2015-09-08 FCDCC Meeting Notes

We met in our normal room (the PAC) at Ridgeview Classical School
Ridgeview Classical School on the southeast corner of Lemay and Stuart (1800 S. Lemay) Enter through the east side of the building.

Jannette, Lois, Wayne, Frank, Diana and Laurie were visiting at the meeting, please welcome them.

Please pay your dues for 2015 to Harry Strharsky at the January meeting 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. Dues are prorated based on the month you join. They are about $9 now.

Check out 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.

Please send your SIG outings schedules to info@fcdcc.com so I can add them to the website.

Send your photograph submittals for the September meeting to Gerry Cashman at photoeditor@fcdcc.com. Remember to send in before and after versions of your pictures so we can learn about post processing. Please send in 3 or fewer pictures for the slideshow, and send them by Sunday evening so Gary has time to create the slideshow. We also accept short videos for the slideshow.

We will have elections at the October meeting, and we need members to volunteer to run for all positions. We need officers to keep the club running, so please volunteer.
President: Need volunteers
President Elect: Need volunteers
Outings: Need volunteers
Programs: Need volunteers
Video SIG Leader: Need volunteers
Photo Editor: Need volunteers
Secretary: Mike Barry and ....
Treasurer: Harry Strharsky and ...

We have several photographic events coming up:

Sat 9/12 8am-8pm Fort Collins Comic Con at the Aztlan Center

Sat-Sun 9/12-13 Sustainability Fair at the Aztlan Center in Fort Collins

Sat 9/19 @9am Club Outing to photograph (macro) flowers at the CSU Trial Gardens (on College, in front of the old High School)

Tue 9/22 @9am Coffee Meeting at the Fort Collins Coffee House, 3761 S Mason St, Fort Collins, CO 80525

Sun 10/4 1pm-5pm Portrait SIG at Mike's studio

DreamScopeApp.com is the free software that Mike used to warp his images.

Thank you to Napolean Gibson and Dawn Matthews for explaining what State Farm Insurance will do for photographers.

Many thanks to Russ Lawry for his "Suggestions and Tools for Macro Photography" presentation.

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.