Attendance (members and visitors in alphabetical order): Chris Angel; Rhonda Angel; Floyd Baird; Marlene Baird; Penny Bell; John Briggs; Amy Corrigan; Sharon Disbennett; Ryan Fidler; Kerri Foulks; Ralph Haas; Aileen Jacobs; Tammy Lockhart; John Lambert; Nancy Lambert; Katy Ledford; Jenny Ledford; Celeste McConkey; Fred Menigat; Sally Miller; Susan Miller; Paul Molyneux; Phil Molyneux; Tim Oettinger; Lisa Ohl; Bonnie Parker; Tim Parker; Brenda Paugh; Loran Peterson; Linda Powell; Jan Roberts; Tom Rork; April Starner; Dale Starr; Debbie Steinhausser; Penny Van Atta; Joe Veffer; Tamara Welch

Minutes:

Paul called the meeting to order at 7:20.

Several guests were present from Groveport, Lancaster, Canale Winchester, and Pleasantville.

Raffle for the evening was a three color light reflector donated by Tim Parker.

Jan Roberst reported that the treasury is at $410.55.

The Fairfield County District Library was very pleased with our show and we will definitely be invited back for anther go around. Next time we will know more about the procedures and can take much more advantage of publicity. The show consisted of 75 pictures.

Aileen Jacobs reported that everything is fine for an exhibit in the Gahanna City Hall. We will have lots of wall space and the city has a hanging system similar to that of the library. There is no restriction on size or number.

Hanging date is January 31, beginning at 3:30. If you wish to exhibit and cannot be there at that time, arrangements are being made so that you may drop off yourwork at Olivedale. Details for drop off will be sent out via email.

The executive committee will be meeting to work on the year's calendar and to make selections for several standing committees. If you are interested in serving on a standing committee, please contact an officer and let them know of your availability.

Lancaster Parks & Recreation will have a levy on the ballot with the April primary. Please promote this to all your acquaintances, as they are our sponsor. This will be a renewal levy, so a "yes" vote will not increase taxes.

Jan Roberts announced that she is working onorganizing a photo outing at the Stonewall Cemetry, just west of Lancaster. This is the oldest cemetery in the entire northwest territory and is completely surrounded by a circular, high stonewall. Watch for the dates and details.

This was scavenger hunt judging time. The winners and their pictures are on the web site under "Scavenger Hunt."

John Lambert announced that the Baltimore Balloon Festival was amking a calendar and was seeking pictures for it. If you have pictures from that festival that you would like considered, put them on a cd and bring them to the February meeting.

Categories for the next scavenger hunt are: Birds; Broken; Doors; Macro (extreme close-up); Waiting for Spring; Ice/Icicles; Open Subject (taken any date).

Bring a camera to the Februsry meeting - we will work on portraits with props. The meeting was adjourned and turned over to Tim Parker who gave us a slide show of some of his favorite shots. Tm is also preparing for a show of his work and the Beck Center in Cleveland.

Attendance (members and visitors in alphabetical order): Chris Angel, Rhonda Angel, Floyd Baird, Marlene Baird, Jo Binkley, Sharon Disbennett, Terri Hawk, Ralph Haas, Aileen Jacobs, Cindy Johnson, Julianne Keller, John Lambert, Nancy Lambert, Jenny Ledford, Katie Ledford, Celeste McConkey, Donna Menigat, Fred Menigat, Susan Miller, Paul Molyneux, Phil Molyneux, Tim Oettinger, Lisa Ohl, Bonnie Parker, Tim Parker, Brenda Paugh, Nita Paxton, Ron Paxton, Linda Powell, Fritz Prosch, Anna Reiner, Eric Reiner, Glenn Roberts, Jan Roberts, Tom Rork, Jessica Russell, Joyce Russell, Dale Starr, Penny Van Atta, Tamara Welch

Minutes:

The meeting started out with delicious and numerous munchies, no one left hungry.

Paul began the business portion of the meeting with MPPC's offer to help Lancaster Parks and Recreation's (P&R) with our awards for 2012 only. Mitch of P&R felt this was a good idea. The cost of the awards would be as follows:
Bronze - size 5x7 plague for $10
Silver - 6x9 plaque for $14
Gold - stand up 6x9 plaque for $22

The Master of Photography has not been designed yet. If someone gets within 950-1000 pts, then it will be designed. The above motion to approve the above was made and passed.

There has been a change to the secretary position. It has been split. Amy will take care of correspondence and minutes. Penny will take over recording and dues collection which will be then turned over to the Treasurer.

