Executive Board Meeting Minutes Oct 8, 2026
Jacksonville Camera Club
Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Shepherd of the Woods, 7860 Southside Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32256
Date: Oct 8, 2026
Members present: Jim Angelo, president; Anita Fanic, vice president; Peter Fitzpatrick, secretary; Tina Jordan, director; Linda Tranter, director;
Members absent: Karen Sirnick, treasurer; Rebecca Janssen, director
Visitors: None
Call to Order: Jim Angelo 630 pm
Secretary’s Report: Peter Fitzpatrick
Minutes of the July 9, 2026 meeting had been sent via email to Board members for review. The minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Karen Sirnick was absent but she sent the report for review.
As of Sept 30, 2026: Revenues $3614.51, Expenses $7007.31, giving a Deficit of $3392.80. Assets include Vystar checking Acct $2676.29, CD $5128.33, Savings $510.51, Petty Cash $352.74.
The Treasurer’s Report was approved as submitted.
Old Business:
Revised Bylaws. Will be presented to the club members at the Nov 5 general meeting for approval. Members will be notified by email of the upcoming vote to obtain a quorum (29). Of note, in Article IV the membership type previously defined therein as Associate was changed to Affiliate. This type of membership might include distant members, college or high school students, or others that might be included per Board actions. Dues for these members would be decided by the Board. Since the member type is non-voting, any dues set must be less than the amount for voting members. Motion to approve change: Linda; seconded Anita. Passed. Also of note, Article XI Duties of the Board, added section ‘g’ stating that the club has a long-standing program to recognize achievements and contributions by club members and the administering of such program is the responsibility of the Board. Motion to approve: Anita; seconded Peter. Motion passed.
Nominating Committee. Rebecca does not want to continue as a director next year. Jim and Anita will rotate off the president and VP positions to directors. Peter will continue as secretary. Jim will continue doing the Newsletter and Outings. Candidates for president, VP, and treasurer needed. Some possible people were discussed.
Membership. Linda reported that the Facebook public page is getting some traffic. She noted that posting more often with photos, events, photos of events would help. It was also discussed that it might be worthwhile investigating photography organizations at the local colleges and see if any students might be interested in our club. Other groups like Audubon, Meet Up, River Taxi Tours might present possibilities.
Increase Revenue: An option to make an additional gift to the Club to be added to the dues form and Annual Banquet materials. Motion to approve: Linda; seconded by Tina. Motion passed. The Board discussed charging a flat $10 fee to enter the Digital Competition, acknowledging that Stripe fees will reduce the revenue generated. Motion to approve: Linda; seconded by Anita. Motion passed. Young McQueen will need to revise the entry form.
Annual Banquet. Alternate locations that would not charge a fee and would be of adequate size have not been identified. Anita will proceed with the Ramada Inn as the location. She also said that this would be her last time chairing this event.
Christmas Party. Tina will chair this event again.
Motion to adjourn made by Peter; seconded by Tina. Meeting adjourned at 805pm.