AGM Minutes, 26 May 2022

Andover Photographic Club AGM Minutes

Conducted At Enham Alamien Club, Enham

Thursday 26th May 2022

  1. Apologies
    • None
  2. Minutes of previous AGM held 27-5-2021
    • Proposer: Chaz Clark
    • Seconder: Gavin Fisher
  3. Matters arising
    • None
  4. Chairpersons report
    • Steve started by thanking everyone for attending and that it had been a hard few years but we had come through it and in some ways benefited by zoom had speakers from farther afield
    • He thanked the committee and especially: Esther for a brilliant programme; Will for the technical side to keep us going; and Linda for keeping the competitions going.
    • We will meet at the Royal Oak during the summer and hope to get out and about.
    • The good news is that next season we should be able to meet at Enham again.
    • Melanie thanked Steve for the weekly newsletter.
  5. Treasurers report
    • Barry said that funds had taken a dip over the last year but membership seems to be steady at 34.
    • Annual subs will be £30 with weekly still £4.
    • lf members could pay annual fee by bank transfer it would be big help.
    • He presented the members with an audited balance sheet of the accounts – he thanked Suzanne for this
  6. Competition secretary’s report
    • John started by saying we had a successful exhibition at the museum although we did have a bit of a hiccup which nearly lost us future ones but managed to smooth it over with louis.
    • We lost the mix and match at Oakley – my excuse is spent more time trying to put up images because of Zoom.
    • Lost the W Fry trophy which Oakley won for the first time in 10 years.
    • We came 3rd in the Newbury challenge, missing out by 0.5 for second and 1 point for first.
    • In SCPF we came 7 out of 8 in the PDIs but next year prints are back.
  7. PDI secretary’s report
    • Linda took us through the SCPF league which at the end of the season saw us drop a league but we can now start using prints again so have a chance of progressing in both fields.
    • Competitions have progressed well during the year and have been well supported.
  8. Secretary’s report
    • John announced that he will be stepping down from his roles with the committee as next year he will have been doing it for 40 years.
    • Although he is resigning, he will still play an active roll in the club in a non official way – clubs exhibitions judging competitions etc.
    • He said the main posts are secretary / competition and print secretary.  Graham has volunteered to do secretary’s job and Linda said she would take over as competition and print secretary which is an extension of what she does now so brilliantly now as PDI secretary.
  9. Programme secretary’s report
    • Esther said that she was pleased how the programme has gone considering it was done over Zoom but we could have more varied speakers from further afield.
    • She said that she has found two or three Judges.
    • The new programme was then read out and discussed with members,
  10. SCPF representatives
    • Suzanne Webber brought up about judges bad remarks; he said they had been reported to SCPF
  11. Election of officers
    • As table below
  12. Committee members
    • As table below
  13. Awards presentation
    • Awards were presented as follows:
    • 2019/2020 season
      • PDI of the year: Chris Talbot
      • Print of the year: Gavin Fisher
      • League winner: Gavin Fisher
      • Sandy Wilson award: John Randall
    • 2020/2021 season
      • PDI of the year: Linda Gates
      • Print of the year: Not run due to lockdown
      • League winner: Mike Tozer
      • Sandy Wilson award: Linda Gates
    • 2021/2022 season
      • PDI of the year: Linda Gates
      • Print of the year: Not run due to lockdown
      • League winner: Gavin Fisher
      • Sandy Wilson award: Will Delves
  14. Any other business
    • None
  15. Date and time of next AGM
    • 25th May 2023, 7.30pm

Elected committee

RoleNameProposerSeconder
PresidentWill DelvesChris TalbotSteve Hunter
ChairpersonSteve GovanWill DelvesLinda Gates
Vice ChairpersonGraham WaltersChris TalbotSteve Hunter
TreasurerBarry RodkerChris TalbotSteve Amey
Competition sec.John RandallLinda GatesSteve Govan
PDI sec.Linda GatesSteve GovanBarry Rodker
SecretaryJohn RandallSteve GovanLinda Gates
Programme sec.Esther GallimoreSteve GovanSteve Amey
SCPF repsGraham Walters
Gavin Fisher
Chris Talbot
Chris Talbot
Barry Rodker
Barry Rodker
Public relationsChaz Clarke
Steve Govan
Linda Price
Linda Price
Gavin Fisher
Gavin Fisher
Committee membersChristina Marsh
Chaz Clark
Steve Davies
Gavin Fisher
David Corcoran
Development officersLinda Gates
Steve Fox
Will Delves
Chaz Clark
Chris Talbot

AGM Agenda (25/05/2023)

