The meeting was opened by the President, Gordon Ira, at 7:00 pm.
Upcoming Meetings:
The president announced the next meeting by Don Fraser on February 1, entitled “All About Color” and the following meeting by Bill McSherry entitled, “Still Life/Close up Techniques” on February 15th.
Upcoming Competitions:
- First Quarter Prints F3C – Due to Julius Dean on January 18th
- First Quarter Prints JCC- Due by January 30th
- First Quarter Prints JCC- Due the first or second meeting in February
Upcoming Outings:
- February 4th Hoggetowne Medieval Faire (Leaders-Betty and Fred Raiford)
- February 28-March 1 Mike Moats Seminar on Macro-photography
- March 30-31 Cumberland Island (Leader- Brian Leonard)
Upcoming 2017 Banquet:
The banquet is on track for January 28th. Organizer Andrea Wilsie talked about the raffle prizes that are a new addition to this year’s festivities.
LPIG :
The Lighting group will not meet in January but resume in February with Olivia Hartmann as the model.
F3C News:
Julius Dean congratulated the winners of the F3C Year-end Print Competition which included Darrell Joseph, Chuck Shealy and Jon Montigny.
The F3C Conference is coming up in March and tickets are available on the website.
People’s Choice:
Next month’s People’s Choice competition will be “Person or People”
New Members or Visitors:
None
Brags:
Jack Stephenson mentioned that he had sold some pictures with the Alamy Stock Agency and recommended that members consider selling their work on the site.
Raffle:
The raffle brought in 30.5 dollars for the club.
Presentation:
Jan Vallely presented “2017 Outings in Review.”