2002 Meeting Minutes

Competition:	Slides (Color, Nature and 2¼)
Special Assignment:	Cityscape (Color Slide)
Program:	• “How to shoot birds in your backyard.” By Skip Moody of West Oakland • Photographic Exercise: “Snow Exposures”. We viewed slide that Ellie took.
President:	Guests – Brian Wagnitz, Mark Severson New Members – Roy Blandin GDCCC Board Meeting: • 1/25/03 -- GDCCC End-of-the-Year Banquet at Corsi’s, again. Tickets are available now. • January 16, 2003 at 8:00 pm, the Livonia Camera Club will present “An Evening with Jack Kenny” -- a commentary on how Jack Kenny was able to experience life and travel and photograph in Cuba for many years.
Vice-President:	The PPS Banquet will be at Gino’s on Monday, March 31^st. Tickets will be $16.50.
Old Business:	New copies of the Constitution and Rules were distributed that included 2002 approved changes
Judges:	Skip Moody, Loretta Williams, Bill Glaspie

Pontiac Photographic Society

January 20^th

Meeting Minutes

Competition:	Prints (Monochrome, Color, Commercial) – New rules are in effect.
Special Assignment:	Macro Closeup of Flower (B&W/Color/Commercial Print)
Program:	Showing of the 2002 Grand Prix entries and announcement of the winners
President:	GDCCC Board Meeting: • 01/25/03 -- GDCCC End-of-the-Year Banquet at Corsi’s, again. Tickets are available now. • Reminder: All slides need the Club name printed CLEARLY on each slide. • Shutterbug will host this year’s Slide Invitational • Photoguild’s Weekend Seminar this year will be George Lepp (see handouts) • Andy Wimms is going to be the new VP of PSA • Bill Buchanan is the Chair man of PSA EID
Vice-President:	New Grand Prix list handed out: Waterfall Animal (Wild or domestic) Reflection Geometric Pattern Flower (Wild or domestic) Landscape/Cityscape Building Interior Bug (Spiders/dragonflies/bees/anything “buggy”) Fruit (Bowl/individual/or piece) Fall Color (Okay to include building(s) Sunrise or Sunset (Okay to include man-made object(s) and or/people “S” Curve Double Exposure Feather Archway Steps or Stairs Lighthouse Bridge White on White Your Choice
Record Keeper:	Need to vote for most valuable person for 2002. Ballots are at the back of the room.
New Business:	Grand Prix 2002 – Bev Wolf won 1^st, Pat Lindsay won 2^nd.
Judges:	???
Miscellaneous Notes	(Guests) Diane Holcomb (New Members) Michael Pniewski, Jeanette Charles

Pontiac Photographic Society

February 3^rd

Meeting Minutes

Competition:	Slides (Color, Nature and 2¼)
Special Assignment:	Insect or Spider (Nature Slide)
Program:	• The Photographic Exercise – “Black Subject Exposure” (Color Slide) was postponed. • “The Falkland Islands” color slide program by Anita Weiner of Photo Guild
President:	New Members – Mark Severson, Brian Wagnitz GDCCC Board Meeting: • Reminder: All slides need the Club name printed CLEARLY on each slide. • Shutterbug will host this year’s Slide and Print Invitationals • Photoguild’s Weekend Seminar this year will be George Lepp (see handouts)
Vice-President:	Schedule change – Norb Veit will be at the February 17^th meeting with his own digital projector.
Secretary:	(Ellie will be moving to Clio, so we’ll need an Editor for the newsletter.)
Color Slide Director:	Next GDCCC competitions are 02/20/03 at Avon, 03/11/03 at Oakwood. 2003 GDCCC move-ups – John Knell moved to advanced, Joyce Carmichael moved to Salon
Judges:	Bob Dombroski, Anita Weiner, John Kroll

Pontiac Photographic Society

February 17^th

Meeting Minutes

Competition:	Prints (Monochrome, Color and Commercial) – New rules are in effect.
Special Assignment:	“Your Best Zoo Shot” (B7W / Color / Commercial)
Program:	Program: Norb Veit “Demonstrating ‘how to’ scan a slide on Nikon 4000 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and making a print on the Epson 1280 printer. Check for Norb’s articles on the West Oakland website – www.WestOaklandCameraClub.org.
President:	Guests – Cheryl Grain, Bob Goodman GDCCC Board Meeting: • Shutterbug will host this year’s Slide and Print Invitationals • Photoguild’s Weekend Seminar this year will be George Lepp (see handouts)
Business:	Due to the length of the program and competition judging, we skipped most of the business stuff.
Judges:	Loretta Williams, Norb Veit, Bob Dombrowski