Annual General Meeting Of Andover Photographic Club

Conducted At Enham Club Hall

Thursday 25th May 2023

AGENDA

  1. Apologies
  2. Minutes of previous AGM 26th May 2022
  3. Matters arising
  4. Chairpersons report
  5. Treasurers report
  6. Competition secretary’s report
  7. PDI secretary’s report
  8. Secretary’s report
  9. Programme secretary’s report
  10. SCPF representatives report
  11. Election of officers
    • President
    • Chairperson
    • Vice-chairperson
    • General secretary
    • Treasurer
    • Competition secretary
    • PDI secretary
    • Development officer
    • Programme secretary
    • SCPF representatives
    • Public relation officers
  12. Election of committee members
  13. Any other business
  14. Date and time of next AGM

Attachments

Accounts

Historical funds balance

1st Bi-Monthly Results (2022-23 season)

The results of the first Bi-Monthly competition, held on 22nd September, are as below.

The next Bi-Monthly is on 24th November.

4th Bi-Monthly results (2021/22 season)

The results after the first Bi-Monthly competition of the 2021/22 season are as follows:

 

 

3rd Bi-Monthly results (2021/22 season)

The results after the first Bi-Monthly competition of the 2021/22 season are as follows:

 

 

1st Bi-Monthly results (2021/22 season)

The results after the first Bi-Monthly competition of the 2021/22 season are as follows:

 

Final Bi-Monthly results (2020/21 season)

The results after the Final Bi-Monthly competition are as follows:

 

Final 2019-2020 Season Bi-Monthly Results

Following the final Bi-Monthly competition last Thursday, the final standings for season are as follows:

Club Newsletter 27 (05 Apr 2020)

Last Week

The Covid-19 virus continues to impact on our programme, but on Thursday we had the 4th Bi-monthly which was shared using Zoom, and judged by Chris Whiting. It was a great success, with over 40 images being shown and judged. Chris is an experienced judge, who has been to the club many times. There were some superb images and those scoring 10 are reproduced at the end of the newsletter.

This being the last of the bi-monthly competitions we have a clear winner, so congratulations to Gavin who came top.

Next Week

On Thursday 9 April we have booked John Gravett to present to us, via Zoom, in lieu of Prints versus Paintings. John runs Lakeland Photographic Holidays, with his wife and has been an inspirational workshop leader, and author. His work can be seen on a number of sites such as https://www.johngravett.com/ and https://www.flickr.com/photos/johngravett/.

Coming Soon

We are exploring options for the rest of the season. There are a couple of speakers under consideration and we plan to hold some informal competitions. Please do your best to support the club by entering the competitions and taking part in any activities that we programme.

The first of these is Portrait: this can be a self-portrait, a human portrait or an animal portrait. The only stipulations are that it must have been taken since the lockdown, and it must not have been entered into a bi-monthly competition. Each member may enter up to 3 images. John Randall will judge the images, and will award 1st, 2nd, 3rd places and a few Highly Commended. The images can then be entered in future bi-monthly competitions. There is a change to the way we will organise these informal competitions. For the portrait competition please submit your entries to the following dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/request/pAyayF2QQSvuVAhCwitZ

When asked for your name, please enter your full name (If everyone just enters their first name, it gets complicated sorting out which Steve is matched to which image). The image filename, must be just the image name, do not include your name. Images must be submitted by midnight on Sunday 12 April. Which gives you a whole week to get some images.

On 23 April, we are planning to have a Timed Exposure session. We will call for bids for slots in advance. This activity is an opportunity to share some of your images, perhaps a small number which you want to talk about, or as an AV. Alternatively, you can simply talk to the club about any aspect of photography that you want to share – a technique, some locations, recommendations for YouTube presenters that you find useful, or a talk on a photographer that you admire. When it is your turn to give your input, Will will make you a co-presenter. So please put your thinking caps on and contribute to the evening.

Yet to be programmed, but we intend to have another informal competition, later in the season to capture Flowers/Plants/Gardens. Again, the images must have been captured after the lockdown started.

Technique Tip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_O6pbT7Ovw Slanted Lens 5 Basic Lighting setups for Portraits

Photos Scoring 10 During Thursday’s 4th Bi-Monthly Competition

Coffee Shop Candid
by Chris Talbot

New Forest Pony
by Gavin Fisher
Old Man’s Beard
by Mike Tozeree
Resting
by Linda Gates
Thistlegorm Stern
by Will Delves
In-Flight Broad Bodied Chaser
by Steve Govan

Final results from the Bi-Monthly Competitions

Members’ Images

Thank you Steve Fox for your sharing your stunning water droplet images.

 

 

For more information

APC Secretary
Gavin Fisher

E-mail secretary@andoverphotoclub.uk

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