Master Chin and NTAPA History 2005 - 2007
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Monthly Meeting - December 2007
As expected, we had a most crowded attendance in our monthly meeting last night. Most members came trying to catch our Master Tang's presentation on Photoshop Techniques.
Master Tang is so experienced in this key photo editing tool and so professional in public address that his knowledgeable and humorous speech attracted all participants from the beginning to the end. The meeting lasted two hours and 40 min.
We thank Master Tang and salute with a 90 degree bow here!
In order to improve the situation, the President has decided to move the monthly location to another bigger room starting next month, the Toastmaster Room, at the center of the same building (the aisle to the wash room.)
2008 is still two weeks away, 2008 BOD has be warm up to serve the team. Both our 2008 VPs Windus and Dave brought a big basket of hot "spring rolls" and a dish of home made chocolate pecan nut cake, respectively, to our monthly meeting last night to entertain all attendance. We give you two a big hug! Thank Woindus and Dave!
We welcome our visitors/new members Tao An, Wu Zu Chiu, Wen Chen Chiu, and Bernadette Wang last night in our monthly meeting! We are looking for more new friends to join us in 2008. We have organized an ever stronger BOD to serve all. NTAPA is heading a prosperous future. Cheer !!!
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Master Tang is so experienced in this key photo editing tool and so professional in public address that his knowledgeable and humorous speech attracted all participants from the beginning to the end. The meeting lasted two hours and 40 min.
We thank Master Tang and salute with a 90 degree bow here!
In order to improve the situation, the President has decided to move the monthly location to another bigger room starting next month, the Toastmaster Room, at the center of the same building (the aisle to the wash room.)
2008 is still two weeks away, 2008 BOD has be warm up to serve the team. Both our 2008 VPs Windus and Dave brought a big basket of hot "spring rolls" and a dish of home made chocolate pecan nut cake, respectively, to our monthly meeting last night to entertain all attendance. We give you two a big hug! Thank Woindus and Dave!
We welcome our visitors/new members Tao An, Wu Zu Chiu, Wen Chen Chiu, and Bernadette Wang last night in our monthly meeting! We are looking for more new friends to join us in 2008. We have organized an ever stronger BOD to serve all. NTAPA is heading a prosperous future. Cheer !!!
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NTAPA Annual Convention and Christmas Party
We had our Annual Convention and Christmas Party joinly held on Friday evening 12/7 at DFW Technology Activity Center. Following is a report by gh:
Congratulations! We had a warm and happy Annual Convention & Christmas Party last Friday. Though we did not have everyone here, but everyone here was fully enjoyed through out the evening. The highlights of the event were:
1. The 2008 9-seat new Board of Directors have been selected
2. The 2008 President has been voted by the new BOD
3. The new President has appointed his two Vice Presidents and Secretary
4. The second photo contest winner awards were done
5. The 2008 membership due collected (all participated current members)
6. A total of 9 new members joined the Association
7. A review of the 2007 activities was given by the current President
8. Two full attendance awards were done
9. A small scale donation for a local hospital was done
10. Member works were exhibited
11. Keynote speech was given by Dr. Lai
12. Entertainment programs were impressive
We welcome the President 2008:
Richard Chen
We welcome the Vice Presidents 2008:
Dave Tyler and Windus Wong
We welcome the BOD 2008:
Richard Chen
Dave Tyler
Windus Wong
Linfen Hwang
Pauline Chen
Walt Hsu
Rick Pang
Joyce Wang
Anita Thurmond
Pauline has organized a very strong and complete team for next year. 2008 will be a better year
New BOD team picture attached (more pictures for the evening will be posted tonight)
We welcome our new members:
(熱烈歡迎新團員加入我們的行列)
Janet Lin
Sally Chen
Amy Lai
Bill Tien
Ching Tien
Ziping Hu
Nancy Chiu
WuZu Chiu
Grace Chang
(may miss some?)
Congratulations! Photo contest winners:
Ming Zeng
Rick Pang
Windus Wong
Linfen Hwang
Howard Lie
Walt Hsu
Dave Tyler
Winners and losers are neighbors; you are a loser today, you may be a winner tomorrow, let all keep on!
We thank the photo contest judges:
Edward Tang
Charles Lai
David Hsu
April Kao
Garcia
We thank the current President and her team:
Mission completed
Excellent job done
Congratulations and thanks to all participated members during 2007
The current term of the President and BOD will end on December 31, 2007
The new President and his team will be on board January 1, 2008
We are looking for another challenging year of exploring the bottomless photography world
Basic PhotoShop Training Class:
Set on our routine monthly meeting date and time
Wednesday, 12/19, DFW Technology Conference Room
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Instructor - Edward Tang
We selected Basic Photoshop this time because we have more "basic" members than "advanced"
Let's leave the "Color Management" to a little bit later
Bring our own notebook if possible
We are looking for more training classes in 2008
Our warmest wishes to our ex-president David Hsu:
David is going to have a minor surgery next week
With a weak health, David joined among us this evening
We highly appreciated his love and care of our big family
We wish him all the best and get well soon
We are looking for another life model in January or February
We thank Amy Zhou and Zoe Peng:
They are sharing the same traditional spirit of NTAPA with us.They came back to see us on the Annual Convention evening. We welcome them all the time! We welcome all ex-members to come back and share photography knowledge and skills with us.
