approval of the Minutes of the 64 th A.G.M. 3. 4. Matters Arising 5. Officers Reports - Hon. Treasurer - Hon. Programme and Competition Secretary 6. Election of Officers for 2016 / 2017 6A. Hon. Auditor 7. Any Other Business 8. Chairman’s Closing Remarks
Comments on Accounts Financial Year Ending (FYE) 29 th February 2016 • Receipts – Subscriptions ↓ reduction in membership from 44 to 39 – Visitor Fees ↓ lack of advertising to special interest groups – Teas / Coffees ↑ two additional meetings last season + increase to 50p • Payments – Hire of Hall ↑ includes 3 additional months – Feb15, May15 & Mar16 – Insurance ↓ excludes Equipment, included in current Financial Year(FY) – Affiliation Fees ↑ refund of £81 re: SCPF due current FY – Speakers & Judges ↑ two extra indoor meetings last season – Exhibition Fees ↑ entering PDIs in to Annual Salisbury Exhibition • Balance Sheet – Covered running costs • Conclusion – Require healthy membership c.40 & ↑ Visitor Fees to cover increasing costs – No change to Subscriptions, Visitor Fees, Teas/coffees – Subscription payment via electronic transfer successful and offered again
External Competitions Southern Counties Photographic Federation (SCPF) ‘Aim: To Improve Our Members’ Photography by Competing Against Other Clubs’ SCPF LEAGUE SCPF Salisbury Exhibition SCPF CHAMPIONSHIPS (8 clubs – 8 images) (35 clubs) (29 clubs – 15 images) Open to the Public 2 nd in Div5 – PDIs =11 th – PDIs Entries representative of the • • Chris Irvine & Maria Promotion to Div4 work of the club Leekblade scored next season 14/15 =13 th – PDIs (8 images) 4 th in Div3 – Prints • • Maria’s image ‘No Louis Rumis , ‘Great White Egret Feeding’ scored 10/10 Sleep Tonight; awarded • ‘Leopard at Spotted • Phil Beard, ‘Snowdonia’ Judges Choice Medal Deer Kill’ selected for scored 9.5/10 inter-fed Exhibition 23 rd – Prints ? – Prints (6 images) • Consistent scoring but • Not placed or any images no ‘big hitter’s winning awards NB: In Future, members belonging to more than one club are responsible for ensuring an image is not entered into the SAME COMPETITION more than once (previous and/or current year)
Internal Competitions • 6 Monthly Competitions – 360 different images assessed – 183 Prints – 207 PDIs (including 1 ‘guillotine’ competition) – 32 of 39 Club Members Entered Images (82%) • Average Score = 8.3 with 52 Seals Awarded, Ave 65 images/comp • Breakdown: Intermediate Advanced – Members Entering / Ave 14 / 11 images 18 / 13 images – No PDIs/Ave Score/Seals 91 / 8.03 / 11 116 / 8.35 / 18 – No Prints/Ave Score/Seals 61 / 8.46 / 11 122 / 8.36 /12 • SCPF Judging feedback being introduced – looking at best way to implement this next season – will update in September • Future? Member Survey Results – Rick • Thanks to support team – Mark, Russ, Paul Berkeley, Jim & Club members for entering their images
PLACED BoY PDIs 2 nd Paul Berkeley - Dinnertime 1 st Phil Beard – Poppy Woods 4 th Sue Berkeley – Girl with Ponies 3 rd Maggie Magee – A Warm Welcome
PLACED BoY PRINTs 1 st Phil Beard – Lull Before the Storm 2 nd Louis Rumis – Holiday Flower Sellers 1 st (M) Maggie Magee – A Walk in the Mist 2 nd (M) Pauline Thornton – Roof Lines 3 rd Maria Leekblade – Jar of Weeds 4 th Karen Coller – Bird Strike
Monthly Competitions (top 9 Images) Intermediate Winner Maggie Magee 84.5 2 nd Karen Coller 84 3 rd Michael Lee 82 Advanced Winner Phil Beard 89.5 2 nd Catherine Dashwood 86.5 3 rd Mark Lanigan 85.5
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