Board Meeting Minutes
March 27, 2025
Silver Spring Camera Club Board Meeting
Location: Zoom Meeting
Start Time: 7:33 PM, adjourned 8:33 PM.
Board Members in Attendance: Catherine Honigsberg, Dennis Freeman, Bruce Schaefer, Lisa Auerbach, Phil Boyer, Sherm Edwards, Kay Carkhuff, Bob Catlett, Norm Bernache, Gerry Woods, Pete Morton, Miriam Struck and Will Rabinovich.
Not in Attendance: Frank Gallagher, Tanya Riseman, Michael Koren, and Maurice Belanger.
The meeting was called to order at 7:33. Catherine read the minutes of the February SSCC Board meeting
Committee Chair Reports:
Vice President: Dennis reported on plans for the Photo Forum for April. There will be two presentations. In addition, Tanya will be presenting on JPEG innovations.
Audit results- Dennis explained the result of the audit. Bruce did a great job with explanations, a recommendation from last year, and made the audit go very smooth. in summary, Dennis double checked several membership renewal records against the Jot Form, and they agreed. Credit card transactions were verified. He found two minor discrepancies in membership where names didn’t show up in the membership rolls. It’s been reconciled. Recommendations were given that are minor in nature.
End of the Year Activities: The Board discussed the procedure for submissions for end of the year prizes. Dennis has already started working and David Terea has agreed to provide the space for the judging. We still need a judge, but the date was selected as June 12th. Awards information will be given to Catherine from Dennis so she can print the certificates. Winning projected images will be provided to the volunteer projectionist. A sign-up sheet will be posted on Google Docs for members to sign up to provide food for the Potluck.
Information regarding the end of the year plans have been submitted to the April Cable Release.
Treasurer: Bruce reported on current revenue. Current Income: $4,247. Current Expenses: $3,628. Current operating Profit projected: $619.00. Four new members paid their dues at $30. Rent has been paid through April. We have a total of 83 members. We had 84 members last year at this time.
Cable Release: Tanya is finalizing the April issue.
Nominations and Selections Committee: N/A
Field Trips: April fieldtrips: The Field Trip scheduled for April 5 at Dumbarton Oaks is cancelled. The scheduled field trip for April now is for the last Saturday, the 26th, to Huntly Meadows.
Website, Meetup, Facebook, Twitter: Website: Will discussed issues with the website due to a Google algorithm. The webpages need to be cleaned up. Will suggested that the Club purchase a Plug In to assist with cleaning up and organizing the web page. The Board approved. Will be working this summer to help sort out our pages. Will will write a SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) to make sure it will be maintained correctly.
Competition: Kay reported that one of the photos in projected category was a picture of a picture. In her opinion, it should not be included in competition. The Board discussed the interpretation of established rules regarding inclusion of signage and documentary subjects. The conclusion was that It’s up to the judge whether an image meets the requirements.
Membership: Lisa reported that there will be an email blast to go out regarding creating a membership directory. Members will be asked what personal information they would like to be included in the directory.
Other Topics: Mark Pasteur doesn’t want to monitor the Google Group anymore. Will offered to take over.
New projection screen: To be ordered in August when we sign a lease for the meeting space.
Catherine reported that she has received suggestions for competition topics for next year from 3 different people. Discussion ensued regarding how topics should be selected. The topics will be voted on next month. Pete offered to look at the list and determine ones that are similar to help narrow down the list. Catherine will send the lists to Pete. Kay and Lisa will work on tallying responses. Members will be asked to vote on 3 choices. Topics will be determined at April’s meeting.