Together we will build up a permanent beautiful world of the past, the present, and the future.
The Autumn Photo Contest
The 2007 Autumn Photo Contest has been done. (more details and photos will follows...)
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Annual Party Planning Meeting Minutes
北德州亞裔攝影協會
NTAPA Annual Party Planning Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Attendance:
1. Pauline Chen
2. Windus Wong
3. Linfen Hwang
4. Jack Hwang
5. Joyce Wang
6. Li Su
7. Walt Hsu
8. Dave Tyler
9. Grace Tyler
10. Howard Lie
11. Greg Hoh
Decisions made at the meeting:
1. Officer voting process
a. We have decided to have a total of nine board members. Eight to be voted in plus immediate past president.
b. Members will select 8 board members and submit their vote at the annual party.
c. Vote Counter Team will tally the ballots and report the results to the President.
d. The nine board members will be announced at the annual party
e. The nine board members will determine the incoming President in a separate meeting during the annual party.
f. The incoming President will be announced at the annual party.
g. The incoming President will nominate the vice President and Secretary within the BOD later
2. Perfect attendance award - Free annual membership fee for one year
3. Annual Party Program
a. Registration starts at 6:00 PM
b. Dinner starts at 7:00 PM
c. Program starts at 7:30 PM
i. Annual Activity Review
ii. Pauline To Remind Members To Turn In Voting Ballet
iii. Photo Contest Announcements
iv. Perfect Attendance Award
v. Announce Board Members
vi. Keynote Speech
vii. Announce the new President of 2008
viii. Entertainment
1). Humorous Speech – Jack Hwang
2). Sign Language Singing - Pauline Chen
3). Flute Performance – Charlie Chen
4). Karaoke– All
Volunteer Task list:
Vote Counter Team:
Linfen Hwang, Grace Tyler and Joyce Wang
Responsibilities:
1. At the registration, give a voting ballet to each active member. Ask them check eight board members on the voting ballet and drop the ballot in the ballot box. Only members are eligible to vote.
2. Voting cut off time is 8:00 PM. After the cut off time, tally all ballets and report the voting result to Pauline.
Registration Team:
Linfen Hwang, Mrs. Lai, Grace Tyler, Dave Tyler and Joyce Wang
Responsibilities:
1. At the registration, collect annual membership fee
a. $30 for a single member
b. $50 for a family
2. $10 for non members (VIPs free). If a guest decides to join and pays for the annual membership fee, $10 will be waved.
Decoration Team:
Pauline Chen, Dave Tyler, Grace Tyler, Walt Hsu, Greg Hoh, Windus Wong, Jack Hwang
Responsibilities:
1. Decoration will start at 3:00 PM.
2. Pauline will provide Christmas Tree and other decorations.
3. Set up something to display Dr. Lai and April Kao’s beautiful pictures.
4. Pauline will set up food warmers to keep the food warm.
Food Team:
Linfen Hwang, Walt Hsu, Howard Lie, Windus Wong, Pauline Chen
Responsibilities:
1. Lin-Fen to order the food from a restaurant.
2. Howard and Windus will pick up the food from the restaurant.
3. Pauline will set up food warmers to keep the food warm.
4. Walt will prepare ice, water, soft drinks, cups, napkins etc.
5. Grace will prepare ice tea.
Publicity Team:
Walt Hsu
Responsibilities:
1. Write an article and submit it with pictures to the news media.
Head Count:
Greg Hoh
Responsibilities:
1. Send email to members for head count.
Clean Up:
All members
Responsibilities:
1. Break down and clean up.
NTAPA Annual Party Planning Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Attendance:
1. Pauline Chen
2. Windus Wong
3. Linfen Hwang
4. Jack Hwang
5. Joyce Wang
6. Li Su
7. Walt Hsu
8. Dave Tyler
9. Grace Tyler
10. Howard Lie
11. Greg Hoh
Decisions made at the meeting:
1. Officer voting process
a. We have decided to have a total of nine board members. Eight to be voted in plus immediate past president.
b. Members will select 8 board members and submit their vote at the annual party.
c. Vote Counter Team will tally the ballots and report the results to the President.
d. The nine board members will be announced at the annual party
e. The nine board members will determine the incoming President in a separate meeting during the annual party.
f. The incoming President will be announced at the annual party.
g. The incoming President will nominate the vice President and Secretary within the BOD later
2. Perfect attendance award - Free annual membership fee for one year
3. Annual Party Program
a. Registration starts at 6:00 PM
b. Dinner starts at 7:00 PM
c. Program starts at 7:30 PM
i. Annual Activity Review
ii. Pauline To Remind Members To Turn In Voting Ballet
iii. Photo Contest Announcements
iv. Perfect Attendance Award
v. Announce Board Members
vi. Keynote Speech
vii. Announce the new President of 2008
viii. Entertainment
1). Humorous Speech – Jack Hwang
2). Sign Language Singing - Pauline Chen
3). Flute Performance – Charlie Chen
4). Karaoke– All
Volunteer Task list:
Vote Counter Team:
Linfen Hwang, Grace Tyler and Joyce Wang
Responsibilities:
1. At the registration, give a voting ballet to each active member. Ask them check eight board members on the voting ballet and drop the ballot in the ballot box. Only members are eligible to vote.
