Minutes of ASMP San Diego Board Meetings

April 8, 2008

Members in Attendance: Joel, Kevin, Heather, Matt J., Lee, and Beau
Meeting Called to Order @ 7:09PM

Presidents Opening Remarks: The Meeting will be in 2 weeks, April 24, at Lon Atkinson’s Studio. It is being put on by ASMP National.

Membership Report: 23 Members were dropped since the beginning of year. The Board members in attendance split the names of dropped members to call and discuss why they dropped.

Newsletter Report: The deadline to get in items for the newsletter was today. Newsletter will be out very soon. We printed 2000 of our, “08,” flyers. The Florida Chapter has adopted most of what is on our flyers. We went over the verbiage of how the list was written and decided that everything was correct.

Programs Report: We are looking for volunteers for the event on the 24th. We will send out a bulletin to all members to see if they’d like to volunteer. We were also updated on the chair situation. We are trying to sell the chairs that we have and are deciding on how much we would like to get for them. We also discussed several possibilities for meetings later in the year. There are several seminars and photographers that we discussed bringing in.

Sponsorship Report: We talked about the sponsors that we have, and the possibilities for other sponsors.

Treasurers Report: The financial report was passed around.

Web Report: The website has been updated, and the contest winners are now on the site with their photos. We decided the photos should be a little larger on the site.

Old Business: None

New Business:

• The idea was brought up to record programs for the members who can’t attend the meetings. We discussed cost effectiveness of making this possible and if speakers would object to being recorded.
• We are going to go ahead and purchase the shirts that we previously allocated money for. We are also looking into bags.
• Image 08 is coming up. It is a big contest put on by the New York Chapter.

Beau moved to adjourn meeting, Joel seconded. Meeting Adjourned @ 8:10PM.

March 11, 2008

Members in Attendance: Stan, Justin, William, Kevin, Beau. Heather, Ron, Lee
Meeting called to Order: 7:42PM

Membership Report: 141 members currently. We talked about if people are joining through National instead of through us locally. We are doing a giveaway for new members and are trying to figure out what to give away. We discussed having a bag that people can pull from at meetings.

Newsletter Report: Chair was absent. There was a newsletter committee meeting, and we went over what was discussed at the meeting. We talked about possible subject matter to be in the newsletter.

Programs Report: Committee has met and will report at next meeting.

Education Report: Alicia has been working and is in contact with the local colleges.

Sponsorship Report: Phase One has become a $2500 Sponsor. They have given us software that will be given out to the Photographer of the Year and raffled off during the year. Beau made a motion to give one of the software packages to the Photographer of the Year, which is decided by contest entries and the points given in contests. Ron Seconds motion, and there is a unanimous decision to pass. Think Tank has also come on as a sponsor.

Treasurers Report: We went over the Treasurers Report. We got the IRS form from the IRS that we need complete.

Web Report: The website is being worked on. We went over what features we would like to have on the website, and the possibility of restructuring the look of the website. There will be a web committee meeting to discuss the possible changes o the site.

Old Business: The event in 6 days is at Ray St. Studios. We need 4 tables, transportation of chairs, and someone to take care of food.

William made a motion to adjourn, Heather seconds; Meeting adjourned @8:32 PM.

February 7, 2008

Board Members in Attendance: Joel, Kevin, William, Ron, Lee, Beau, Heather.
Members in Attendance: Wayne Richard, Jenna Close, Jon Held, Justin Galloway, Alicia Eschwege, David Hartig, Matt Meier.

Meeting Called to Order @ 7:45PM

Presidents Opening Remarks: Kevin began by remarking about the large turnout for the Board Meeting this month. Many of the members in attendance were at the ASMP SB2 Seminar in Los Angeles that was highly praised by all who attended.

Membership Report: Membership Chair was Absent.

Newsletter Report: The Newsletter is now on the homepage. It is in pdf. Format and will be available now on the site. Kevin and Joel asked if any members in ASMP-SD would be interested in contributing to the newsletter in upcoming issues.

Programs Report: The first 6 months of events for 2008 have already been organized. The Board went over all the events that have been scheduled, and other ideas for events, speakers, seminars, etc. for upcoming months.

Sponsorship Report: The Sponsorship Report was passed around and we went over the sponsors that we currently have and would like to keep as sponsors, as well as possible ideas for new sponsors who would like to contribute to ASMP-SD in return for advertising on the webpage, and all ASMP-SD functions.

