Hi Everyone,
Thursday night was our annual banquet. We had approximately 50 people attend including judges and representatives from N4C. It was a fun evening and, again, we had way too much food, although I would rather have too much than not enough. We also announced the End of Year winners and advanced those members who qualified. Before I get into that though I want to give credit where credit is due. This club does not run itself, and as the President I only do a small part. There are many others, listed below, who deserve a great deal of thanks for keeping this club operating and being a wonderful place to meet like-minded people, and learn something along the way.
Banquet Chair and Organizer for last night’s event: Elizabeth Springs
Competition Chair: Tara Pavis
The Board of Directors-Greg Pech, Cheryl Akers, Cris Gondak
Advancement Committee: Terry Connelly, Tara, Marilyn Caven
Review Committee: Nancy Goodenough, Phill Hann, Nick Allen, Sherri Oster, Loujean LaMalfa, Tamara Krautkramer
Judges coordinator and N4C Rep: Bill Stacy
Program Coordinators: Liz Lawson, Anne Abrams, Lynda Stuber and Betsy Waters.
Field Trip Coordinators: Joel and Trisha Brown
New Member & Guests: Jennifer Marano
Exhibition Coordinator: Tim Allen
House Monitor: Terry Connelly and Liz Lawson with help of Dick Weston
Projection Chair: Steve Lowery, Steve Muench, Pat Prettie and Marv Siegal and when needed Cheryl Akers
Keeper of the Scores: Steve Muench
Sound and Webmaster: Nick Allen
LBAGC Reps: Cheryl Akers, Gary Goodenough and Bill Pitcher
LBAGC Maintenance Committee Rep, Dick Weston
Raffle Coordinator: Anne Abrams and Elizabeth Springs
Email List Serv Coordinator: Phil Hann
Mentor Chairman: Tony Reynes
Refreshment Committee: Lynda Stuber, Cheryl Akers and Pam Pitcher
So, as you can see this is a team effort and without this level of participation the club would not be able to function as it does. If I have forgotten, someone please accept my apology.
After dinner we began by announcing the winners of the end of year awards.
Santa Rosa Photographic Society 2019 EOY Winners
CREATIVE “B”
1st Herbert Gaidus Swan Lake
2nd Steve Thomas Playing the Blues
3rd Richard White Sea Sprite Sunrise
HM James Radford Photo Spiralysis
HM Ronnie Rosenbach Black and White with a little Red
CREATIVE “A”
1st Francis Williams Great Egrets Nesting
2nd Gustavo Arizmendi Forbidden Ascension
3rd Sherri Oster The Crooner
HM Lynda Stuber Simplicity
HM Guy Miller Nighttime at Jack London’s Wolf House
CREATVE “AA”
1st Nick Allen True Colors Shining Through…
2nd Nick Allen Deep Distress
3rd Michael Funk Entering Warp Speed
HM Michael Funk Rakes
HM Bill Stacy Bursting Free
HM Marvin Siegel Alcatraz Prison Cell
CREATIVE “Masters”
1st Terry Connelly Orbits Exploding
2nd Terry Connelly City Run
3rd Terry Connelly A Night at the Museum
HM Nancy Goodenough Protest, an Abstraction
HM Nancy Goodenough Ibis Contemplating the Void
HM Nancy Goodenough Breakfast Cocktail
JOURNALISM “B”
1st Herbert Gaidus Great American Eclipse
2nd Mike Felder Love Always has a Place
3rd Elizabeth Springs Sebastopol Street Painting
HM Richard White Lagoona de Santa Rosa Flood
HM Richard White The Spirit of France
JOURNALISM “A”
1st Jennifer Marano Cowgirl
2nd Ellen Storz Boat Contest
3rd Jennifer Marano Round Up
3rd Jennifer Marano Round Up
HM Jennifer Marano Life in the Palouse
HM Jennifer Marano Polo Benefit
JOURNALISM “AA”
1st Tamara Krautkramer Pilgrims
2nd Nick Allen Smoke from Nun’s Fire
3rd Michael Funk Worker…
HM Marvin Siegel San Francisco Fleet Week
HM Phillip Hann Wrestling
JOURNALISM “Masters”
1st Terry Connelly Manzanar Pilgrimage
2nd Terry Connelly Santa Rosa Tattoos & Blues
3rd Terry Connelly The Sermon
HM Steve Muench Kids will Play
HM Nancy Goodenough You Buy from Me-ee
MONOCHROME “B”
1st Herbert Gaidus Cellular Absorption
2nd Jim Radford Indoor-outdoor-cats
3rd Herbert Gaidus The Three Brothers…
HM Lucy Aaron Takeoff
HM Greg Pech Morels
MONOCHROME “A”
1st Steve Gibbs Waterfall
2nd Guy Miller Phillips Gulch Falls
3rd Jennifer Marano A Different Point of View
HM Tara Pavis NO Parking
HM Lynda Stuber On the Boardwalk
MONOCHROME “AA”
1st Tim Allen Passing Through
2nd Phillip Hann Big Dipper
3rd Bill Stacy Metal Stampede
HM Michael Funk Egret Preening
HM Tim Allen Looking Down
MONOCHROME “Masters”
1st Terry Connelly Athens Alleyway
2nd Liz Lawson Ascent Descent
3rd Terry Connelly Culture & Tattoos
HM Steve Muench Unending Faces of Time
HM Jack Florence Sandstone Cliffs
pictorial
1st Betsy Waters Egrets
2nd Herbert Gaidus Great Egret
3rd Herbert Gaidus Bald Eagle
HM Herbert Gaidus 2 Brown Bear Cubs
HM Herbert Gaidus California Brown Pelican…
NATURE “A”
1st Jennifer Marano Bald Eagles
2nd Lynda Stuber Clusstering Monarchs
3rd Tara Pavis An Orb Weaver Spider
HM Lynda Stuber Western Scrub Jay
HM Guy Miller Big Horn Sheep
NATURE “AA”
1st Michael Funk Great White Egret
2nd Bill Stacy Kodiak Brown with Cubs
3rd Patricia Prettie Sandhill Crane
NATURE “Masters”
