The SSCC board met on January 26, 2017. Thirteen board members and five guests were in attendance.
Committee Chair Reports:
Treasurer – Bruce Schaefer reported that we project to have $4 less than last year as of this date.
Program Chair – Michael Koren reported that all speakers and judges are booked for the year except the judge for the June Year-End Event.
Field Trips – We have had a few non-members attend and Meetup helps. Michael informed the group there is a sign-up sheet to encourage non-members to pay for the trip. Meeting at the Silver Spring Arliss Road Giant parking lot works, and we should post the meeting and departure time from the parking lot. It was suggested to bring name tags to the trips, write up an announcement for planning next year, and to put the dates in the Cable Release and send the list to Jim Turner for the NIH Camera Club newsletter.
Year-End Event – The date has been set for June 8th. There was a discussion of the pros and cons of using the same event space and suggestions of how to make it a better event. The suggestions included: how to show the prints, serving pieces, explain the photographers of the year, more plates and silverware stations, more drinks, and spread everything out to promote mingling. Other suggestions were a silent auction/gear swap, a photographer to shoot the handshake for awards, and display door prizes. There were suggestions on the program that included dead space in the program when chairs needed to be moved, and having the door prizes given out throughout the evening. It was mentioned that the donors of the door prizes receive more publicity at the time of handing them out. It was suggested to send a program to the donors. Potluck was considered a good idea.
Phil Boyer has volunteered to look into alternative places such as the MD Park & Planning list of facilities. The budget would be $100 for the space, and he will report at the next meeting.
Website/Meetup/Facebook/Twitter – Marite is updating Facebook and doing a good job. There was a discussion of having sponsorships such as Hunt Photo on our Meetup page. Suggested to have pictures of the board members as a directory, and then include all members.
Competition – It was suggested that part of the announcing of judges should be to include who invited them. Finding a gallery space to show members work was discussed (not related to our competitions) – still looking for a venue.
Position Procedures – Reminder to write/update the papers that describe each board member position duties, and give them Michael for archive.