e-news from the PAGB No. 19

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Chairman's Newsletter No. 14

Dear Members, 
Well done to all the members who braved the tornado conditions on Tuesday to see Leo's slides and listen to his tales of how he came to take them and he kept us entertained in his usual manner.

One small but significant point he made, was showing the difference from a straight film slide to a slide made from the digital image. It really shows how much farther the digital needs to go to get on a par with film, yes I know you anoraks have been telling us this for some time!

Many thanks to those who have volunteered to help out, John will be contacting you soon.

Last call for the print boxes, we have a call on all of them if nobody else wants any! They will go next Tuesday.

Next week is an assessment with judge Keven Sandall, so make certain your entry is in by midnight Friday.

Have a safe bonfire night and rememberance parade.

Lest we Forget

Terry

Chairman's Newsletter No. 13

Dear Member,

                       With just 12 entries for the Print Panel Trophy our judge Barry Day was expecting an easy ride. Barry spent time previewing the prints and them stated that "it will not be easy picking a winner tonight".

The entry may have been disappointingly small but it was certainly of a good standard. Well done to Roy Lambeth taking the gold with his panel 'a Different Life' Silver went to Lynn Lambeth's images of a Mosque in Morocco and John May's Butterflies and Moths took the bronze. 

Print Boxes.  Your committee need to dispose of 28 wooden print boxes in order to make space and reduce the combustible material in the loft. These boxes could be used to store your old mounted prints, those that you simply cannot tear yourself to dispose off. Please make contact with John Walter if you would like some or all of them.

Discussion on advancement.  As there was plenty of time after the panel competition we took the opportunity to have a general discussion on the concerns raised about the clubs PDI assessments. The committee had spent some time talking about it and produced a proposal. During the discussion points were made about how the club has reached our current position, the standard of the entries, reasons behind the proposal and every member present given the chance to air their view. It May have seemed to be a fragmented committee unable to agree but that is not the case, it's democracy at work. In the end the meeting voted for the status quo and it should be raised again at the next AGM.

One question that was raised and I would like to again publicly state both the clubs and my position on advancement.  Our club is well respected within the SPF and other photographic organisations, however we always struggle to gain the top places in our various external competitions. It is the committees and defiantly my intention to raise the standard of ALL of the members work, remember my statement when taking over as chairman "using all possible means" that still stands.  Enough said eh!  However should have a particular photographic concern please feel free to approach any of us and someone within the club will help out.

Co-opted committee members.   Again may I ask for some help from the members, we need ( it in the constitution) to fill vacancies on your committee. We need your help to set up the hall and to close it down at the end of the evening, currently John Walter and I are arriving well before the meeting starts to set up and are always the last to leave and frankly it is becoming a chore for both of us.

Next meeting is Leo Rich giving a slide presentation, Leo is always fun to listen to and his images are usually excellent.

Regards and keep snapping

Terry

PAGB Inter-Fed Projected Image competition 2009

Dear All,

 

The Council would like to thank everyone who put images forward for the selection process, PAGB Inter-Fed Projected Image competition and exhibition was judged a couple of weekends ago, I apologise for the delay in giving you the results, but I have only just received them.

We have come 6th overall out of the 15 Federations which is an excellent result and we would like to thank everyone who put work forward, as well as those who had work selected.

The 13 accepted images are:

 

Rosie Armes FRPS DPAGB BPE1* Chichester CC, A Proud Housewife

Rosie Armes FRPS DPAGB BPE1* Chichester CC, A Shy Girl

Rosie Armes FRPS DPAGB BPE1* Chichester CC, I Love You

Jean Brooks EFIAP Havant CC, Glasgow Walkway

John Cook Havant CC, Grand Central

Gloria Cotton ARPS Spectrum, Panda in Snow

Gloria Cotton ARPS Spectrum, Sulawesi Crested Black Macaques

Chris Hutchinson Yateley CC, Breata at Bordon

Keith Polwin ARPS Basingstoke CC, Great Blue Herons

Leo Rich ARPS EFIAP DPAGB Spectrum, Waiting for the Last Bus

Tony Smith Winchester PS, Contemplation

Jeannie Sutherland DPAGB Chichester CC, Coyote

Pauline Thornhill DPAGB Petersfield PS, Cuckoo with Reed Warbler

These and the accepted images from the other federations should be available on CD to hire from the end of November onwards at £5 per club night.

