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This Week's Headlines

Club Competition Judging next Monday 

Please Collect Your Prints from the School 

Exhibition Images Books Still Available 

IPF National Shield Image Panels Selected 

Offshoot AGM on 11 December 

Christmas Party on 18 December

 

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

News

Urgent Call for Club Committee Volunteers 

As you know, our Club depends on volunteers to run the Committee and a number of important sub-committees. Without these volunteers, much of our activities could not be undertaken.

Some important positions will become vacant at the end of 2023 as the existing incumbents have served their terms or have indicated their wish to retire. Many thanks to all these who have contributed so well to our busy club schedule.

We now urgently need volunteers to cover at least the following activities:

Treasurer

IPF Coordinator

Outings Committee members

Without additional assistance, the Committee will have to curtail activities during 2024 – not a course of action that is desirable.

So please come forward now and offer your talents to the Club so we can continue to run our full programme next year. Please contact any existing Committee members to discuss your interest – please do it now!

Club Competition Judging Next Monday

Last Monday we had a wonderful presentation by Kevin Grace of his frozen flowers images. A big thanks to Kevin for stepping in a short notice to give his excellent talk to us.

Next Monday, we will have the judging of our final Club Competition of 2023 on the theme of Street Photography.

Two Important Reminders – Uncollected Prints and Exhibition Books

1. Emily recently sent an email a while ago to members showing prints which remain uncollected in storage in the school. If any of these are yours, please arrange to collect them at one of our in-person meetings over the next few weeks. We are under pressure for space and we will have to dispose of unclaimed items by the end of November.

2. We have a number of 2023 Exhibition Books still available for purchase (€30). If you are interested, please contact any member of the committee to reserve your copy.

So, join us this Monday to see this brilliant project.

IPF National Shield Image Panels Selected

The Offshoot image panels for the IPF National Shield Competition (due to be held on 25 November) have now been selected.

A big thanks to Matt O’Brien for the significant work and effort he put in to coordinate the selection process.

Annual General Meeting – 11th December

The AGM will be held in the school on Monday 11th December 2023 at 8 pm.

Please put the date in your calendar – full attendance is important for the good governance of Offshoot.

Christmas Party – 18 December

Our Christmas Party will be held in the Horse and Hound, Cabinteely, on Monday 18th December – another important date for your calendar.

What's On

Here are the next scheduled meetings and events for the Society:

Club Competitions

Next Club Competition

To be announced.

Member's Photo of the Week

Helvic sunrise - Hilda Mc Inerney

Just a note for new members – if you want any of your pictures considered for the photo of the week, you just have to post them to the OffShoot Flickr group at:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/offshoot_society.

There’s also the latest images published on Flickr that are displayed on the OffShoot home page.

[Note. To join the Offshoot Flickr group, you must first be a Flickr member. Then send the email address used to join Flickr to webadmin@offshoot.ie. You will get an email when you have been added to the group. Please be patient as this is a manual process.]

From the OffShoot Website
Interesting Videos

If you come across one you want to share let us know at newsletter@offshoot.ie.

Pro's Know this about ISO & Beginners Avoid It! (at least i did) - Mark Denney

How to Create a Sunstar in YOUR Photos! - William Patino

IPF Links & Events

Irish Photographic Federation Web Site:

https://irishphoto.ie/

Most recent news and articles posted:

https://irishphoto.ie/news/

Distinction Sittings and Availability:

https://irishphoto.ie/distinctions/assessment-dates/

Accessing Video Recordings of Meetings

You can access the recordings of past Zoom meetings from the OffShoot website.

These videos are available in the Videos section of the Member’s Area at https://www.offshoot.ie/member-area/. You will need to log in to the website to see the content of this section of the site.

Every member has a login to the site. If you don’t remember your login details go to https://www.offshoot.ie/login/ and select the ‘Forgot your password?’ link. Enter the email address you received this newsletter with and reset your password. Once you’ve reset your password you can login and catch-up on speakers you missed. Happy catching up!

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