Treasurers Report: Treasurer went over the Financial Report. The Board discussed that question of how ASMP-SD receives money from ASMP National.

Web Report: William went over the web report. He has added new events to the website. All members are allowed to have 1 photo on their bio, and General Members are allowed to have 3 photos. All photos should be 250 pixels on longest side. File name should be LastnameFirstname#.jpg.

Old Business:

• The Promo Card will be out by next meeting.
• Fred talked about the Fair Award the ASMP-SD gives out. Fred called for a vote to allocate $350 for the scholarship. President asked for a vote. It was unanimously approved by all Board Members in attendance.

Joel called for the meeting to be adjourned, Fred seconded, and the meeting was adjourned @8:23.

January 22, 2008

Board Members in Attendance: Kevin, Fred, Stan, Joel, Ron, Heather, William, Beau

Meeting called to order @ 7:12PM

Presidents Opening Remarks: Reviewed the Jay Maisel event. President thanked Joel for helping round up the 7 members who volunteered to help during the event. There were 90+ attendees. ASMP-SD ended up not pulling in that much money from the event, even though it was a success because of the expenses it took to put on the event. We picked up 17 new members in 2008. There were not any new nominations for Board members. President went over the roles that have been defined for each Board position. For the President, his major points of focus in 2008 are going to be education and outreach. He also went over major points of events that he would like to see in 2008. He will also soon have the new promo in hand. Nikon has promised a check to us for reimbursement for Dave Black event.

Membership Report: If any people approach us at ASMP-SD events about becoming involved, tell them to fill out an application on Nationals website. The new members who still need to be put on the site will be up in the next couple of days.

Newsletter Report: The newsletter will be out soon on the site.

Programs Report: We went over the expenses for the MoPA event, in which a lot of the money went towards overhead. The events for upcoming events will be February: Shoot Out, March: Agency Access, April: Open, May 22: Julia Dean, June 12: Joan Embry, July- November: Open. There is still the Canon Explorers of Light Series in which Canon can bring in top-notch photographers for ASMP-SD events.

Sponsorship Report: New Sponsorship Committee will come up with new sponsorship packet.

Treasurer’s Report: Ron handed out Report. There were a lot of checks that went through in December. We have to get the Paypal account in order.

Web Report: All of the sponsors have been added to the site. It also keeps track of the number of clicks each sponsor gets from the site from their banner being clicked.

Old Business:

• Promo Card will be printed in the next couple of days.
• We now have 2 new lapel mics.
• There will be 3 Board members attending the SB2 seminar in Los Angeles.
• There have not been any nominations for new Board members. There is also another Board opening.

New Business:

• Programs, Education, Newsletter, Website, Sponsorship are the 5 new committees. Each new committee will have 3 members as Chairs with at least one Board member on each one.
• There will be 10 new contests this year. Nighttime, Monochrome, Surroundings, Through the Window, Transformations, Photo Collage, paradoxes, words, split second, and fluid. The Board discussed having a running total on the website. All images will have to be shot within the previous year.
• AIGA is looking for ASMP-SD to sponsor them.
• We have 17 new members.
• The ASMP-SD Assistants Group Meeting will be on March 8, 2008 @ 3PM. It will be at Calumet San Diego in Escondido.

Beau calls meeting to order, Fred seconds. Meeting adjourned @ 8:38 PM.

December 4, 2007

Members in Attendance: William, Fred, Stan, John, Heather, Beau, Kevin, Ron

Meeting called to order: 7:18 PM

Presidents Opening Remarks
President thanked everyone on the Board for their contributions this year. The board was asked who would be returning next year as Board members. Joel will be stepping down as Membership Chair, and we will need someone to step into that roll. We went over the Orchids and Onions event at the North Park Theatre, which had recently occurred. The holiday party will be held at Ray St. Studios. The February meeting is still up in the air of what will be done. The annual, “shoot-out,” is a possibility. President also brought to our attention the new 2-part referendums that National will be presenting on Dec 14.

Newsletter Report
Arthur Levine has been interviewed, and the interview is ready for publication. We discussed other possibilities of topics that might be added to the newsletter. The newsletter will be a quarterly release in 08.

Programs Report
The Chair was absent. We need a program for February. The shoot-out, which is a favorite of many members, is brought up as a possibility.

Sponsorship Report
We discussed the possible options for new sponsors in our chapter. We still need to further look at the Canon Explorers of Light possibilities.

Treasurer Report
Treasurer passed out financial information to all Board members.

Web Report
The new members have been added to the website. The email and server problems have been fixed.

Old Business:

• The new Promo Card is done and will be printed soon.
• The holiday cards have also been printed.
• The chair situation has been resolved. Joel and Patty Zwink were kind enough to let us keep some of our chairs at their beach condo, for now.
• We bought our new projector case which is big enough to hold all of our audio/visual equipment needed for meetings and seminars.
• The Award of Excellence was discussed.

New Business:

• Jay Maisel is December 11, at MoPA. Some volunteers are needed.
• The Holiday Party is also quickly approaching. It will be help December 14.

Fred Motioned to adjourn, Ron seconds, Board unanimously approves. Meeting Adjourned @8:23PM.

November 13, 2007

Members in Attendance: Kevin, Joel, Heather, Beau, Lee, William, and Fred

Meeting Called to Order- 7:15 PM

Presidents Opening Remarks
The Booth at the Photo Expo was a great success. Several people that came by were interested in becoming members. O’Reily has become a new sponsor. The promo new ASMP-SD promo is in its final stages. It will be ready for Jay Maisel. Southwest College has given us a survey to complete for students who are interested in assisting. All board members are encouraged to fill out form for them. The new Board elections are approaching, and any members who are interested in running should let us know. Joel made a motion that the President from now on is an automatic signer on financial documents as well as the treasurer. Lee seconded that motion and the Board unanimously passes.

Membership Report
122 Members + 2 new General Members who will soon be added to number.

Newsletter Report
The newsletter is not coming along as quickly as we had hoped and we might need some help in completing the newsletter. Anyone who is interested in helping out should contact someone on the Board.

Programs Report
Matthew Jordan Smith is this coming Friday. He will come early in the day in order to beat traffic. The responsibilities of the meeting will be split up between Beau and Kevin who will handle chairs. William will take care of food. William suggests buying two types of converters for Mac laptops so that we will always be able to link any speaker’s laptop to our projectors. The Jay Maisel meeting will be at MoPA. Fred brought up the idea to have a business seminar at the Photo Expo next year to promote ASMP.

Treasurers Report
Was absent.

Web Report
The website has recently been updated. We had problems with the mail server. The kinks are being worked out. Joel motioned allocate $300 for this year to William for all of his hard work in hosting the website. Fred seconds, and everyone votes for, except William, who abstained.

Old Business

• We still need a permanent location for chair storage.
• Orchids and Onions Update- All Winning properties are due to Joel.
• Kevin has opened a vote on December 14th or 15th for the Christmas Party @ Ray Street Studios, or Al Brutons.
• We are still in need of a nice case to keep the sound and projectors.

New Business

• Volunteers are needed for MJS .
• The New Elections are approaching.
• We will be receiving a link for the Canon, “Explorers of Light.”
• The Award of Excellence is an award that we might annually give to a deserving ASMP member who has done a lot for ASMP-SD. We have decided to give a nice looking plaque to the recipient of the award. William and Joel will pick a good-looking award to hand out.

Lee motions to adjourn the meeting, and Fred seconds the motion. Meeting adjourned @8:36 PM.

October 3, 2007

Board Members in Attendance: Kevin, Ron, Heather, Joel, Stan, William, and Beau.
Meeting Called to Order @ 7:06 PM.

Presidents Opening Remarks
The September meeting co sponsored by APA SD and ASMP featuring Selena Maitreya meting was a great success. Many in attendance commented on how much they got out of it and how they would like to see ASMP and APA join forces for another event soon. The Board will discuss upcoming meetings and seminars during the evening. We also need volunteers to work the meeting on October 26.

Treasurers Report
The Board looked over Treasurers Report. ASMP-SD is doing well financially, and is waiting on the reimbursement from Nikon for the Dave Black seminar. We pretty much broke even on the Selena Event. We still do not have a proper way to move money from Paypal.

Membership Report
There are 117 in the chapter currently. It was reiterated that Emerging Associates are allowed to be Emerging Associated for one year. We also brought up the intern system and logistics of having students looking for internships with ASMP members and with ASMP members needing interns.

Web Report
The Promotional pens have been shipped. The Other Promotional items will be shipped soon. The update on the site for new members will be completed very soon.

Programs Report
The October meeting has been set for October 26, 2007, at Chris Michaels’ studio, Ray Street Studio. We need to get a list together of who will distribute promo materials, and where they will distribute them.

Sponsorship Report
Our sponsors have been very supportive and generous. We will continue to actively pursue additional sponsors.

Newsletter Report
The newsletter is coming along, and should be out very soon. The newsletter committee will meet prior to our November meeting in hopes of polishing the final draft.

Old Business

• The Promo Card has been completed and looked at, and minor adjustments will be made to made prior to the next board meeting in hopes that we can approve and print.
• We are in need of Chair Storage.
• We need to inspect our speakers and sound system and make certain that everything in working order. Joel made a motion to spend up to $300 to get our Audio system to where it needs to be for a meeting or seminar. Ron seconded the motion, and the Board approved unanimously.
• Orchids and Onions- Images are still coming in, and 15-16 sites have already been turned in.
• We are still trying to get together with Joan Embry to thank her for the June meeting.
• We will have the winning picture from the Fair very soon to add to the website.
• Nikon has assured us that the reimbursement check has been cut for Dave Black.

New Business

• The September contest will be combined with October.
• There is currently no November program. We will try to find one in Mid-October to fit in with the Holidays.
• Al Bruton has once again volunteered his house for the Holiday Party.

MeetingAdjourns @ 8:02

September 5, 2007

Board Members in Attendance: Kevin, William, Ron, Stan, Beau, Lee, Joel.
Meeting called to order @ 7:07 PM.

President’s Opening Remarks: The Dave Black seminar went well – good turnout as well. The President has not received any feedback about sponsorship packets.

Membership Report: Chair is not Present.

Newsletter Report: Chair is not present.

Programs Report: There is potentially a celebrity photographer from the Los Angeles area interested in presenting a seminar. Programs chair will talk to him about dates and pricing. The “Photographer Olympics,” we discussed will be pushed back until we can discuss it more….We also discussed having a print store present and discuss the art of direct mailing and good ways of self promotion.

Sponsorship Report- Nothing new to report

Treasurers Report: The Treasurers Summary was passed out to all members on the Board….We also discussed the flow of money received from the Dave Black Seminar.

Web Report: William asked for suggestions from the Board about layout design for the website. Pros/Cons, of what we like and do not like about the site.

Old Business:

• Promo Card votes are in from all Board members and the results will be tallied…
• We still need a place to store chairs…
• We also discussed an appropriate way of thanking Joan Embry for her generosity in letting us have our meeting at her ranch. We decided on a restaurant gift card in the Solana Beach/Cardiff area.
• Promotional Committee Remarks: William brought examples of possible Promo giveaways. There was a motion to spend $400 on Promotional items and as giveaways for ASMP-SD contests and event attendees. The motion was unanimously passed by all in attention to allot this amount.

The Motion was passed to adjourn meeting and was officially adjourned @ 7:50 PM

August 16, 2007

Board Members in Attendance: Kevin, Joel, Stan, William, Fred, Beau
Meeting Began @ 7:01 PM

Presidents Opening Remarks: Thanks to Fred for Slide show and Stan for picking up food for previous ASMP-SD function. The official job descriptions for each board position were passed out to all board members in attendance.

Membership Report: Spoke of working to form a better relationship with the national ASMP. Joel volunteered to be the new Membership Chair.

Newsletter Report: Chair spoke of working to get the newsletter out on a more regular basis. It was decided that we need a Newsletter committee to get more input from more members and what they would like to see.

Programs Report: *Chair was absent. Rest of the Board discussed getting a Phase One Seminar. Joel suggested a Pro Photo shoot demo, and Stan suggested a business or Photoshop meeting. It was also brought up that we might look within our ASMP-SD members who are knowledgeable in certain areas to possibly discusses topics that range from, “storage and archiving,” or a “workflow,” seminar. Joel motioned a seminar where we have 3 photographers do a “Pro Photographer Workshops,” possibly on a Full Saturday.

Treasurers Report: Chair passed out ASMP-SD expenses. We also spoke about using the ASMP National allotment of money towards small expenses such as projector bulbs, screens, and ASMP-SD pens, shirts, etc.

*Joel suggests a “Chapter Promo,” subcommittee. Fred, William, and Kevin agree to be on the committee.