2. Voting cut off time is 8:00 PM. After the cut off time, tally all ballets and report the voting result to Pauline.
Registration Team:
Linfen Hwang, Mrs. Lai, Grace Tyler, Dave Tyler and Joyce Wang
Responsibilities:
1. At the registration, collect annual membership fee
a. $30 for a single member
b. $50 for a family
2. $10 for non members (VIPs free). If a guest decides to join and pays for the annual membership fee, $10 will be waved.
Decoration Team:
Pauline Chen, Dave Tyler, Grace Tyler, Walt Hsu, Greg Hoh, Windus Wong, Jack Hwang
Responsibilities:
1. Decoration will start at 3:00 PM.
2. Pauline will provide Christmas Tree and other decorations.
3. Set up something to display Dr. Lai and April Kao’s beautiful pictures.
4. Pauline will set up food warmers to keep the food warm.
Food Team:
Linfen Hwang, Walt Hsu, Howard Lie, Windus Wong, Pauline Chen
Responsibilities:
1. Lin-Fen to order the food from a restaurant.
2. Howard and Windus will pick up the food from the restaurant.
3. Pauline will set up food warmers to keep the food warm.
4. Walt will prepare ice, water, soft drinks, cups, napkins etc.
5. Grace will prepare ice tea.
Publicity Team:
Walt Hsu
Responsibilities:
1. Write an article and submit it with pictures to the news media.
Head Count:
Greg Hoh
Responsibilities:
1. Send email to members for head count.
Clean Up:
All members
Responsibilities:
1. Break down and clean up.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Monthly Meeting Minutes - November
Though the evening temperature was a little bit cool as the autumn night approaching, the Thanksgiving eve was quiet and peaceful at DFW Technology. The conference room was warm and bright, the air was sweet. Grace and Dave brought in some home made pecan nut cake and Walt brought a bag of Premium chocolate candies. The President prepared some good taste Chinese hot tea. The November Monthly Meeting was a big time for all of us. The attendants were less than half of usual, yet the accomplishment was more than double.
Attendants:
1. Pauline Chen
2. Dave Tyler
3. Grace Tyler
4. Deming Zhou
5. Windus Wong
6. Sujie Tong
7. Walt Hsu
8. Fangli Hsu
9. Greg Hoh
Discussions and President Reports:
1. Photo Contest entry deadline further extended to 6:00 PM, Friday, 11/30.
2. Saturday afternoon, 12/1, will be the judgment time. Five judges will be invited, three internal, two external.
3. Announcement will be made and prizes will be presented by the President in the Annual Party.
4. The Annual Party will be on Friday, 12/7, from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
5. A pre-party meeting will be held on Wednesday, 11/28, at 7:00 PM at DFW Technology. The following 12 individuals are requested to present (all other members are welcome if you would):
[1] Pauline Chen
[2] Walt Hsu
[3] Li Su
[4] Linfen Hwang
[5] Windus Wong
[6] Grace Tyler
[7] Tina Huang
[8] Grace Huang
[9] Howard Lie
[10] David Hsu
[11] Dr. Lai
[12] Greg Hoh
Note: Annual Party is the biggest event of the year. Your participation is vital to the success of the Association.
6. Guests are welcome to the Annual Party.
7. To participate in the Annual Party, members are free; families $5.00 per person; guests $10.00 per person.
8. Programs of the party:
[1] Dinner
[2] Annual activity review
[3] Photo contest announcement and prizes presentation
[4] Winners' photo sharing and background stories
[5] Full attendance announcement (two members)
[6] Elections for 2008 President and Vice President
[7] Keynote speaker on photography
[8] Event photo taking (everyone is encouraged to bring cameras)
[9] Flea market (exchange, sell and buy used equipment)
[10] Karaoke
Best regards,
Pauline Chen
President of NTAPA
p.s. Our prizes are far below planned, your kind donations are welcome!
Current status:
[1] Pauline Chen $200
[2] Dr. Lai $200
[3] David Hsu $200
[4] Greg Hoh $50
[5] Dave Tyler Gifts
[6] Howard Lie A 16" vy 20" color print for each of the 3 winners of the advanced group
Your Help will be highly appreciated!!
Monday, November 5, 2007
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