1.
Meeting started at 7.45pm.
2.
Apologies received from Derek Kerr, Harry McKnight, Mike Taylor,
Peter Simpson and Ben Barretto
3.
Minutes of 12th January 2005 were approved as a true record
of the meeting.
4.
Matters Arising
No Matters arising from above minutes.
5.
Secretary’s Report
A year tinged with sadness due to the sad loss of Ivor Ruddle,
our Chair and founder member, Ivor was a huge driving force
within the club and instrumental in its successful longevity.
We all will sadly miss him.
The
programme for the last year had a wide range of topics that
had been well received by the members. The addition of the projector
had been a great success and had helped to improve the presentations
for the benefit of all. Attendances were again good, similar
to the previous year, averaging around 15 members per evening.
The year was rounded off by another successful digital photograph
competition. Chris Fox-Mapletoft won the inaugural Ivor Ruddle
Trophy for best digital photograph. The Christmas meal was another
excellent evening enjoyed by all that attended. Our thanks to
Ben Barretto for organising the evening.
6.
Treasurer’s Report
Finances remain in a healthy state. There was a small loss on
the previous year that was attributed to a club donation to
the Ivor Ruddle appeal and buying the prizes for the club photographic
competition. Room hire remains the same as the previous year
(£215 per annum). There is no need to consider an increase
in the annual subscription of £12.
7.
Elections
The
following members were elected:
Chair
– Larry Larsen
Proposed:
Derek Taylor
Seconded: Geoff Walsh
Secretary
– Dave Robb
Proposed:
Derek Taylor
Seconded: Barry Beeken
Cttee.
Members – Peter Simpson Re-elected unanimously
Mike Taylor
Alan Danbury
Proposed:
Geoff Walsh
Seconded: Barry Beeken
8.
Newsletter & Club Website
The club website membership area was causing some members problems
in accessing. It was agreed that Microsoft groups were not the
most straight forward to access. It was agreed that we would
look into either producing a simplistic guide to logging on
or look into the possibility of a club global password. Members
thought that the website was now growing well. Chris Fox-Mapletoft
requested that any good links that members used be passed to
him for inclusion on the website. He also requested that anyone
wishing to have their competition photos displayed on the site
should send the jpeg files to him for inclusion. As there seems
to be some joint interest with the Melton Photographic Society
in digital photography, there will be a link included to their
website.
The
newsletter was again well received by the members who found
it both informative and a memory jogger for the next meeting.
Derek explained that there have been some production difficulties
recently but hopefully they are being ironed out. It was suggested
that we might consider sending the newsletter out by Email,
which the committee agreed to consider. The possibility of producing
it in a PDF format would also be considered. Members were asked
to consider contributing articles for inclusion in the newsletter.
Committee members will be happy to receive them, preferably
electronically, which eases the process of transfer to the newsletter.
9. Feedback from 2005 topics and ideas for future topics
2005
had been well received by members present and they felt that
the presentations went well. Sid Freeman was really enjoyed
the photographic competition and thought judges comments very
interesting. He suggested that we get him back for an evening
on what makes a good photograph. The committee agreed to follow
the suggestion up.
Topics
for 2005 included
Damaged data recovery
Open Source Office
Improving your digital images
Wireless Connectivity
Ideas
for 2006 include
How the Internet works
Graphics
File reconstruction and organisation
Problem solving forums
10.
Any Other Business
None.
11.
Meeting closed at 8.55 pm.
