13 folks were in attendance. We had introductions and each person mentioned their recent areas of interest in photography. Former members Scott and Cheryl attended. Welcome Back ! The treasury has approximately $430. Sharon indicated the Periodic Report for the TMCC non-profit is due in December. Bob opened an account with the Thundermtncam email address and filed the 2024 Periodic Report ($10).

Six people shared photos for the monthly challenge “MODES OF TRANSPORT”. The club was offered a chance to hang photographs in City Hall in January 2024 where there is space for approx. 20 photographs. Eight people indicated interest in hanging pics and Hank will be the contact and Bob will help if needed. Ed gave the city the Hank/Bob contact information and the city responded requesting photographs (to be hung) be sent for review by the Arts Commission. Hank will be in touch with more information. Seven folks indicated they would help the club move forward forming a Steering committee. A meeting time and place was established to plan for 2024. Those interested in Steering will meet at 7 pm, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at the Mesa Mall IHOP.

There is no meeting or outing planned in December unless someone does a spur of the moment gathering. Bob P. will reserve a meeting room at WCCC (CMU west) for the January club meeting to be held January 23, 2024 @ 7-9 pm. At the January meeting, Hank will provide a technical discussion on BELLOWS. The monthly challenge is “LANDSCAPE” (bring thumb drive) and the Steering committee will talk about 2024 plans.

Have a great holiday season ya’ll !

The October meeting went well with 13 attendees, almost everyone shared photos for the monthly challenge – Panorama. The treasury has approximately $500 remaining (CORRECTION). We discussed the club organization and approximately 8 folks indicated they would help out with club planning and decisions, including competitions.

Most were in favor of having a November meeting, which will be Nov. 28 at 7 pm at west campus of CMU / WCCC – ROOM 172 !! The monthly challenge is MODES OF TRANSPORT.

ROOM CHANGE – ROOM 172 FOR THIS MEETING !

Greetings.   On August 16, the club posed several questions to club members and recent club members (25 total people).  I received 14 replies.   The key questions were:

1.  please reply to this email with a YES (participate) or a NO (do not participate) in PSA competitions.   

Result: 6 yes, 8 no

2.  Also include a yes or no if you are interested in being on the competition committee, which would manage everything related to these competitions (submittals, judging or getting judges, organizing, entering selections to PSA, presenting results to TMCC, discussions, etc.).    

Result:  1 maybe,  8 no

Based on the results of this voting, thunder mountain camera club has not renewed membership in PSA and will not participate in the next season of competitions.   

The meeting room at WCCC/CMU building B has been reserved for October 24, 2023, which will be the last meeting in 2023.   Discussions about the path forward will occur.  We will need to decide what to do about any of the following: the non-profit status, the website, elect a new Board or management committee, remaining funds, etc.  etc.  

The July meeting went well as Ed led discussions about lens(s) with the 14 attendees. The monthly challenge was “architecture” and many photos from members were shared and discussed. These were not just recent photographs but some were member favorites and some were interesting parts of buildings.

The attendees were asked to consider this question for the August 22 meeting: “What is the best advice you have ever received (relative to photography)”. The challenge for August is “metallic”. Bring some new or old favorites to share on a flash drive.

The next meeting will be May 23, 2023 at 7 pm. The monthly challenge is “TEXTURE”. The agenda is loose but we all need to talk about the future of the club and make some plans.

1. Introductions
2. future of the club discussion – member cold calls
3. TEXTURE photos discussion
4. PSA3 results/discussion

Bring your ideas, bring your texture photos. If you cannot attend but have ideas about the club to share, please email thundermtncam@gmail.com.

At the April 2023 club meeting, Ona and Sharon resigned their positions as President and Vice President and Treasurer of TMCC. At this point the club needs members to be more active in the management and organization of the club and to keep it alive (or not ??). The meeting room is paid for through June 2023. The club meeting on May 22, 2023 will be utilized to discuss and plan the future. Email thundermtncam@gmail.com with your thoughts and ideas and then bring them to the meeting.

The monthly challenge is (revised to) “TEXTURE”, so bring some new pics of texture to share.

The minutes for the meeting are linked here.

http://thundermountaincameraclub.org/wp-content/uploads/TMCC-April-2023-Meeting-Minutes.pdf

April meeting is next tuesday April 25 at 7 pm at WCCC Bldg B room 171. The challenge for April is MACRO so bring a few of your pics on a flash drive (or print) or email to thundermtncam@gmail.com. The orchards are blooming so get out there and take a few photographs

Are you interested in judging the entries for PSA3 ? This would entail you scoring each photo for technical, composition and impact and ultimately ranking them 1 through # and providing a few comments. There are 28 entries I believe, in 3 categories. You can remain anonymous if you want. You should not volunteer if you entered a photo. If you are interested, please email the club prior to sunday night April 9 at 5 pm. thundermtncam@gmail.com The judging would need to be completed by end of the day Wednesday April 12. Very quick turn around.