MINUTES: GDCCC GENERAL BOARD MEETING

DATE: October 24, 2000

MEETING PLACE: MOODY-WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY

The President, Bill Buchanan, called the meeting to order at 7:39 p.m. There were 4 officers, 3 directors and 10 delegates present (2 of those 10 delegates were also officers or directors).

Handouts:

• None

Officer's Report:

• Secretary: The minutes from the 9/11/00 meeting were reviewed and approved.

• Treasurer: The Treasurer reported a balance of $5469.21.

Director's Reports:

• Print: Alex Lane has resigned as print director. Judy Yaker and John Kroll are temporarily filling in. Ron Genaw has volunteered to serve as print director if a replacement can be found for him as Chairman of the Print Division for the International Salon. Please consider helping in one of these capacities. The next competition will be November 20^th at Pontiac. Print Directors should bring their end of year entries to that competition.

• Color Slide: The next competition will be November 9^th at Livonia. End of year judging is being arranged. Color Slide Directors should bring their end of year entries to the November 9^thcompetition.

• Nature Slide: The next competition will be November 16^th at Avon. It was noted that some slides were disqualified at the last competition. Skip will review entry requirements for nature qualification at the next competition. Nature Slide Directors should bring their end of year entries to the November 16^th competition.

• 2¼ Slide: The next competition will be November 9^th at Livonia. End of year judging is being arranged. 2¼ Slide Directors should bring their end of year entries to the November 9^thcompetition..

• Electronic Imaging: The next competition will be November 16^th at Avon. There was discussion about whether to continue digital slides as a separate category since competition has been light. It was noted that other divisions also started slowly and that digital slides are becoming more affordable. Discussion followed about when to begin giving year end awards for the category. A motion was made and supported to purchase a rotating trophy for Digital Slide of the Year with ribbons for 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and HM. Motion carried. John Kroll will donate the trophy. Electronic Imaging Directors should bring their end of year entries to the November 16^thcompetition.

• Newsletter: The next issue was dropped off for printing last night with a new format that will make it easier to duplicate to the web without retyping. Deadline for items for the following issue is November 29.

Old Business:

• Banquet 2001: The banquet will be held at Macomb Community College on January 20^th. We will need information included in the next newsletter and on the web site. There has been a change in plans since the last council meeting. Since current laws do not allow us to run our Banquet as a BYO liquor event as suggested at our last board meeting, there will be no alcohol at the banquet. Bill Buchanan will contact Mike Florian to make sure VIPs receive invitations. It was also suggested that maps to the banquet location be included on the tickets like last year.

• Honors Committee: Clubs serving on the Honors Committee are Livonia, Shutterbug, Windsor, West Oakland, Avon and Grosse Pointe. Delegates are to be appointed by the individual club president and should be the president, a Fellow or an Associate of GDCCC. Nominations are due by November 14^th. The vote will take place following the November 29^th Council meeting.

• GDCCC web site: The web site is up and running at www.gdccc.org. Bill will send the new information to PSA so they can update our link. The text portion of The International Salon catalog is on the web site as a PDF file. Judy is working to have the Salon photos available on the site soon. A suggestion was made to check on including a setting that would allow visitors to the site to download in text format, if desired. Interclub competition results are usually posted to the site within a few days following the competition.

New Business:

• 2001 Competition Dates: Bill Buchanan will contact Doug Locke (2^nd Vice-President) about next year's competition dates. Those dates will have to be finalized at the November 29^th meeting.

• 2001 Slide Invitational: The Photo Guild is responsible to select the date and inform the council.

• 67^th International Salon: Andy Wims report is as follows:

"The 67th International Salon is near completion. As always, there are many people to thank for the success of the event: to name some, Bob Hart for his coaching and pictures of the medal winners; Judy Yaker for preparing the entry forms, making a copy of the form available on the computer and typing the catalog; the division chairmen, Ron Genaw, Jim Inkster and Douglas Locke including the judges; Loretta Williams and Skip Moody for many tasks including preparation and printing of all the Salon materials; Joann Snavely for the facility arrangements and many other persons listed in the salon catalog. By November 18^th, the slides and prints will have been exhibited and returned.

The catalogs, medals and HM ribbons should be mailed by the same date. The trophies and medals have not yet been returned. The trophies are not ordered or the medals prepared until after an order goes in, which is usually after the competition.

It's the Board's decision to make, but I am willing to serve one more year. Two of our division chairmen have agreed to serve again, Jim (color slides) and Doug (nature slides and nature prints). We may need a replacement for Ron who has performed in his job admirably for many years. The chairmen and I will decide together on the selection panel and exhibition sites. The selection date was Sunday, September the 24^th. The possible dates next year could be Saturday or Sunday September 22^nd or 23^rd. In the future, we should make the necessary arrangements for trophies to be purchased before the competition."

(Note: The Board agreed to let Andy serve again next year without reservation!)

• Nominations for 2001: Nominations made and supported for the 2001-2002 terms are:

President - Bill Buchanan

1^st Vice President - Art Thompson

Treasurer - Loretta Williams

Director at Large - Frank Andreae, Joann Snavely, Jim Paszkiewicz.

Next two meetings:

• Wednesday, November 29^th at 7:30 p.m.

• Thursday, February 1^st at 7:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourned at 8:57 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Diane Kroll, GDCCC Secretary