1st Marilyn Craven Cedar Waxwing
2nd Marilyn Craven Brandt’s Cormorant…
3rd Terry Connelly Mating Elephant Seal
HM Nancy Goodenough Camouflaged Aoudad
HM Terry Connelly Lupines
PICTORIAL “B”
1st Greg Pech Geometric Sky
2nd Herbert Gaidus Trees Huddling before the Storm
3rd Ronnie Rosenbach Textures
HM Lucy Aron Violin Maker
HM Lucy Aron Staghorn
HM Betsy Waters Red Poppy Emerging
PICTORIAL “A”
1st Steve Gibbs Soft Vineyard Sunrise
2nd Guy Miller Bristlecone Pine under Milky Way
3rd Guy Miller Nightime
HM Tara Pavis Through the Wormhole
HM Tara Pavis The Beginning of Blueberries
PICTORIAL “AA”
1st Michael Funk Sentinels of Wacker Drive in Chicago
2nd Bill Stacy Outrage
3rd Nick Allen Threading the Needle
HM Gary Sax Super Moon
HM William Clark Camel Handlers
PICTORIAL “Masters”
1st Jack Florence Late Afternoon
2nd Nancy Goodenough Pink Cadillac
3rd Jack Florence The Crest of Sand Dune
HM Marilyn Craven Cactus Flower
TRAVEL “B”
1st Mike Felder The Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso
2nd Richard White Staff Cottages
3rd Herbert Gaidus Sliding Sands
HM Herbert Gaidus Eureka Dunes
HM Herbert Gaidus Hike to Yosemite Diving Board
TRAVEL “A”
1st Francis Williams Beggar & his Monkey
2nd Guy Miller Stormy Day at Stonehenge
3rd Guy Miller Vatican City
HM Tara Pavis Milan, Italy
HM Sherry Oster Bryce Canyon
HM Sherry Oster Lower Antelope Canyon
TRAVEL “AA”
1st Trisha Brown Red Barn Below Steptoe Butte
2nd William Clark The Douro River
3rd Bill Stacy Camel Herder
HM Nick Allen Storm on the Eastern Sierra
HM William Clark Mansanto, Portugal
TRAVEL “Masters”
1st Nancy Goodenough Alone…China
2nd Terry Connelly Sarlat, France
3rd Nancy Goodenough Life on the Chao Phraya River
HM Nancy Goodenough Early Morning
HM Jack Florence Sand Dunes of Death Valley
Master’s TRAVEL Best in Show
Nancy Goodenough Alone…China
FIELD TRIP WINNERS:
1st Michael Funk Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds @ Wine Country Air Show
2nd Ronnie Rosenbauch Bodie House
3rd Bill Stacy National Heirloom Festival
The end of year advancements were announced by Greg Pech as the Chairman of the Advancement Committee:
B to A:
Herb Gaidus, 1st Place, total score 231 (Automatic)
Greg Pech, 2nd Place, total score 191 (Automatic)
Rick White, 3rd Place, total score 183 (Clustered within 5% of 2nd Place; next highest score of 143 was 20% below 2nd Place)
A to AA:
Tara Pavis, 1st Place, total score 206 (Automatic)
Jennifer Marano, 2nd Place, total score 181 (Automatic)
[The Rules state: “In the event there is a cluster of top scores, all members represented in that cluster will be advanced, provided they have met the minimum submission requirements.” The AC considered 3 additional members with scores clustered from 155 to 146, which is 14-19% below 2nd Place, and concluded that these were too far below the 2nd Place finisher to qualify for advancement as “a cluster of top scores”.]
AA to Masters Candidate: (new rules below recently approved by member voting)
Based on the updated rules for Advancement, there are 3 methods by which a member can advance to Masters Candidate:
1. Achieve First, Second, or Third in AA Overall Point Average TWICE within a four-year period. Minimum 2 years to meet this requirement.
2. Achieve First, Second, or third in AA Overall Point Average AND win a first place in one of the categories
in the End of Year Competition (section 6) within a four-year period. Minimum two years to meet this requirement.
3. By Advancement Committee evaluation
The following 5 members qualify for Masters Candidate:
Tony Reynes – By AC review, Board-assigned Committee recommendation to, and approval by the SRPS Board
Nick Allen – 1st place average score in 2018 and 2019 (also first place EOY in 2019)
Tim Allen – 3rd place average score in 2018 and EOY 1st place in Nature and Pictorial 2017 (also first place EOY in 2019)
Tamara Krautkramer – 1st place average score in 2017 and 3rd place average score in 2019 (also first place EOY in 2019)
Anne Abrams – 3rd place average score in 2016 and 2017
Don’t forget to pay your dues if you pay January through December. Due to the change we made earlier if your dues are due in the middle of the year you have some time left. It is important that you keep up on your renewal date. If your dues are in arrears, any images entered into a competition will not be judged. It is easy to pay on our website, just click on the member tab and hit the drop down menu for Dues.
I also want to recognize Richard White for his volunteering for the Competition Chair for 2020 and hopefully beyond. Let’s all make his job easier by reviewing the rules prior to entering any competition and thank him for taking on this job.
Last night on ABC 7 News I saw Gustavo Arizmendi’s photo of the moon in the clouds. Great image Gustavo! It is fantastic to see one of our member’s work recognized and shown to the entire Bay Area.
I want to wish all of you a Happy Hanukkah, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year