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2012-11-13 FCDCC Meeting Notes We met in a different room at Ridgeview Classical School We had several visitors at the meeting tonight, Betsy and David, please welcome them to our club. Please pay your dues for 2012 to Harry Strharsky if you haven't already paid. You can find him at most meetings. Annual dues are $25/member with $15 for each additional spouse and $10 for each additional child under 18. Check out what the SIGs (Special Interest Groups), they have been holding lots of meetings and going on lots of outings. Participating in a SIG is an excellent way to develop your skills. Continue sending photograph submittals for the meetings to Bob Babbs at bobbabbs@aol.com. We need to elect a "President Elect" for the club. The President Elect for this year will become the club President next year, and they are expected to cover the President's responsibilities if the President is not able to attend a meeting or outing. If you would like to be the President Elect, or would like to recommend someone for the position, just send an email to info@fcdcc.com. We also need a volunteer to run the User Presentations portion of the club meetings, basically creating and running the Powerpoint slideshow of Fix-It and favorite images. Our October Club Outing has been rescheduled for 11/16 at 6pm. Meet Pat Gaines in the Pawnee Grassland. [I\'ll set up the telescope in a little dirt parking lot in the Pawnee National Grasslands so we can get away from the city lights. Take Mulberry (CO 14) East from I-25 for 27 miles. Just after mile marker 166 there is a three way intersection with CO14, CR90 and CR57. Turn left (north) onto CR57 and pull into the dirt parking lot on the right, about 30 yards from the intersection. I\'ll be there by 6 PM, and if the weather holds I\'ll stay there all night, so people can show up literally anytime. I set up the scope there last night and actually had cell phone reception, although it was a bit weak. My cell phone number is 970-581-1597 in case anyone has any questions or gets lost. - Pat Gaines] The November club outing will be to the Fort Collins Brewery, 1020 E. Lincoln Ave. in Fort Collins on this Saturday 11/17. Meet at 9:30am outside the building, the tour will start at 10am. Tripods and Flashes will be allowed. We will be taking pictures inside and outside. We will be stopping for lunch and beer in the restaurant after the tour. The November Macro SIG meeting will be Tuesday 11/20 at 6:30pm at the Wild Boar on College. The November Coffee outing will be Thursday 11/29 at 9am at the Fort Collins Coffee House. Our December club outing will be the Homeless Prevention Initiative family photoshoot on 12/1. We have need for volunteer photographers, posers, judges, make up artists, assemblers and presenters. Send Mike, info@fcdcc.com, an email if you wish to help out and haven't already signed up. The December Wildlife Outing will be Bighorn Sheep Rut near Georgetown, Sunday 12/2. Meet at the Northwest corner of the Harmony Transportation Center parking lot (Harmony near I25) at 5:30am. Meet Dawn at the chain-up lot on I70 west bound just before the Georgetown exit. Dawn's phone numer is 970.567.6109. We will meet early morning to get to the Georgetown area just after sunrise (which is at 7:07 a.m.), look for and photograph the bighorns and then head over to The Happy Cooker in Georgetown for a late breakfast. We will have our annual party instead of the regular December club meeting this year. We will be meeting at Coopersmith's 12/11 at 6:30 for the party. See you there. The December Alternative Topic will be "eyes". The January Club Outing will be a macro shoot, details TBD. Jim Schuler's photo won the best photo from Fort Collins in the World Wide Photo Walk this year! Many thanks to Tim O'Hara for his presentation on "Architectural Photography". Email mike, info@fcdcc.com, when you find mistakes, missing information or if you have suggestions for the website and I will try to address the issue. |