Minutes:               GDCCC GENERAL BOARD MEETING

Date:                    April 20, 2010  

Meeting Place:      Judy Yaker’s home

Vice President, Larry Diggs, called the meeting to order at 7:35pm.  There were four officers, one director, and five club representatives present:

          Larry Diggs, 1^st Vice Pres.                Ron Genaw, Photoguild delegate

          Judy Yaker, Print Director                Jim Campbell, Shutterbug delegate

          Bev Wolf, Director-at-Large             Brent Russell, Toledo delegate

          Anita Weiner, 2^nd Vice Pres./Treas.   Marilyn Feather, Motor City delegate

          Joann Snavley, Secretary                           Skip Moody, W. Oakland delegate

Handouts:

•        Minutes from March 8, 2010  meeting

•        Meeting Agenda

Officers Report:

•  Secretary:            Minutes from the March 8, 2010 meeting were accepted as recorded with one correction:  GDCCC comp rules  should read:  Once an image has been

                   projected and was a winner, it is no longer acceptable in other digital

                   divisions.  However, the same image can be accepted in the print division.

•  Treasurer:    Current treasury balance:  approx. $10,739 as of March 31, 2010.

                        (projector:  $2,477  /  HM ribbons purchased:  $272)

                        PayPal balance: approx. $547.55 Grand Total $11,287

Directors’ Report:

•  Prints:                     Next print competition on April 26 at Photoguild - #2.

.  Digital Projection:   Next competition May 12 at Shutterbug - #4.  Note Shutterbug

                                   needs to start at 6:30pm.

•  Website:                  Dennis absent.

•  Digital PSA Status: Mike Lillis absent.  It was noted that the Salon website is

                                   down and account has been suspended.

                                                                                                          -over-

Old Business:     

•        Projector:    New GDCCC projector delivered.  Livonia was given Pontiac’s projector.

•        Adam Jones:    Program has been approved for September 11.  Flyers need to be prepared and distributed.  It was suggested to have Bill Buchanan look into getting it posted at PSA.  More questions need to be answered before an admission charge can be determined.

NEW BUSINESS:

•        GDCCC Rule Changes:    Questions were raised whether more changes/additions

          to our current rules need to be made:

- If a maker submitted three separate shots as one image to show a sequence which tells a story, and is inside of our 768 pixel limits, would it be eligible for a Nature submission?  (Currently, panoramas are accepted in Nature.)  A motion to “allow two or more images and present it as one image” was made.  Motion did not pass and was denied.

- Should definition for Color Creative be changed to be more definitive.  Some entries show no visible alterations and are not obvious.  One suggestion was to title it “altered reality.”  Also, should Color General rules be revised to allow more manipulation?  Tabled for further discussion.    

Meeting adjourned at 9:00pm.

Recorded by:    Joann Snavley

Next meeting, Wed., June 2, 2010 (at Judy Yaker’s home)