Chair: Fintan Healy
Treasurer: Mike Roberts
Secretary: Jackie Poulter
Programme Secretary: Adrian Butcher
Competition Secretaries: Jackie Poulter (internal print), Fintan Healy (internal DPI), Pat Hopkins (external competitions)
Webmaster: Lyn Sharples
Publicity: Iain MacCallum
Training and new member induction: Keith Sharples
If you have any questions or suggestions about the running of the club please speak to a committee member.
The committee is elected at the AGM. Any member can put themselves forward for any position on the committee at the AGM. If more than one person is interested in a committee post it will be decided by a vote at the AGM. We are always on the look out for new committee members, if you feel you might like to take up a committee post please talk to the current committee.
Committee meetings are held as and when necessary to discuss the running of the club. Below are summaries of what was discussed at the latest committee meetings:
27/04/22 The committee discussed the agenda for the upcoming AGM.
09/03/22 A quick update from our last committee meeting where we looked to the future programme now it is looking like Covid restrictions will be removed. We felt Covid had put a damper on spirits in general and we needed to reinvigorate MPC. Also finances are not as healthy as they were due to the past two years when Zoom costs have had to be covered but with no income from Zoom meetings.
Going forward to next year we will probably have to charge to attend Zoom meetings as the speakers are all charging a fee now, and consider putting the cost of the Zoom licence into the annual fee.
On a more cheerful note, the webchallenge will continue as feedback from this has been excellent and all who have taken part have really enjoyed it.
Also we have decided to have a trip out once a month which will be scheduled into the programme and can be followed up with a Zoom meeting for people to share their images.
To kick this off our first trip will be to Fintan's garden in Brockweir. It is part of the National Gardens scheme and he has invited us all to bring a picnic and our cameras. Full details to follow.
Now that Christopher and Catherine are stepping down we do need more members to join the committee. This is not an onerous task and the more of us the lighter the load. Roles are flexible so please speak to a member of the committee if you think you can spare some time.
12/10/21 After consulting the members on how they feel about returning to F2F meetings it has been decided to have a mixture of zoom and live programme as there was a small but significant number of members who were still anxious about retuning to the hall. November is going to be F2F meetings as they aren’t possible to change, and Zoom for meetings in December. In the new year there will be some tweaking of the programme to get a balance between Zoom and F2F. When using the hall, we will be following the risk assessment set out by the hall and have sent everyone the procedure we will follow to do our best to ensure everyone’s comfort and safety. If you are going out on a trip to take photos and would like company, let everyone know via WhatsApp. Its always great to be able to share ideas and knowledge.
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