The SSCC board met on September 27, 2018.  Thirteen board members and one visitor attended.

For a complete list of the officers and committee members that comprise the Board, see the following: 2018-2019 Officers and Committee Chairs

Committee Chairs and Other Reports:

Treasurer:  We have a projected income of $4,460 and projected expenses of $4,432. The line item of Awards needs to be changed to $200 as that was accepted in the budget for the year. We have 68 members, 12 of which are new. We have paid the rent and liability insurance.

Programming: Renee has all the speakers and judges for this club year with three on a waiting list. Renee will be on vacation in October – Tanya will fill in for Speaker Night and Andrew will fill in for introducing the judge. The judge needs to be paid, and Catherine has the check.

Field Trips: We have the trip to the Rockville Antique and Classic Car Show scheduled on October 20. Phil has provided a list of trips for the year. This was published in the Cable Release.

Cable Release: Dennis will have October issue ready with an email blast announcement in a couple of days.  Dennis will send an email blast in future mid-months for a call for articles.

Website: We reviewed the proposed changes for the privacy policy and copyright notice and disclaimer. These changes were drafted upon the recommendation of the PSA competition results from last year. The proposed changes were voted on and accepted.

The competition email that was published from Yahoo was hacked and the membership will be notified we will be using the one already set up on our webserver, competition@ssccphtography.org which is more secure.

Nominations: We have a nominee for the Secretary position. The call for other nominations will be published in the Cable Release and we will vote on October 11th.

Competition: Larry purchased ribbons for second place and will give the receipt to Bruce for reimbursement.

Membership: Since many board members will be out on October 4th for the Autumn Social, it was voted to move the Autumn Social to October 18 before the A Closer Focus meeting.

Honor Fund: No report. 

PSA: The board voted to make the PSA representative position a non-chair position on the board, and it was unanimously approved.  There will be no conflict with Pete Morton being both a director and a PSA representative for the club, provided that it isn’t a chair position.

Constitution Review: Published the proposed changes in the September (and October) Cable Release and plan on voting on the October Competition Night.

Social Media: Michael will set up a new Meetup for the Social Media position to meet with applicants before one of our regular meetings.

Other:

Survey: Pete will hand out the survey at meetings.  He will compile the results of the survey in Excel.

Maryland Photography Alliance:  There will be an MPA inter-club competition. The images accepted will be displayed in Annapolis State House. The submissions are due October 14th. Extra SSCC competition points can be earned for placing in the inter-club competition, and Norm will keep track of those.

Communication Standards for the Club: Catherine proposed a need to standardize the way the club communicates. Michael suggested a small committee to decide what that entails. Michael, Dennis, and Mark will form the committee.

Keys: Phil Boyer has Bruce’s keys while he is on vacation.