Monthly Meeting Minutes - September

The September meeting, chaired by the President, Pauline Chen, was held last night as scheduled at DFW Technology.

Attendants are:

1. Richard Chen
2. Mrs. Chen
3. Deming Zhou
4. Windus Wong
5. Rick Pang
6. Li Su
7. Anita Thurmond
8. Greg Hoh
9. Pauline Chen
10. Lin Hwang
11. Howard Lie
12. Ellen Han (returned)
13. Walt Hsu
14. Fangli Hsu
15. Yingbi Wan (new)
16. Phong Tran (new)
17. Grace Tyler (new)
18. Dave Tyler (new)
19. Edwin Wang (new)

We missed:

1. Charles Lai
2. Ming Zeng
3. Jerry Chen
4. Meigin Plum
5. Joyce Wang
6. Tina Huang
7. David Hsu
8. Frank Lee
9. Lei Zhou
10. JJ Lin
11. Lei Wang
12. Rick Hsieh

General:

Meeting started on time. The President first expressed our warm welcome to the new members, and had them, one by one, make brief self introduction.

Among them, Dave Tyler is an experienced photographer. Hope he can help us in many ways in future.

Balloon Festival:

Howard prepared the 3-day event schedules for us. The majority interested in joining the fun. Those who prepare to go will get together at the Plano DART Station at Parker Road and K Ave early Saturday morning (9/29). We will take the first Bus to the Balloon gate together.

The bus is free. The ticket is $5 for one entrance and $8 for double entrances. Howard suggested you buy the double entrance ticket so that you can go in the morning and then, again, in the late afternoon, as the golden time to shoot the balloon games is early in the morning and late in the afternoon. During 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, you can go to the Arboretum to visit the Fine Art Fair and Dr. Lai’s booth, where you can also take flower pictures.

A few of us will go Friday afternoon and/or Sunday morning because of schedule conflicts.

Fine Art Fair at Dallas Arboretum:

Dr. Lai will have his art booth (No. 61) on both 9/22 (Saturday) and 9/23 (Sunday) inside the garden. He is expecting your presence to visit his exhibition. Pauline, Windus and Greg will be there Saturday. Pauline will buy an annual pass for NTAPA. Windus is a TIer and using his TI badge he can take 5 friends with him free in this particular day.

So if you go by yourself, call either one of them at the gate, they will come out to take you in free.

Caddo Lake Trip:

We did not make it in May; we will try to make it happen in late October or early November. Some like to spend a night over the lake so that can take the evening and the morning pictures. Those want to go and come back in the same day can do so, too! Richard is helping to survey hotel prices and related info.

Autumn Photo Contest:

The cutoff date is 10/30. The President urges us to turn in photos now. The game is about the same as our first photo contest. The prices may vary a little bit. Details will be announced in a later date.

Yearend Party and Election:

It will be held in the DFW Technology Activity Center. Due to the busy schedules in December, our tentative date 12/15 may change. Will announce when closer.

Photoshop for Portrait:

David Hsu is still in Taiwan; Walt Hsu gave a 20-minute real time demonstration in the meeting. Everyone was interested. Self practice at home is needed after viewing the demo, or you will soon forget everything.

Photo Sharing:

Li Su, Yingbi Wan, Richard Chen, Walt Hsu, Greg Hoh shared their photos in the meeting. Some discussions of an educational nature in the meeting have led to solutions for future improvements. That’s good point.

Dave Tyler has brought a lot of his works, in print-out 11’ x 8’ hard copies, to share with all. They are all very beautiful photos.