Dear Member,
With the AGM/Show looming up very fast I would like to clarify the date
for this year's meeting, it is for Saturday
18th, April 98, at 'The Undercroft' Repton School, Repton,
Derbyshire, doors will be open from 9.30am, and the meeting to start at
10.00am.
Since we first started to have the meetings at Repton, it was with the
understanding that they would have to take place during the Easter
holidays, we have always tried to have this spring meeting as late as
possible, hence the date for Saturday 18th,
Sunday is not practicable for Repton as the school has to be made
ready for the Monday morning.
We
have no Chairman for this years meeting as Kevin has not only resigned as
Chairman, but has also resigned
completely from the club, we have not only lost a very good Committee
member, we have also lost a loyal club
member, it is also not to clear at this stage as to whether Sandra Craske,
Kevin's wife will stay as club Treasurer,
so I will have
two hats on for this meeting, as I will also be taking the
Chair, but all being well I will start the meeting promptly
at 10am, and if possible finishing at 12 noon for lunch.
With all these
circumstances, I am sure I do not have to
point out to you how important this meeting is, and how much we need your
support, not only with the dispute with.
Area
22 but also the need for more members to come forward as committee
members. The agenda for the meeting is published elsewhere in this
newsletter. With club business over, it is important that we embark on the
really good part of the day starting at 1.00pm with our guest speaker
Roger Parry, also with this meeting we have opened the latter part of the
day to other photographic club members, who are also affiliated to the
PAGB federation, and I hope that we no only get a good attendance from our
own members but also from outside, who may then wish to join the club.
May I again appeal to your good nature, and request AV's, a 10
for10 slide show, or just to show a selection of your favourite slides to
be included into the days program, with this in mind please contact me as
soon as possible, to date I have SILCH, also please bring along any prints
which you wish to display, B/W or colour it does not matter, also please
bring along some of your favourite slides, for 'The Slide of the Year'
trophy, this was won last year by a new member to the club, also please
can I have volunteers to help with these arrangements, we had a great show
last year, so lets try to make it even better, with a bumper show for this
year.
Unfortunately
the dispute is on going with area 22, and I'm not going to take up any
more space with this matter, as I have also been accused of late of giving
it too much NEC Committee coverage and not enough Area coverage, but I
will say that the Area 22 Co-ordinator has resigned and approximately
twelve members so far, but I do know that, at least five of these members
would have resigned anyway due to other reasons of age, ill health and
general lack of interest in photography now, we now also urgently need a
member from the south of England, to come forward and take on the area co-ordinators
post, for the time being and until a new co-ordinator is in place, I will
take on the renewing.
Area
22 members together with my own area 20 members, and may I please request
that you bare with me until the position is resolved One last very
important point, and that is for the chemical sales, Rita and John Pearle,
1, Eldon Close, Colchester, Essex, CO21 3HA. Tel: 01206-861604, have
kindly offered to take up this post, and until the transfer takes place,
please also bare with us, and we will keep you fully informed as and when
the transfer has taken place, and Thank you very much Rita & John.
All
for now, see you at Repton,
Best
regards,
Pete.