Old Business:

• For the Orchids and Onions program, 12 people have volunteered to shoot for the program. The O&O event will take place at the new Hard Rock Hotel. All volunteers will be comped free admission to the event. The purpose of the event is to get ASMP-SD’s name out into the community. The event takes place in early November. Dates for shooting are the 12th–19th, of September, after the judges complete their judging. Shooters will have until late Sep. to get their photos done….
• Fair Award- The award we paid for the contest eventually made its way to where it was supposed to hang, though next year we have decided to have a written agreement about how ASMP-SD will be promoted….
• There were 25 drops by members…
• We need to find chair storage for the chairs we need for meetings…
• It was also discussed that we need to come up with a better form of giving gifts to guest speakers. Could be gift cards or restaurant cards.

New Business:

• Looking for volunteers for Dave Black. Beau, Kevin, Joel agree to volunteer for event….
• Kevin distributed Position descriptions for Board Members.
• It was suggested having a retreat, possibly a longer board meeting in October. It was decided to discuss this later…
• The need for sponsorship from local businesses was brought up.

Web report continued: William updated the front page including new member info.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:30 PM.

July 9, 2007

Board Members in attendance: Stan, William and Kevin.
Meeting Began @ 7:00 PM

Presidents opening remarks: Review of June Meeting Photographers websites, Fair Award and assistants meeting. Introduction of new contest Chair Heather Fuqua. O&O Update. Home of Guiding Hands Update. Discussed storage of the Chairs.

Treasure’s report: Passed out and reviewed.

Membership Report: Discussed the drops reported by national.

Programs Report: July, Aug, Sept, Oct , Nov and Dec

July: Members only. All others open

Sponsorship Report: New packet discussed.

New sponsors: Spitting Images, US Mailing House and Think Tank

Newsletter Report: Slow progress. William will contact Newsletter persons to discuss

Web Report: William talked of Banner at 468x60 for sponsor or 400x40

Old Business:

• Phone Tree.
• Promo cards

New Business:

• Vote on Maisel at MoPA.
• Volunteers for Embery.

Meeting adjourned 7:50 pm

May 29, 2007

Meeting Began @ 7:20 PM
Board Members in attendance: Ron, Tori, William, Jon, Stan, Beau and Kevin.

Presidents opening remarks:. Review of May meeting. Presented new business that will be discussed this evening.

Treasure’s report: Passed out and reviewed.

Membership Report: 2 GM’s have moved. All drops have been contacted. 3-4 have committed to returning.

Programs Report: Chair absent.

Newsletter Report: Introduction of Jon - new Chair.

Web Report: William talked of Banner at 468x60 for sponsor or 400x40

Old Business:

• Phone tree to be knocked out by June
• Rummage sale review
• Promo card, create committee Stan and Kevin.
• Sponsorship committee created, Ron and Kevin.
• Thank you card for Lon and gift.
• Lepp Screen, contest, food, materials and volunteers.

New Business:

• May contest to be combined with June.
• Discussed preferred method of communication with each board member.
• Vote on donating $375 to Selina Maitreya for travel expenses in September.
• Vote on number of images to be submitted for July slide show- 5 per member.
• O&O update.
• Discuss chair storage.
  Discuss calling drops.

Meeting adjourned 8:40 pm

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

The meeting was called to order at 7:14 PM.
Present: Kevin Lock, Ron Garrison, Tori Nelson, and Lee Corkran.

ASMP-SD President Kevin Lock chaired the session.

Presidents Opening Remarks: The president reviewed April's Shoot Out with the board. Kevin expressed his desire to plan out as much of the years programs as soon as possible and to list them on the website. He also announced that we would begin posting next months board meeting date, time and place on the web page right after the previous months meeting. The President stressed the importance of promoting each event with plans to create a more active distribution covering more ground in the San Diego area. He also discussed upcoming presentation at MoPA by Arthur Lavine.

Treasurers Report: The treasurer passed out his report to the members of the board.

Membership Report: Will be updated at next months meeting as the remainder of the phone tree has yet to be presented to the board. In addition there are several persons actively pursuing membership at present.

Programs Report: The Programs Chair presented his plan to rotate the programming in agreed upon categories of specialized interest to be agreed upon at a future board meeting. This will include educational, business and marketing, workshop and lecture series as well as an educator/student/industry outreach.

Sponsorship Report: The President reiterated the need for ASMP to obtain sponsorship from both photographic and non photographic companies in our region. The board discussed creating an updated sponsorship packet. Kevin volunteered to discuss logistics with Lon Atkinson. We want to make certain we comply with policy. In addition Lee offered to speak with a potential sponsor in North County to provide flyers for events and promotion of ASMP membership. Kevin informed the board that George's camera would provide the posters for events within their sponsorship.

