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Published by Atlanta Stereographic Association © 1990, 2008
Refocus That Please - by Ralph Reiley
I hope everyone has had a productive summer. I hope that the 2008-2009 ASA club season proves to be informative and entertaining for everyone. At this time we are hoping to make a 2nd appearance at Fernbank in March. This is not definite. The kind folks at Fernbank are in the process of planning their 2009 programs, and I do not know if we are included or not. We may have to have a Plan B in reserve. Any ideas for Plan B would be appreciated.
To start the year off, we will have three things to discuss and vote on at the September meeting. The three things are:
Thing 1: Do we raise club dues, or leave them the same?
Thing 2: Do we end the paper newsletter and go totally e-mail? Do we charge a member an extra fee for the newsletters that do get mailed by the USPS?
Thing 3: Do we end the refreshments at meetings? Do we start a bring-your-own program? Do we charge for refreshments, with profits going into the treasury? Be advised that refreshments will be available as usual in September.
If you have not guessed by now, the nature of the 3 things to vote on all concern money, or, the lack of it in the Club treasury. Thing 1, raising dues, will increase the club treasury. Thing 2, will also increase the club treasury. If we end the paper newsletter that is mailed to everyone 8 times a year, we will have a savings equal to 5 new dues paying members. And finally, Thing 3, is becoming a problem, especially since the president gets stuck providing the refreshments most of the time. .
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This month's program will be our annual show-and-tell (for the great 3D items found/mad/bought /photographed this summer), the report on the NSA Grand Rapids Convention and club competition night. Bring in your Relist-format film slides and stereocards and share them in the competition. We will not have digital competition this month, due to the Hughes' going on holiday.
The meeting is the 2nd Friday of this month – September 12th. We will meet at 7:30 PM at the Congregational Church @ 2676 Clairmont Road (about 1 1/2 blocks south of I-85) This is the Church up the winding road, through the woods. If you have any questions, call Bill Moll @ 706-859-7726 or WHMoll@aol.com. We will meet at the Fortune Cookie in Loehmann's Plaza at Briarcliff and North Druid Hills at 5:30 PM for dinner before the meeting.
Unless you contact Bill Moll, this will be the last paper meeting notice that you will receive. If you do not get an email with the notice, our communication link to you will be gone :-(