Morning All

Notices:
Events Cup:
The votes have been counted and the Events Cup schedule is attached.
As you will see, hopefully, under the right-hand column is ‘Dates’ and there are 2. You are only allowed to attend ONE of those dates, not both!
The committee made every effort to please the members and give everyone the chance to photograph different categories, wildlife, landscapes, street etc.

Competition Schedule:
Also attached is the competition schedule for our 5 internal competitions for 2025/26. If you have any questions please email or ring me, it’s no problem!

Coffee Morning – Saturday April 12th.
We are running this coffee morning and this is the last coffee morning until September. As usual, I’m asking members to please bring along anything edible for us to sell nearer the time – it all helps to add funds to our coffers!

Wednesday April 9^th: Paul Dunmall is our speaker; ‘Interactive critic night’
As per earlier newsletters I’m still needing PDI’s for Paul to judge and then giving you a right of reply!
I’m therefore repeating my invitation members to submit to me (via info@garstangcameraclub.co.uk) a maximum of 3 PDI’s for Paul to judge.
Please indicate to me the order of preference i.e. 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd.
I will endeavour to ensure that at least one PDI from each member is ‘judged.’
Many thanks to those members who have already submitted their ‘3.’ – cheers!

Early Reminder!
Wednesday 21^st May – Members Presentation Evening. Presentation of certificates and trophies.
Please speak to Freda for reservations! The cost this year is £17 per member; just £1 more than last year.
This is our end of season social and presentation get together with catering from ‘Betty’ and her team.
Menu: two cold meats, quiches, Coleslaw and salads, rolls and butter and hot new potatoes plus a choice of 3 desserts; meringue nests, fruit salad and café Renoir.
Many thanks to members who have already put their names down!

Coffee Duty:
Coffee and tea duty for this coming Wednesday 12^th, is Claire and Elaine. Many thanks in advance!

L&CPU:
Please find attached the minutes of the L&CPU AGM held on Sunday 23rd February.

Up and coming programme of events:
Wednesday 2^nd April: Kas Stone, via zoom; Kas Stone is a professional photographer based in Nova Scotia, Canada. Talk is titled:
Making Meaningful Photographs
With today’s sophisticated cameras and countless resources available for helping us learn how to use them, making beautiful photographs has never been easier. But is “beautiful” enough? In a world where 3.2 billion images are shared on social media every day, what makes your images worth stopping for? Do they tug at a viewer’s heartstrings? Do they tell an interesting story? Can they make people laugh or think or wonder? Have they anything important to say? In short, do they mean anything?
In this presentation, Kas challenges you to explore these meaning-of-life questions as part of your image-making process, and will inspire you to make more meaningful photographs as you discover the answers.

Wednesday 9^th April: Paul Dunmall CPAGB QCP: ‘Live.’ ‘Interactive critic night.’ – see above for details.
Wednesday 16th April: Anything Goes Cup, judging is by Simon Ray.
Wednesday 23^rd April: Members Evening; a talk by Stan ‘My journey to plant photography’ and a talk by Lewis.

That’s all folks….
Cheers

Mike