Following review of the club development plan and taking into consideration the feedback, comments and ideas put forward at the recent meeting the committee would like to outline the following plans for the coming year.
Education
Beginners course to be run over a weekend in November to allow new members to take part in Monday evening meetings. Colm will need volunteers to help with this course.
Improvers course to be organised by Declan Hancock – details to follow.
Advanced workshops – suggestions required from advanced workers for what they would like covered and by whom.
Short specialised courses to be organised – volunteers and suggestions required.
Gerry to investigate on line training – details to follow.
A volunteer needed to organise video tutorials.
Interest Groups
Suggestions for interest groups to be formed should be submitted together with volunteer leaders for these groups.
Personal expression and projects to be pursued through these groups.
A room will be provided by the club for groups to meet as required.
Social
Christmas celebration to be a casual buffet after our final Monday meeting 20th December upstairs in the Mucky Duck.
End of season “do” to be organised by Michael Davitt – more to follow.
A number of members offered to be “ambassadors” to greet new members but more volunteers needed.
Committee photographs to be posted on the web page.
Social events to be included on new club calendar.
Club will support IPF events with plenty of notice and the chance to travel to events together.
Social group could produce Club Calendar showing our achievements and events throughout the year.
Outings
Bank holiday workshops to be more structured. Suggestions needed for what members would like to do.
Monthly one day outings to be organised. Suggestions for destinations and volunteer leaders required.
Weekend events to be given plenty of notice and to be offered to all members.
Summer Monday outings – ideas and suggestions needed for new interesting photographic destinations. Possibly interest groups could meet these evenings to pursue projects.
Expression
Colm to produce club Expose book. Submissions needed for this.
Committee to be formed to investigate possibility of Celbridge Photographic Festival to include Salon, Exhibition and individual exhibits. Colm, Michael, Lorraine and Lola already offered to help anybody else whishing to get involved should volunteer.
Photobank to be established. Volunteer needed to organise this.
Special interest groups encouraged to produce work and/or projects and show them to the club.
Competitions
Members can choose to grade themselves at the start of the year to decide at which level they compete.
All club competitions towards POTY to be open.
Internet competitions to be established which will include themes and on line voting, possibly through Flickr. Volunteer is needed to run this.
External competitions to be actively refocused and all images to be considered for inclusion, not just competition winners.
Mechanics
The committee will review the constitution to see if any rule changes are required.
A budget will be drawn up for the various activities.
If you have any suggestions or want to volunteer please contact me at christine.taylor@iol.ie or any committee member.