Pontiac Photographic Society

March 17^th

Meeting Minutes

Competition:	Slides (Color, Nature and 2¼)
Special Assignment:	"Patriotic" (Color Slide)
Program:	"Home of the Wood Duck" video by Roger Eriksson of West Oakland • Photographic Exercise: "Selective Focus" (Color Slide)
President: (John Kroll)	Guests – Roger Eriksson, Bill Glaspie Photoguild’s Weekend Seminar will be George Lepp at Henry Ford Community College March 29^th – Optimizing The Possibilities March 30^th – The Digital Darkroom PPS End-of-year Banquet at Gino’s Restaurant – Cocktails at 6:00 PM, Dinner at 7:00 Next competition: PPS Print Competition (Monochrome, Color and Commercial) Special Assignment: “Snow” Program: “Wildlife and Landscapes of Canada: Rockies/Churchill” by Doug Locke
Judges:	Roger Eriksson, Bill Glaspie, Judy Yaker

Pontiac Photographic Society

April 7^th

Meeting Minutes

Competition:	PPS Print Competition (Monochrome, Color and Commercial)
Special Assignment:	Snow
Program:	“Wildlife and Landscapes of Canada: Rockies/Churchill” by Doug Locke

Pontiac Photographic Society

April 21^st

Meeting Minutes

Competition:

We hosted the GDCCC Nature Slide Competition

Pontiac Photographic Society

May 5^th

Meeting Minutes

Tonight's Competition:	Slides (Nature, Color and 2 ¼)
Special Assignment:	"Autumn" (NS or CS)
Program:	Critique
President: (John Kroll)	Next Meeting: Program – Critique Prints
Treasurer: (Joyce Carmichael)	~$500
PSA Nature Slides: (Judy Yaker)	Entries have been sent.
New Business:	Honors Committee = Paula Serra, Diane Kroll, Judy Yaker, Bob Frick We voted on whether to award medals instead of plaques for end-of-year. By unanimous vote, we will ask members which they want if they win – a trophy, a plaque, a medal or nothing.
Miscellaneous Notes	Grand Prix trophy was given to Beverly. Brian McKissen has a monitor calibrator to loan out.
Judges:	Diane Kroll, Brian McKissen, ??

Pontiac Photographic Society

May 19^th

Meeting Minutes

Tonight's Competition:	PPS Print Competition (Monochrome, Color and Commercial)
Special Assignment:	Special Assignment: “Building Interior”
Program:	Critique tonight’s prints
President: (John Kroll)	GDCCC Salon deadline is Sept 15.
Treasurer: (Joyce Carmichael)	Joyce Carmichael resigned as Treasurer. Bob Frick volunteered. The club approved.
Record Keeper: (Dr. Paula D. Serra)	Paula Serra resigned as Record Keeper. Richard Wolf volunteered. The club approved.
Color Slide Director: (Bob Frick)	Bob Frick resigned as Color Slide Director. Judy Yaker volunteered. The club approved.
New Business:	Beverly Wolf volunteered to be the Nomination Committee. Current nominations (volunteers): President: John Kroll Vice-president Judy Yaker Treasurer Bob Frick 1^st Secretary Ellie Parrish 2^nd Secretary John Kroll (minutes only)
Judges:	Jerry Quin, Judy Yaker, Mort Henick

Pontiac Photographic Society

June 2^nd

Meeting Minutes

Tonight's Competition:	PPS Slide Competition (Nature, Color and 2¼ Slides)
Special Assignment:	Special Assignment: "Winter Sport" (Color Slide)
Program:	Photographic Exercise: “Speed Priority” (Color Slide)
President: (John Kroll)	REMINDER: GDCCC Salon deadline is Sept 15.
Old Business:	Club Officers Although we do have candidates for Club Officers, you may still think about running for one of the positions. The positions are President, Vice President, 2 Secretaries and Treasurer. We will be voting for new officers on June 16, the last club night until September. John Kroll will run again for President. Judy Yaker will run again for Vice President. Ellie Parrish will run again for Secretary with John Kroll continuing to take the minutes. Bob Frick will run for Treasurer.
Judges:	???

Pontiac Photographic Society

June 16^th

Meeting Minutes

Tonight's Competition:	PPS Print Competition (Monochrome, Color and Commercial)
Special Assignment:	Special Assignment: "Waterfalls"
Program:	Election of Officers
President: (John Kroll)	Guests – Richard Grubola (Photo Guild) Andy from Germany (with Bob Dombroski) REMINDER: GDCCC Salon deadline is Sept 15. This year’s party for Barb and Lily will be August 16^th at the Kroll’s.
Treasurer: (Bob Frick)	$539
PSA Nature Slides: (Judy Yaker)	Judy received an HM for May competition, nothing for EOY
Old Business:	Honors Committee -- Paula, Diane, Judy and Bob Frick (Chairman) At the May 19^th meeting, Bev volunteered to be the nomination committee. A quorum was present. The vote was unanimous. The 2003/2004 Club Officers are: President: John Kroll Vice President: Judy Yaker Treasurer: Bob Frick 1^st Secretary: Ellie Parrish 2^nd Secretary: John Kroll (to continue to take the minutes)
New Business:	Discussion: New "Digital Projection Division" • 3 entries per person • On print nights • Trial runs September 2^nd, October 6^th, December 1^st • Official start 01/01/04 • Director – Joel Cohen