BCC Annual General Meeting - 8th October 2013

In celebratory mood at this month's AGM, Paraic Brennan, Dermot Devine and Norman Little.

Election of New Committee Members

The club AGM proceeded as outlined in the Agenda below. Following Chairperson, Andy Rimmer's Welcome Address, Officers from the committee (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) read their annual reports. Subsequently, the new committee were proposed and seconded with a show of hands from the floor. Andy Rimmer will continue as Chairperson with Marion Noone as Secretary and Brian Munnelly as Treasurer. Desmond O'Dwyer and Jason Mallard remain as Motivation Secretary and Tech Advisor. Mary Lane and Tony Murphy will be joined by Joe Kennedy, Peter Kelly and Matthew Gammon to fill the remaining posts.

Club members expressed their sincere appreciation and gratitude to outgoing committee members Margaret Dolan, Debbie McCormack and Maeve Cormican for their exceptional dedication to the club these past years.

All motions, as outlined in the Agenda were adopted unanimously by members;

Annual Membership Fee to remain fixed at current rate.

Monthly Meeting Fee to go from €2.00 to €3.00.

Guest Presenter Fee for meetings will be €5.00 to cover expenses. It is envisaged to have three or four invited guests to present on specialist topics during the year.

Photographer of the Year Awards
This year's Photographer of the Year Awards were presented to Margaret Dolan (Intermediate), Noreen McNamara (Beginner) and Mick Nolan (Advanced). Congratulations to you all for the fine example shown to members during the year.

Photographers of The Year 2013 - L-R Margaret Dolan, Noreen McNamara and Mick Nolan. Also in the photo (third from left) club Chairperson, Andy Rimmer.

Motivation

Des O'Dwyer presented this month's Motivation. The theme for October was "Shop Fronts". Conor Dowling judged entries and gave a personal critique on selected shots. View members entries HERE.

Motivation Winners - left Mick Nolan - 'Cheeky Chique' top right Noreen McNamara - 'Face Lift' and bottom right Margaret Dolan - 'An Siopa Deas'.

The winners in each category were;

Advanced

1. 'Cheeky Chique' - Mick Nolan
2. 'Sorry Sir, We Don't Sell Forks' - Mick Nolan
3. 'Welcome Inn' - Desmond O'Dwyer

Intermediate

1. 'An Siopa Deas' - Margaret Dolan
2. 'Shop Front Untitled 1' Derek Fetherstone
3. 'Shop Front Untitled 2' - Derek Fetherstone

Beginners

1. 'Face Lift' - Noreen McNamara
2. 'Walsh Auctioneer' - Dan Lonergan
3. 'Step Back in Time' - Louise Payne

Next month's motivation theme is Transport. Members may submit up to FOUR images and remember, there is a PRINT CATEGORY for our November meeting - Print ONE of your selected images at A4 size. The image must be mounted (2 or 3 inch window-mount recommended)

email address for motivation submissions is;

motivationpics@gmail.com 

Entries on or before Friday 8th November

Panel Discussion

The second part of the meeting consisted of an open discussion among members to consider a 'vision' for the club in the year ahead. Here, members expressed particular interest in seeing the following issues addressed;

• Image Editing
• Printing
• Photo Shoots
• Film Photography

For more information on the discussion, see the minutes from the meeting HERE.

Other Items

• The new committee will meet on Tuesday 15th October at 8pm in Daly's Bar, Boyle.
• Members will be notified of the Photo Shoot location and date shortly.
• Next Club Meeting will take place at 8pm on Tuesday 12th November in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle.