January Club Meeting

Anderson Center

Jan. 18, 2010

Robin Wipperling welcomed all to the meeting. We had a full room with approximately 50 members and 10 new people!

Information regarding the Twin Cities Area Council of Camera Clubs Spring Break coming up Saturday March 27^th Chippewa Middle School, North Oaks, MN. It will be a day of photo programs, vendors, MN Wildlife Animals, Door prizes and great food. Celebrate 25^th anniversary of Spring Break. Admission price $25. This gains you admission to all programs, lunch, dinner, coffee breaks, and more. During lunch, the MN Wildlife Connection Animals will be available for you to photograph. Bring your Camera! Registration begins at 7:45 AM. Programs begin at 8:30 AM. Several pro photographers will be offering programs including “Nature’s Images and Traveling the Globe, “Day in the Life of a Photojournalist”, “Light and Composition: the keys to professional award-winning photos” Detailed information and registration forms are available at this meeting: Info at www.cameracouncil.org.

Mary Ouret had information regarding the elections for the leadership of our club. We will be electing a working executive board of 13 members consisting of club officers and committee chairs. Elections will take place next month with the new board being announced on March 1^st. Nominate yourself or someone you know who is interested in helping lead our club. Vote for your top 13 choices in Feb. The following are the positions open and any current nominees:

Club President - incumbent Mary not running. Nominee - Robin Wipperling.

Vice President - Nominee - Mary Ouret

Club Secretary - Nominee - Kathy Anderson

Hospitality Chair -

Club Historian - Chair Nominee - Dar Reeck

Activities Chair - Nominee - Tilton Davis - Jeff Marcus, Mary Ouret

Training and Education - Incumbent nominee - Jim Martin

Calendar Managing -

Membership Chair - Nominee - Bill Federbusch

Challenges-Contests - Nominee - Tim Alms

Webmaster - NEEDED urgently

Our calendar is quickly filling with upcoming classes! Check the calendar on the website for any not on this list.

Point and Shoot Classes - Dates: Friday Feb 12^th 6 to 9 PM, Saturday Feb 13^th 9 AM to noon. Classes held at the Anderson Center.

Intermediate Classes - Friday Feb 5^th 6 to 9 PM

Saturday March 6^th 9 AM to noon; Saturday May 22^nd 9 AM to noon

Through Community Education. Classes offered to members through the CLUB free.

Offering classes to middle school and high school students on early release days.

Rikk Flor - basic Photoshop elements class in AM, and intermediate class in the Afternoon. March 13^th. Cost of $10 for one class, $20 for both.

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The Anderson Center 15^th Anniversary Open House is this Friday, Jan 22^nd. Info cards were available for members. There will be a public reception in the Residence from 6 to 7 PM. Main building and studios open from 7 to 9 PM. Free and open to the public. Food, wine available. 6 members will be exhibiting examples of their work. These can be found in the basement level of the main building.

The current Challenge was “Home for the Holidays” The new challenge will be: “The Beauty of Ice” Post up to 5 photos per month for each challenge. There will be a special spot in the Gallery for these photos. They will not count against your gallery limit of 15 photos. File sizes need to be 1 MB or LESS. Easier than to the forum. Members CAN use previous photos taken within the last year if unable to get any due to weather conditions.

Our next meeting will be Monday Feb 15^th 7 PM at the Anderson Center

Jeff Marcus had some information regarding our Studio. It is currently under construction. At the end of the meeting the studio will be open to take a look at what we have for space.

There was a concern regarding parking at the Anderson Center during meetings. The small lot by the tower is limited. There is a larger lot behind the Center and off to the west of the Center by the sculpture garden. Instruction on parking issues at the Anderson Center. There are walkways from the other lots to the main building.

John Becker gave an educational segment on color for printing, calibrating your monitor, definitions of RGB and CMYB (red/green/blue, and cyan/magenta/yellow/black). He explained why when we print, our colors are usually less vivid than what is on our monitors, and how to correct some of that.

He also told us about 2 upcoming events outside the club that are available to us. One is the “Foot in the Door” This is through the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. It is held once every 10 years. Anyone has an opportunity to exhibit at the Institute, one piece.

Also, there will be a Downtown Red Wing photography competition . Grand prize will be $500 plus a print portfolio. These will be on exhibit in various locations throughout Red Wing. Interested persons will be submitting a body of work consisting of 12 to 15 photos with a statement explaining the objective of the photos. These should be of the downtown area! More details will be coming. The competition will span a period of 6 months.

The meeting was adjourned and interested members headed up to tour the new studio.

Submitted:

Kathy Anderson

Recording Secretary