With the development and expansion of the SPF web-site (www.southernfed.org.uk)

your Council feels that it is no longer appropriate to continue to publish a separate Newsletter.

However, in order to alert clubs to ongoing new information, we will from time to time e-mail all clubs with a summary of significant issues from the web-site, along with the appropriate links to access the details. We hope you will help this to reach all club members in the SPF, by copying this e-mail to all your members.

So, to kick things off for the new season, here are a few headlines:

1. The SPF Leagues for 2011-12 are now sorted out; for tables and fixture lists and other details see http://www.southernfed.org.uk/league.htm All of the PDI entries for last season have now been added to the web-site in a set of galleries starting at http://www.southernfed.org.uk/leaguegallery1.htm ..well worth a look!

2. The SPF Exhibition in January 2012 will again be held in Salisbury. Entry for prints ( but not PDIs) is now closed. See http://www.southernfed.org.uk/exhibition2011.htm for full details

3. There is an important change in the PAGB standard mileage rate..up to 30p per mile plus fuel cost. See http://www.southernfed.org.uk/data/pagbrates20110426.pdf

4. Other than these key issues, there's lots of other information on the web-site, including RPS and PAGB Awards, PAGB Print Exhibition report http://www.southernfed.org.uk/pagbexhibition.htm, listing of upcoming events, minutes of Reps Meeting http://www.southernfed.org.uk/pagbexhibition.htm ( reminder: next Reps meeting is this coming Friday and much more.

5. Finally, I have been asked to bring to your attention a competition organised by The ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC), based at the Universities of Southampton and St Andrews.

The UN predicts that on the 31st of October 2011 the population of the world will reach 7 billion.
The theme of the competition is:'What Does Living in a World of 7 Billion Mean to You?'

Photo submissions can be anything that in the author’s opinion, answers this. The competition is free to enter. Selected photographs will be displayed in a presentation at the ‘World at 7 Billion’ seminar to be held in London on the 31st October 2011. The closing date is 14th October 2011

For details see www.flickr.com/groups/1731373@N24/

John Hodge SPF Council Member