The club shall be called the Gwent Photographic and Digital Society, and membership shall be open to all interested in Photography.
a)
Subscriptions shall be fixed at the Annual General Meeting, and payable at the end of January and end of July.
b)
Prospective members are allowed to attend 1 term without payment.
c)
Only fully paid up members would be eligible to:-
i)
Have a vote and be eligible for nomination for election at Annual General Meetings.
ii)
Enter Society competitions.
2.
The Officers shall consist of a Chairman, Vice Chairman, General Secretary, Treasurer, Syllabus Secretary, Competition Secretary.
3.
The affairs of the Society shall be managed by the elected Officers (Rule 4) and two Ordinary Committee Members.
4.
All Officers and Ordinary Committee Members are to be elected at the Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-election each year.
5.
Special meetings may be convened on a requisition signed by at least six members, stating the object, and sent to the Secretary at least fourteen days before the date proposed.
6.
At committee meetings, four shall form a quorum, and at a General Meeting, eleven.
7.
The Secretary shall keep minutes of all the meetings, and conduct the correspondence of the Society.
8.
The Treasurer shall collect all subscriptions and monies due. At the close of each Society year, a balance sheet shall be drawn up by the Treasurer, and audited by two ordinary members appointed for this purpose at the Annual General Meeting.
9.
A Society member may be expelled or asked to resign at the decision of the Committee. The Committee can request a member to appear before it, provided that where any accusation or charge is made, the member shall be given full and reasonable opportunity to put forward a defence and bring witnesses at a later meeting. Any member expelled or asked to resign shall have the right of appeal to a Special General Meeting called for this purpose. All Committee proceedings and those of any Special General Meetings called under this rule, shall be treated as privileged and confidential.
10.
The names of any member whose subscription is more than one month in arrears may be removed from the membership list by order of the Committee.
11.
The Society accepts no responsibility whatsoever for items damaged or lost, whilst at the Society’s venue.
12.
In the event of a dissolution, a Special General Meeting shall be called at which a liquidator shall be appointed, and a decision made then or subsequently as to the disposal of all Society assets.
13.
No alteration of, or addition to, these rules shall be made except by the Annual General Meeting or a Special Meeting called in accordance with Rule 7.
MONTHLY
& END OF YEAR COMPETITION RULES
MONTHLY
COMPETITION RULES
GENERAL
Maximum
of FIVE entries per member.
Points
will be awarded 10, 7, 4 for Ist, 2nd and 3rd places,
and certificates presented. Members will also receive
one point per entry. Judges will receive two points
by exhibiting their own work.
The
judge may, at his discretion, not award all three
places, depending on the standard or number of entries.
An
entry may be submitted in more than one competition,
assuming that it fits the theme.
In
the event of a rule being contravened, the entry may
receive comments, but will NOT be eligible
for a 'placing'.
Trophies
will be awarded to Merit Table winner winner taken from league table, based on
overall points accumulated during the year, and plaques
awarded to 2nd and 3rd places. Trophies will also
be awarded to the PPOTY winner and DIPOTY winner, also
taken from the same league table, based on points
accumulated from print/slide/Digital Image competitions during the
year, respectfully.
All
entries to be handed in at least SEVEN DAYS prior
to the competition (FOURTEEN DAYS, if an outside
judge is used).
PRINT
COMPETITIONS
The
mount to be either 20" X 16"
or 12" X 16" or metric equivalent.
Photography
and mounting to be the complete work of the entrant.
Prints
can be B&W, Colour, Digital, the photographers'
own work or trade processed, but ALL photography and mounting to be the complete
work of the entrant.
Entries
must NOT have been submitted in any club
competition prior to the current year.
Prints
may be entered in a maximum of four competitions in
the current year, including
End of Year competitions.
A
trophy and plaque will be awarded to the entrant taking
first place in each of these competitions, and plaques presented to those gaining
second and third places in the P.O.T.Y and D.I.O.T.Y. competitions.
All
entries to be handed in at least FOURTEEN DAYS
prior to the competition, or earlier,
if the external judge so requests.
In
the event of a rule being contravened, the entry may
receive comments, but will NOT
be eligible for a 'placing'.
PRINT
OF THE YEAR
Maximum
of FIVE entries per member
The
mount to be either 20" X 16"
or 12" X 16"
PRINT
PANEL OF THE YEAR
Limit of ONE entry per member
An entry to consist of a panel of FIVE prints, to be mounted individually
Photography and mounting to be as General E-O-Y competition rules.
The entry should conform to the WPF recommendations of a themed panel.
DIGITAL IMAGE
PANEL OF THE YEAR
Limit
of ONE entry per member
An
entry to consist of FIVE images, plus an additional image showing the layout of the panel for the judge.
The
entry should depict the range of skills of the photographer
The entry should conform to the WPF recommendations of a themed panel.
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