Club Meeting Minutes of 7/13/17

Sun City Photography Club

Minutes, General Meeting, July 13, 2017, Desert Vista

Officers Present:	Joel Lugavere, 2nd  VP
Norman Wright, VP	J Filangeri, Sec'y
Dale Kavula, 1st VP	Dennis Filangeri, Treas.
Absent: George Kertesz, Dir	Jim Bird, Pres.

Norm opened the meeting opened at 7:10 pm and led the pledge.  Pres. Jim is away for the next few months.

Members present:  There were 12 members present

Membership to date: 54 members

Treasurer's Report: We have $471 in retained earnings so far this year and about $1,300 in the bank. Dues for 2018: The board met and reviewed the finances and projects that we can lower the dues to $8 a person next year.  Members will formally vote on a motion to approve (or disapprove) the dues decrease at the September meeting.

Refreshments Committee: Karleen brought refreshments for tonight's meeting.  J will bring them next month

Meeting Agenda & Discussion:

Guest Passes:  Motion to retain the current language in the Constitution that non-residents can attend a club as a guest of a member, but only twice. Seconded and unanimously passed. [Note: field trips are no considered meetings and guests are welcome.]

Field Trip Coordinator Report:  Dale is running our next field trip, sunrise pictures here in Sun City.  There is no field trip scheduled for August.

Show & Tell: Terri Hirni brought a selection of photos he'd taken recently at Red Rock for discussion.

Break and voting on Theme Competition This month's theme = Phone Photos. Winner: Norm Wright

Next Month's Theme is Around Sun City.

Techniques and Tips: Norm Wright – Composition: Before the break, all present were asked to take a photo during the break for discussion of composition.  Using these, he discussed the tendency to go for portrait when often landscape would make better sense.  Norm then gave a presentation on some cell phone techniques, touching on how to enhance your photos, framing the subject, using backlighting, angle shots, and other enhancements.

Next Month's Meeting: We will be discussing possible themes for next year's Theme Competition.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM

Respectfully submitted, J Filangeri, Secretary