Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2007
Place: DFW Technology Conference Room
Attendants:
1. Pauline Chen 陳寶玲 President of NTAPA 2007
2. Charles Lai 賴禎添 Member and Advisor (03/2006)
3. Mrs. Lai 賴太太 Guest
4. Tina Huang 黃金子 New Member (02/2007)
5. Walt Hsu 徐啟祥 Treasurer and the 4th President
6. Jerry Chen 陳Member (04/2007)
7. Anita Thurmond Member
8. Lin Hwang 廖玲芬 Secretary to the President (03/2006)
9. Howard Lie 李孝烈 Member and previous Board Member
10. Ming Zeng 曾鳴 Member (2006)
11. Deming Zhou 周德明 Member (02/2007)
12. Lei Zhou 周 磊 Member (02/2007)
13. Windus Wong 黃進昌 Member (03/2007)
14. Lei Wang 王 蕾 Member (2006)
15. J.J. Lin 林俊傑 Member (02/2007)
16. Tsai-Hsien Lee 李璨顯 Member (3/2007)
17. Chao-Tsu Lee 李吳招治 Guest
18. Richard Chen 陳明昌 Member (3/2007)
19. Greg Hoh 何英富 Board Member (04/2006)
we welcome first time attendants:
1. Justin Yang 楊永生 Guest
2. Plum Mei 梅歆燕New Member (5/2007)
We missed:
1. Dennis Chin 秦 凱 Advisor
2. Su Li 蘇 力 Board Member and the 5th President
3. Rick Pang 龐 勇 New Member (02/2007)
4. Victor Sheng 盛 力 New Member (02/2007)
5. Tony Xu 徐 翔 New Member (02/2007)
6. Fang Li Hsu 蔡芳理 Member
7. Eric Yun 阮怡誠 New Member (2003)
8. Avee Yun New Member(2003)
9. David Hsu 徐景勛 Board Member and the 2nd President
10. Jingsheng Liu
Photo Sharing:
Dr. Lai shared his recent photos and gave oral description of composition of each picture and related techniques.
Windus shared some exciting bicycle skill demo scenes he took in a recent bicycle sport meet. Several good ones were recognized by Dr. Lai.
Walt shared some beautiful bluebonnet pictures.
Lin shared some rare seen photos taken at the Scarborough Renaissance Festival. She visited the place several times last month.
Anita for the first time also shared some kid and animal pictures she took in a zoo.
Jerry always has something special. He shares some colorful and shining pictures he took in the night time.
The President Report:
1. The suggestion of moving the monthly meeting day from Wednesday to Friday did not pass due to many people's schedule conflicts on Friday.
2. Discussion of the 2007 First Photo Contest with the following conclusions:
2007 First Photo Contest
Judges: April Kao, Dennis Chin, Charles Lai, David Hsu
Enter Duration: Now till May 31, 2007
# of Photos Submitted per Person: No limit
Size of Each Photo Submitted: 8” x 10” or bigger
Put name, email address and phone number on back of each photo
Competition Levels: Beginner and Advance
Place to Turn in Photos:
LaserTrek Books Gifts & Music
400 N. Greenville Ave. Suite #8A
Richardson, Tx 75081 Tel: 972-235-8678
Categories: Portrait and Others
3 winners on each Level
3 honorable mentions and 2 people’s choice (mixed)
Winner Announcement: 06/20/2007
Member Enter: Free
Non-member Enter: $3.00 per photo submitted
Annual Membership is $30.00 ($3.00 is deductible if join membership later)
C-weekly to post the news
Prizes:
Free 8 x 10 5 ea donated by Howard Lie
Photography books 3 ea donate by Walt Hsu
Cash $200.00 donated by Ming Zeng
Cash $200.00 donated by Dr. Lai
Cash $200.00 donated by David Hsu
Cash $300.00 donated by Pauline Chen
Winners:
First Place $100.00 per Level, total 2 winners
Second Place $75.00 per Level, total 2 winners
Third Place $50.00 per Level, total 2 winners
People's Choice $60.00 mixed, total 2 winners
Honorable Mention photo book mixed, total 3 winners
First 5 turn in photos free 8” x 10” mixed, total 5 winners
NOTE: The balance ($330.00) will be saved for 2007 Second Photo Contest use.