Newsletter Report: Kevin informed the board that he had one possible volunteer for the project. The next step would be to contact the graphics department at SDCC and/or AIGA to see if a volunteer could be procured from either venue. A Newsletter committee will be selected at the June board meeting.

Web Report: None.

Old Business:

• Newsletter and Promos, Lee will be pursuing a lead in North County.
• Phone Tree, tabled until June Meeting
• Arthur Lavine Opening Reception May 18 discussed
• Membership 1 sheet presented
• Rummage sale on May 5 at Grossmont College will be attended by both Fred and Tori. There they will promote ASMP to attendees.
• Thank you cards to be sent out by President for speakers of Feb and March Meetings.

New Business:

• Division of distribution list discussed. List has doubled in size. In addition to Board Members other ASMP SD Members will be asked to volunteer to distribute flyers at the preceding months meeting, in hopes of increasing circulation.
• The George Lepp presentation details were discussed. Emails will be sent out to procure volunteers for the event.
• June Board Meeting will take place May 29 6 PM at Tori's residence.

There was a motion to adjourn at 8:40 PM. Motion was seconded, and meeting ended.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The meeting was called to order at 7:02 PM.
Present: Kevin Lock, Fred Greaves, Tori Nelson, Joel Zwink, Ron Garrison, Lee Corkran, Stan Liu, William Morton, and Beau Blackburn.

ASMP-SD President Kevin Lock chaired the session.

Presidents Opening Remarks: The president reviewed the DAM seminar with the board. He also announced that we will begin passing out flyers for the upcoming months program, at the event the month prior. George’s Camera has committed to a gold level ($1000 to $1500) sponsorship to ASMP. We will be focused on pursuing sponsorships with other businesses in the area soon.

Membership Report: 57 General, 35 Associate, 12 Emerging Assoc., 7 Students, 1 Surviving Spouse, 3 Life Members.

Programs Report: The Programs Chair spoke of bringing a diverse mix of programs to ASMP-SD. Fred, Lee, and Joel will head groups for ideas about upcoming ideas for speakers/content at next 6 meetings. William brought up the upcoming renovations to the photography department at City College and their interest in ASMP members adding their ideas about curriculum and the facilities. Fred brought up Grossmont College, which on May 5th is having a rummage sale. A Table can be purchased for $35 to promote ASMP.

Treasurers Report: The treasurer passed out his Treasurers report to the members of the board.

Sponsorship Report: The President stated that ASMP needs to add more businesses as sponsors to ASMP-SD and the board discussed possible sponsors in the area who might donate either money or products for ASMP functions.

Newsletter Report: The board discussed the need to find a member who would be willing to handle the newsletter responsibilities from now on. The board will try to get a group together to discuss ideas for a newsletter and articles in the newsletter.

Web Report: The Webmaster announced that it is now possible for General Board members to have up to 3 images on their profile on the website. They may send 3 files to the Webmaster at 250 pixels at largest length. Images Files should be titled as the photographers, last name_first name_image#. William also brought up the fact that every board member has the ability to use the Notable Notes function on the website.

Old Business:
The President divided the membership list and distributed names of ASMP-SD members to each board member to phone, make certain their contact info is current and to inquire if there is anything they would like to see at upcoming ASMP-SD functions.
Beau Blackburn was appointed the ASMP-SD Assistants Group Leader.
In the scholarship update, we agreed to put up $400 towards a scholarship at Grossmont College, as well as the award
ASMP-SD will make at the fair for $250 as the ASMP-SD Award of Excellence.

New Business:

• Joel made a motion to to reimburse Tori for money spent towards the ASMP Holiday party last year. William seconds, 1 member abstains, measure passes. Tori will be reimbursed for the expenses.
• Beau has volunteered to make the certificate for the ASMP-SD Shootout. For the shootout, Kevin will bring the projector; Ron will bring the screen, Fred cords and computer.
• The board agreed to use no more than $8 per member at ASMP-SD Board meetings. The Board members will cover anything over. William made motion to approve this measure, Tori seconded, 1 against, motion passes.
• Tori announced categories for the photo contest for the rest of the year. All entries will be displayed/projected during each meeting, and all members present can vote for the monthly winner. The winner will have their photo displayed on the website that month. At the end of the year the photographer with the most contest wins will be the ASMP-SD, Photographer of the Year.

There was a motion to adjourn at 8:47 PM. Motion was seconded, and meeting ended.