Meeting of the Executive
July 10, 2008

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

Present by invitation; Kathleen Lewis.

Secretary’s Report
It was moved by Melvina and seconded by Dave that the report be accepted as presented. The May report was not available and will be brought to the August meeting. Mike will check the mail box each month.

Treasurers Report
The bank balance will be given at the next meeting $210.00 was made by the Raffle at the July meeting. It was agreed by the executive that this money and further raffle money would be set aside for speakers at the BUG group and the DI SIG. Money raised by the DI SIG will be tagged by the treasurer. Further to the holding of raffles it was agreed that one item per
month would be raffled and tickets sold at both meetings. The draw would be at the second meeting. Tickets sold would have names and telephone numbers and winners contacted if not present at the time of the draw.

Membership Report
George sent his report. We have 26 members. There were 19 members at the combined meeting in July. (Ray counted 21 so George may have been counting memberships rather than members.)

Publicity
No Report. We will need an new publicity chairman. In the meantime Kathleen will carry on as she is working with Melvina on
publicity in connection with SIT. A 4"X 6" card is to be produced to put up on bulletin boards in appropriate places. A half sheet of information is ready with a few changes. It is in a format that can be produced in different sizes. The format of posters will be finalized at the SIT meeting.

Newsletter
It was agreed we need a Newsletter. Information for the September letter should be available at the August meeting. There
should be publicity for SIT ready in August for the September newsletter.

Webmaster
Nothing new to report.

Anniversary Committee
Dave reported that a meeting was held at the home of Alva LaPlante.on Wednesday June 18th meeting Alva sent the money she collected for the shirts. The next meeting is on Wednesday, July 16th at Alva's. The committee does not need any more money right now. It will need considerable close to the Show.

Vintage Sig
No Report. Ray suggested that the Association of PC Clubs on line might advertise our Show.

PC Sig
The two Sigs held a joint meeting on July 8th. Paul reported to the group on the progress of the SIT Committee. Kathleen
orchestrated a very successful raffle. Elizabeth presented pictures provided by the DI SIG membership, Several members brought pictures. Paul gave a presentation on Vista and how to get information from itunes on pod casts about photography and other subjects.

At the August meeting Paul will give a presentation on how to use our Yahoo site.

The PC SIG is planning to hold the September meeting at the Aladdin. Melvina will look into having the Barrie Police do a presentation for the September meeting. Mike will take a check to the Aladin on Friday July 11th morning. George will send a notice of the meeting plus a google map.

It is hoped to have speakers lined up for the Fall, especially for November

Digital Imaging Sig
Elizabeth reported the group will be asked to collect three pictures of tree bark and send them to Alva for the August meeting. She will put them together. Further plans will be reported later.

Video Sig
The SIG is not meeting until after the Show. It was suggested that some video should be done at the Show. Possibly
pictures could be taken of participants.

Business arising from the Minutes
Mike is still looking for a meeting place. All public meeting places are arranged from City Hall and none are allowed to have internet access. Woods Park has internet access but the parking is a problem. He will check Grove Park and Victoria
Park. The West Bayfield Rd Centre was also mentioned. It is hoped a meeting place will be found by October. The Public Halls are about $23 an hour with no internet.

Paul said he had a number of pod casts downloaded and might put them on DVD's to sell

New Business
Brian offered to hole the BUG BBQ again this year. The date of September 6th was chosen. Brian will be putting a display in the library the least week of July. In September he will put one in the Ontario Tourist Centre. Making a CD of the presentations at the meetings was suggested. Paul thought burning them would be a lot of work. Kathleen offered to help.
Documentation of the presentations given would be a bonus.

Rules for the Meetings:
The Executive was asked to assist in keeping the audience quiet during presentations. No cell phones, lap tops or other devices should be on during the meeting. A request to this effect will be made at the beginning of the meeting.

Adjournment
At 9.20 pm Dave moved the meeting be adjourned.