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Month….
Once again the end of the
year is drawing to a close and as has been customary for the last
few years, we had our annual digital photographic competition.
To all of the members who exhibited this year, a big thank you.
We were again lucky to
enlist the services of Arthur Payne and Barry Pratt, two excellent
and experienced photographers, to be our judges. Not only did
they pick the winners of each section and the overall winner,
they were kind enough to give each photograph some constructive
criticism and advice to the owner on how to improve their composition.
So just to remind you,
there were six classes to enter and the overall winner was chosen
from all the photographs entered.
Results :-
Landscapes/Seascapes
Surfers Paradise Barry Beeken
Architecture
Spanish Door Geof Walsh
Still Life
Bali Fruit Stall Dave Robb
Travel
Maori Peter Simpson
Nature
Spider Dave Robb
Portrait
Old Lady Chris Fox-Mapletoft
The overall winner this
year was judged to be the Spanish Door by Geoff Walsh who now
holds the Ivor Ruddle shield for the next 12 months. Our thanks
again to all who participated in making it a successful evening.
We will try to get the
classes for next year’s competition out early in the new
year so that you can get out there and create 2009’s winning
entry
Finally a big thank you
to Ben for organizing yet another excellent Christmas Dinner evening.
Can we pencil you in for next year?
A Happy New Year to you
all.
Dave Robb
Melton Computer Club
Minutes of Annual General Meeting 16th January 2008
Meeting started at 7.40pm.
Apologies received from
Derek Kerr and Ben Barretto
Minutes of 24th January
2007 were approved as a true record of the meeting.
Matters Arising
No Matters arising from
the above minutes.
Chair’s Report
Larry opened his report by expressing what he felt had been an
excellent year of meetings and presentations. He thanked all those
who had contributed to the meetings for their support and the
committee for their efforts to ensure we had an interesting and
varied programme. He was particularly interested in the new technology
that had been introduced over the last year and it was pleasing
to see some of it demonstrated at the meetings.
Secretary’s Report
Our programme for 2007
hopefully had something for everyone. The committee tried to ensure
as much variety as possible. From Linux in the early part of the
year to the Vista experience towards the end. A particular favourite
of mine was Steve Orrell’s Media centre demonstration. Peter
Simpson’s evening on Genealogy was another well attended
evening including some guests. I would also like to mention the
evening on Store Layout Design with Barry Gilchrist. My thanks
go to all those who let us have the benefit of their knowledge
and experiences. We had our annual Photographic competition in
December and again produced a very high standard of entry. Not
as many entries this year as previous but still enough for a good
presentation. Hopefully next year we can see a lot more entries.
I am sure there are many good photos hiding out there, so let
us all admire them. Finally another excellent Christmas Meal which
was again, well attended. Our thanks go to Ben for organising
it all for us. The programme for 2008 is currently being put together
with about a third of the year planned so far. New ideas are welcome
as are members willing to share their knowledge with the rest
of us. Please contact the committee members with your ideas and
suggestions.
Treasurer’s Report
The finance statement shows
a small profit of £6.01 on the previous year and assuming
the membership remains stable, funds are adequate. However, Derek
did point out that we were not in a position to cover any largish
expenditure such as a new projector bulb. There will be an increase
in postage in the near future which also has to be borne. The
committee had discussed this matter and considered it prudent
to suggest a small increase in club subscriptions which has remained
stable for a number of years. Members discussed this matter and
the general feeling was that an electronic version would save
us a considerable expenditure outlay per annum. Derek felt that
whatever way the newsletter was produced it had to be no more
labour intensive than the present version. Some ideas were suggested
and not all members were agreed that this was the best way forward.
Members were requested to consider the options and their viability.
The committee also agreed to look into the matter.
8. Elections
The following members were
elected:
Chair – Larry Larsen
Proposed: Derek Taylor
Seconded: Geoff Walsh
Secretary – Dave
Robb
Proposed: Larry Larsen
Seconded: David Arkell
Cttee Members –
Re-elected unanimously
Alan Danbury Peter Simpson
Mike Taylor
9. Newsletter & Club
Website
The club website continues to be a medium for the Electronic Newsletter.
Articles are sparse and usually originate from the Newsletter.
Chris Fox-Mapletoft requested any ideas and articles be sent to
him for inclusion.
The newsletter continues
to be well received. The discussion regarding its medium was covered
fairly extensively in the Treasurer’s Report. Members felt
that it was informative and a handy referral to previous presentations.
Most of the work creating it is carried out by a minority of people
and they could do with some support with more articles. So please
come forward to help us out.
10. Feedback from 2006 topics and ideas for future topics
2006 had been well received
by members present and they felt that the presentations went well.
Topics for 2007 included
Linux
Free Software Evening
Multi Media Centre
Vista Experience
Gadgets & Toys
Hardware Evening
Store Layout Design
Ideas for 2008 include
Music
Graphics
Problem Solving
Printers & Paper Evaluation
Video Editing
Ultimate Boot CD
Tuning Your PC
The Bowls Club is having
a broadband connection put into the building. This should help
expand our presentational horizons.
11. Any Other Business
None.
12. Meeting closed at 8.40 pm.
Melton Computer Club
AGM Agenda January 7th 2009
Meeting commences at 7:30
pm
Apologies For Absence
Minutes Of Previous Meeting
(January 2008)
Matters Arising
Chair’s Report
Secretary’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
Elections Of Committee
Members
Treasurer (Derek Taylor)
Committee Members (Derek Kerr)
(Geoff Walsh)
(Mike Taylor)
Newsletter & Club Website
Feedback On the Previous
Year’s Meetings And Future Topics
Any Other Business
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