WWIG Update

Here are some of the items concerning meeting format that we discussed on February 1st..

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  Whether the meetings should be held on Monday or Wednesday. Members present were ambivalent and everyone agreed that no matter which day we choose there will be conflicts for some members. For now we will continue to hold the meetings on the first Monday of each month.
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  Meetings will start at 6:30pm. From 6:30 to 7:00 we will have an opportunity to take a long look at any prints that members bring and to socialize. Susann Annis will be providing coffee and dessert but ,unfortunately, she will be out of town for some of our meetings and I will try to fill in for her.
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  The serious part of the meeting will start at 7:00pm. At each there will be a formal presentation by one of the members about virtually any topic relating to photography. Participation by members is crucial to the viability of our group and I am not going to shy about asking members  to present and I intend to invite guests speakers as well. As an aside, let me acknowledge that making presentation to your peers can be daunting, and, for some, really intimidating. Yet there is much to be gained when one does a presentation. Remember you are among friends! And you are doing something very worthwhile when you teach to others somethng you know about. Finally, I know of no better way to master a subject that to go through the process of preparing a formal talk about it.
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  We will also review and discuss prints, digital images, gear or anything else that members bring for the group's consideration. We hope that there will be lively interchange about the images but, as before, formal judging will not be done.
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  The meetings will adjourn at 8:30. The Webinars I proposed in prior e-mails are a non-starter. 
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  At each meeting we will select a topic and ask all members to bring an image about that topic. You may recall that  we did this last year when members were each given an orange and asked to photograph it. It was remarkable how many different and interesting images were brought to the next meeting. The topics will be selected by a drawing of the suggestions made by those attending the meeting. See the next blog entry for the topic assigned for the March meeting.
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  We are going to try to set up an informal equipment exchange using both the meetings and this blog.
• As before, no rules, no dues, and no business meetings. There was some discussion of how the group might display prints publicly. I wouldn't like to see this become a major group preoccupation, but hope that it can be persued. This blog presents an opportunity to post images on the Internet and if someone would like to set  up a group Web Gallery, I sure that we'de all be very appreciative. Any volunteers?
• There is interest in photo field trips. More about this later. I am going to be have a "yurt warming" at my land in Crawford County and, although it isn't the most photogenic place you've ever been, there will be good food, music and some photo ops. This is the yurt.