2015-10-13 FCDCC Meeting Notes

We met in the Band Room 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.

Mike, Barb and Janell 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 $7 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 held elections with the following results:
President: Harry Straharsky
President Elect: Randy Miller
Treasurer: Rich Ernst
Secretary: Mike Barry
Photo Editor: Gerry Cashman (We haven't confirmed that Gerry will continue the position yet)

Wildlife SIG Leader: Guy Turenne
Landscape SIG Leader: Ken Eis
Portrait SIG Leader: Mike Barry
Macro SIG Leader: Russ Lawry (We need confirmation from Russ)
Video SIG Leader: Needs a leader
Architecture SIG Leader: Bob Barley (We need confirmation from Bob)
Photography 101 SIG Leader: Gary Jens (We need confirmation from Gary)
Sports and Events SIG Leader: Steve Finnestead (We need confirmation from Steve)

We also decided that the president will delegate responsibilities for Outings and Programs as required, so we have eliminated the Outings and Programs chairman positions.

We have several photographic events coming up:

Sat 10/24 Club Outing to photograph Raptors at the DeLaney Farm in Aurora with Nature's Educators.
Meet at the Harmony Transfer Station North East Corner to carpool, leave at 7:30am.
The shoot will be at the DeLaney Farm: 170 S Chambers Rd, Aurora, CO 80017
Directions: I will take I25 south to 270E - 270E to 70East - 70E to 225South - 225S to 6Ave East East on 6th Ave to Chambers Road South on Chambers to the farm. DeLaney Farm should be on the East (Left) of Chambers. Map
They will provide 6 birds: Harris Hawk (flight), Kestrel (flight), Swainson's Hawk (flight), Screech Owl (flight), Gyrfalcon (stationary), Barbary Falcon (stationary), Prairie Falcon (stationary/maybe flight).
They will meet us at 9:30am by the main buildings and paved parking lot.

Sat 10/24 @5:30pm Zombie Crawl (free) Oak St. Plaza in Old Town Fort Collins

Tue 10/27 @9am Coffee Meeting Dazbog on Cherry near College

Sun 11/1 1pm-5pm Portrait SIG at Mike's studio

Sat 11/14 @12pm-5pm HPI Photo Shoot at Plymouth Congregational Church. I will be sending more information and requesting volunteers soon!

The Clydesdales are at the Budweiser plant, but I don't know how long they will stay.

Many thanks to Guy Turenne for his "A Year in Rocky Mountain National Park" 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.