The Club Committee met last night and discussed a range of issues relating to our Club. Below is a summary of relevant issues.

  1. It was agreed that direct criticism of judges during the judging process is not accepted and will not be tolerated. The MC for the night is there to control the night’s proceedings and will intervene if this situation should arise. Any concerns may be expressed to the Judge or Committee members privately.
  2. ‘Duplicate Images’ were discussed and it was agreed that all current rules will stand as they are. This states that any image that scores 7, 8 or 9 may not be entered into competition again. There is no rule regarding a person entering similar images, and if this does happen it is only to the entrants possible detriment.
  3. We have a Facebook page that is not used by all members or all Committee members. Consequently any discussion on the Facebook page cannot be dealt with directly by the Committee. If a person has a specific issue it will need to be directed to a Committee member. This applies only to issues that are for consideration by the Committee.
  4. It was agreed that personal attacks between members are not helpful, and that it is important to focus on issues rather than people. We are a social club of photographers and should be encouraging and supportive.
  5. It has been agreed to replace our ageing projector as soon as possible.