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Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 Entries now open for the

(Please note that the AGM will be combined with an E & D Presen- 2021 Annual CTPS Competition
tation that will follow straight afterwards. For more information Members may enter up to two images in each of 8 categories
go to page 8) making a total of 16 possible entries. It is not necessary to enter
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the all categories. Any image, regardless of when it was taken, is eli-
Cape Town Photographic Society will be held on Wednesday gible. It need not have been entered in a monthly competition.
15 September 2021 at 19h00 via Zoom. Requests for any The only restriction is that no image may be used that has been
motion(s) to be placed before the AGM should reach the secre- entered in a previous CTPS annual competition.
tary by e-mail at least seven days prior to the date of the meet- The categories are:
ing: info@ctps.co.za • Open Colour
Call for nominations of Council Members • Open Monochrome
In terms of the Clause 4.2 of the Constitution, the Society invites • Nature including wildlife
members to nominate candidates for election to Council. Three • Photojournalism
of the current Council members are currently mid-term. • Art photography
Council thus calls for nominations for candidates to fill the re- • Portraiture
maining positions which include: • Scapes
• Macro and Close up photography
• President
• Vice-president A winner and two runners up will be declared in each category
• Treasurer and the overall winner will be the photographer earning the
• Secretary highest number of points. The points will be allocated as: Win-
• Competitions Convenor ner - 3 points, 2nd place - 2 points and 3rd place - 1 point. The
• E&D Convenor winner of each category will receive a silver medal and the over-
Nomination forms completed by the proposer and candidate all winner will receive a gold medal. Certificates will be awarded
to 2nd and 3rd places.
and are to reach the secretary by e mail at least seven days prior
to the date of the meeting: AGM@ctps.co.za Images must be entered using the Photovaultonline upload
portal. Images should be sized the same as for the monthly
competitions, i.e. 1920 x 1080 pixels, and a maximum of 2
CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS’ STATUS FOR RE-ELECTION Mbyte. Entries close on the 31st October 2021.
Elected 2019 (end of current term) The winners will be announced at the Annual Awards Event at
President Richard Goldschmidt not available the end of the year.
(end of 2nd term)
Vice-president Ken Woods not available
Treasurer Nicol du Toit available Forthcoming Weekend Outing
Secretary Margaret Collins available to the West Coast
Competitions Lesley Parolis available This outing is going
Convenor to be held from Fri-
day 17th September
E&D Convener Kim Stevens available until Saturday 19th
Property and Detlef Basel retiring of September, to-
venue wards the end of the
flower season. Mem-
Elected 2020
bers were notified of
Public Relations Mike de Villiers mid-term this outing in Janu-
Publications of- Anna Engelhardt mid-term ary and requested to
ficer urgently book their
accommodation with SANParks inside the border of the West
Webmaster Andre Mouton mid-term Coast Park. Some did so back then.
According to our President (and organiser) Richard Gold-
Annual membership fees remain the same schmidt, all accommodation is now fully spoken for, with the
possible exception of some expensive private rental cottages
Annual membership fees became due on 1 August 2021. The in Churchhaven, where the outing will be based. Members who
amount for this financial year remains R300. Please be so kind as still wish to come on this outing have the option of finding ac-
to pay it by doing an EFT directly to our bank account at First Na- commodation outside the park in Langebaan, and joining the
tional Bank, Account No. 627 083 39868, Branch Code 250655. rest of participants between the gate opening times of 07.00
Please also put the word “Membership” followed by your name and 18.30. For further information, please email richard@gold-
and surname in the recipient reference so that we can identify schmidt.co.za.
your payment. If you use any other form of payment other than
an EFT from your online bank account, please add R50 for bank
charges.

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