EDITORIAL

It only seems last week that I put the last Bulletin to bed, but since that time we have had our AGM, Club Slide Championship and the judging of the EAF Annual Exhibition. I hope many of you had success in getting at least one acceptance in the Print Exhibition as there were around 1500 entries against 200 acceptances and the competition was high. You would have had a better chance of acceptance in the Slide Exhibition due to a further fall in entries as the digital projected images take over - something to task the mind of the Executive when considering the future of slides. What do you think?

The opening of the Exhibition at the Civic Centre, Harlow is on Saturday 28th April at 2.00pm. I hope that many of you attend as this event shows many of the best images that members of EAF clubs produce. If you could not make the opening, the Exhibition continues until Saturday 20th May.

A forthcoming EAF event is the Club Print Championship to be held 17th June - see page 11 for details.

The next Bulletin is not until the end of September so there is plenty of time to put pen to paper and write an article or letter. The copy due date is 14th September (Prefer MS Word documents by floppy or email but will accept hard copy and images A5, 300ppi, tiff - printed photos are OK I can scan them)

Barry Freeman ARPS - Editor

PRESIDENT

On the 18th February 2007 the Annual General Meeting of the EAF took place - as usual at the Latton Bush Centre followed by the EAF Inter-club Slide Championship.

A small shuffle of personnel occurred during the election of the Executive. Sue Dobson CPAGB APAGB who has held the post of Competition Secretary for a number of years, wished to stand down and has taken over the role of Judges Officer on the retirement of Bob Good.

The new Competition Secretary is Marilyn Steward ARPS DPAGB of Harlow Photographic Society and I welcome her to the fold. Welcome also is due to David Steel DPAGB of Cambridge Camera Club who was elected to the Executive on the day.

My thanks to the retiring Officers, Bob Good and Gerry Metcalfe for the time and effort they displayed during their term of office.

The Slide Championship followed after lunch and the results of this will be related in the later pages of this Bulletin. The World of Colour Slide Event was another great day at the Latton Bush Centre on the 11th March - again a full report of this from the Events Secretary on pages 11 and 12.

We now come to the Awards for Photographic Merit.
The AV adjudications took place at Leigh on Sea on Saturday 10th March 2007 where two EAF members gained awards: Rosie Pines of Clacton Camera Club was awarded CPAGB and Bernard Turnbull gained his DPAGB from the Essex A/V Group. My congratulations to them both.The next adjudication will be on Saturday and Sunday the 28th/29th April at The Bowling Hall, Bridgend Recreation Centre, Angel Street, Bridgend CF31 4AH. There are 15 entrants from the EAF, all in print categories (no slides?). I will report on their progress in due course!

For further information on the Awards please contact me:

Andy Hanson MPAGB ARPS APAGB

TREASURER

I must apologise for not being present at the AGM to give my report, but I understand that my “Social Secretary (?)” was a more than adequate replacement!

The cash flow is in accordance with my expectations and I anticipate that the final outcome at the end of this year will not be as bad as I forecast, mainly due to the overall number of Members of Clubs being nearly 150 more than in the previous year. If this trend continues then hopefully for 1009 the per capita Subscription will stay at the same level for a further year.

For those who were not at the AGM I would mention that the per capita figure of £1.50 will remain the same for the third year running. However the charge per Club has increased by £1 to cover the additional postal charges which have now come into effect - please ensure you get an opportunity to see all the items we send to your Secretaries!

I would like to thank all those Clubs who sent in their Subscriptions in good time, before the break off date. In spite of my contacting a number of Clubs very early in the New Year to remind them that their subscriptions had not been paid, several Clubs ended up having the additional charge of £10 to pay.

It is essential that I have a copy of your Club Programme as soon as it becomes available as one of the terms of the Public Liability Insurance is that I must have sight, otherwise in the event of a claim you will find that the Club is not covered.

Usually there is a surplus from the events that our Events Secretary organises which helps to keep your Subscriptions down, but unfortunately the number attending is going down. This is somewhat disturbing as every effort is made to bring in Speakers from outside the region that Clubs are not generally able to afford. Hopefully we will see more of you at the November event.

Eric Saul ARPS EFIAP DPAGB APAGB BPE3* - Hon. Treasurer