Our reception for our show at the Fairfield County District Library will be this Sunday from 2-4. There is a dress code, think something along the lines of business casual or "nice." Try to wear something that identifies you as a MPPC member.

For those who do not have this quarter's Scavenger Hunt categories, they are:
Light
Wind
Masks
Ornaments
True Meaning of Christmas
Through the Window
Open- must be from this quarter

Next we went over the photos members brought in for captioning. Lots of humorous lines and chuckles!

Jan Roberts gave the treasury report:
The Balance for Nov was $392.55
The income from Nov raffle was $ 18.00
Giving MPPC a total of $410.55

Paul announced that MPPC will be setting up several standing and temporary committees. If you have any interests you would like to help with, please contact MPPC Officers.

Once the business portion of the meeting was over, our gift exchange began. This is a VERY polite club.

Attendance (members and visitors in alphabetical order): Chris Angel, Rhonda Angel, Floyd Baird, Marty Baird, Jo Binkley, Amy Brooks, Ron Burgess, Mike Butts, Sharon Disbennett, Ryan Fidler, Cindy Hanson, Terri Hawk, Aileen Jacobs, Julianne Keller, John Lambert, Nancy Lambert, Jenny Ledford, Katie Ledford, Roger Mackender, Celeste McConkey, Fred Menigat, Sally Miller, Susan Miller, Paul Molyneux, Phil Molyneux, Julie Moskal, Tim Oettinger, Lisa Ohl, Bonnie Parker, Tim Parker, Brenda Paugh, Nita Paxton, Ron Paxton, Linda Powell, Anna Reiner, Eric Reiner, Jan Roberts, Tom Rork, Jessica Russell, Joyce Russell, Sandy Seifert, April Starner, Tamara Welch

Minutes:

Paul opened the meeting by announcing that this year's MPPC fair booth was a success and the best yet! We will need to see what happens regarding our booth next year. The Fair's secretary is retiring, so next year there will be a new one.

Reminder that we have first formal show is at the Fairfield County District Library later this month. Only current members may participate.

We still need a hanging date and how many pictures per person we can bring. We are also waiting to hear when the reception for us will be as well.

As far as what to bring, we do not bring anything that is not in the Library's best interest.

Pictures must have a business card or something that size with the picture's title and your name. Plus any pics must have a secure way to hang them.

Paul asked that people please respond to emails asking whether to participate in something or not. This has been an issue and is getting worse.

For those who do note have this quarter's Scavenger Hunt categories, they are:
Light
Wind
Masks
Ornaments
True Meaning of Christmas
Through the Window
Open- must be from this quarter

For December's meeting please bring 1 or 2 pictures that look like they should have a humorous caption. We’ll also do a bring-in like last year for December. Please bring in some snacks to munch on!

This is the time of year to elect Officers for MPPC. Paul is carrying on for another year as President and Jan Roberts as Treasurer. For Vice President this year we had both Sandy Siefert and Tim Parker running for the position. Tim got the winning number of votes.

For Secretary, Penny Van Atta and Amy Brooks ran. The current Secretary brought up that in the past the club had 2 Secretaries to ensure coverage for each meeting. This idea was accepted. Amy was voted in as the Corresponding Secretary and Penny as the Recording Secretary.

Once the new officers were voted in, Paul announced that he'd like to form some standing committees such as a Show Committee, Program Committee, and a Social Committee. If you have ideas for more, please bring them up!

Next Paul brought up that we may have a new spot for a show in February. Details to come. We will have another club show at Alley Park in September over the Labor Day weekend. For the Labor Day show, they found 22 more standing frames to use for displays at Olivedale.

Please note that our sponsor, Lancaster City Parks and Recreation's (PNR) levy is coming up next year and they are in trouble. Paul announced that the Executive Committee would meet to brainstorm ideas to help PNR. Our membership fee is the only money that PNR gets from MPPC. They use it to provide meat for our July meeting/picnic and trophies. One idea was to not have PNR not provide the meat and we would pay 1/2 the cost of the trophies.

Per Jan going into this meeting MPPC's balance was $392.55. Tonight she collected $18 for the evening's raffle and $5 for a club CD giving us a balance of $415.55. She also collected a $12 membership fee that will go to P&R.

Paul announced that he is looking for someone else to do our radio spot.

Mike Butts introduced the idea to do photos for the Carroll Old Timer's Festival. It is usually the third weekend in August. They used to have a booth to do "Old Time" photos in sepia tint. Details to come.

Tim Oettinger asked for pictures that he can use in photo slide shows. He gave out handouts of themes he was looking for. Paul offered to sent it to the club membership.

This month, we reffled off off a monopod, 2 picture frames and an easel.