THE FULL RESULTS AND MEDAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE LINKED SEE 

Results

Medals

Kindest regards, 

Chris Neill-Griffin

SPF Secretary

Work was put forward from:

Pam Adams, Trevor Ager. Dave Agnelli, Gaston Alziary, Rosie Armes, Sue Armes, George Atkins, Pat Ball, Gail Bell, Debbie Bradley, Janice Bradley, Aphra Bremner, Jean Brooks, Shelia Brough, Martin Brown, Malcolm Bull, Cliff Carter, Thelma Chevallier, Eric Clark, Caroline Colegate, Bruce Collins, John Cook, Judith Cook, Gloria Cotton, Allan Croombs, Colin Cruickshank, Jon Cruise, Ruari Cumming, Chris Davies, John Davis, Mike Davidon, Ron De'Ath, Glyn Edmunds, Peter Etheridge, Mags Fewkes, Ron Foulkes, Roy Gafney, Joy Gardiner, Gordon Gentles, Philip George, Phil Green, Paul Halliwell, Bobby Hamilton, Becky Hancock, Nigel Hays, Jay Heiser, Ken Henry, Jean Henwood, John Hodge, Cathy Hughes, Tony Hughes, Chris Hutchinson, Jan Ison, Terry Jamieson, Michael Jennings, Chris Joyner, Claire Joyner, Gary Kenmir, Tricia Kennedy, Roger Kevern, Barbara Lambert, Roy Lambeth, Max Law, Jeff Lawerence, Anne Mahany, Johanne Mahy, George Marsh, Bill McKnight, Charles Minchell, Pat Mitchell, John Nasey, Chris Neill-Griffin, Terri Neill-Griffin, Bob Newton, John Norris, Pauline Oliver, Tony Oliver, Lin Osborn, Mike Owen, Graham Peacock, Helen Plant, Nigel Plant, Keith Polwin, Gerald Ponting, Margaret Preece, Betty Rackham, Tony Rackham, Peter Read, Shelia Read, David Reeve, Steve Reynolds, Leo Rich, Peter Rocchiccioli, Anne Ruffell Louis Rumis, Lorraine Saville, Karl Schrader, Brian Smith, Tony Smith, Carole Speight, Nicky Stewart, Stan Stubbs, Jeannie Sutherland, Gill Swift, Sue Teagle, Chris Thorne, Colin Thornhill, Pauline Thornhill, David Toft, Maureen Toft, Vic Tucker, Michael Warren Sue Watts, Keith Wendes, Michael White, Andrew Whitmarsh, John Wigley, Arwell Williams, Michael Williams, Tony Wills, Tim Wuthall, Ken Woods, Joyce Wragg, Jennifer Wright, and Stuart Yates. From 22 clubs around the region, so thank you all!

Chairman's Newsletter No. 12

Dear Members,

What a fabulous night Paul Sansome gave us on Tuesday, not the most gifted of speakers, however he still managed to keep all of us enthralled with his talk. Moving from his life as an IT worker to joining and being a member of a local camera club, the step up to professional ranks and his work with a well known travel firm. His story of how by accident he took photos of Terns that earned him a 'highly commended' award in this years 'Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year' competition, should give all of us inspiration. At the end of the night your applause for Paul was in my opinion the longest/loudest I have ever heard at our meetings, and well deserved.

Your committee meeting on Thursday had one main topic

In response to several members raising concerns your committee spent a long time discussing our competition rules in respect of advancement from primary class to advanced in the digital section. The committee made two amendments, one we cannot action yet due to the clubs constitution. Basically we cannot change any competition rules during a season, as we have already started assessments we will now have to wait until the next AGM. More on this later possibly at the next club members evening.
The other amendment we can apply with immediate effect. New members joining the club will be asked to provide 8 prints and 8 PDIs for consideration/assessment by the committee or its represensitive. The committee will decide which category that member will be assessed in.

Next Tuesday is our Print Panel Trophy night and the judge Barry Day ARPS will hopefully have a hard job to find the best panel, the committee having due regard to previous judges comments have agreed to drop the individual image marking and simply leave the awards to the judge. That should make life easier for all of us.

Enjoy the weekend and keep snapping!
Terry

October's Assessment

The report on this October's assessment can now be seen HERE

17th November Magic Lantern Show

See also HERE