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Cape Camera July 2024

News from the Council

It is truly wonderful to see how presentation on Tabletop Pho-
many of our members are suc- tography this month — de-
cessfully participating in sa- spite not being well her-
lons. At the end of the last self — and it would have
Impala Trophy year 28 of been great if the hall had
our members appeared on been full.
the PDI log, and eight CTPS Is it due to the winter
members feature among the storms that people are not
Top 20 on the print table. keen to venture outside?
The print star was again Kim Does zoom make it too easy
Stevens, who was the runner-up on to stay at home? Did you not receive
the print log (see p7). the Snapshots with information? Are you simply too
KIm had a magnificent start to the new Impala Print busy with other activities? Or are there perhaps other
year, earning a cool 20 print points in the Witzenberg reasons for not attending that you would like to share
salon. But, quite a few CTPS members performed ex- with us?
ceptionally well in this salon. Do yourself a favour and Please come and join us at our social evening – with
enjoy feeling proud while you read about the CTPS sa- the lure of snacks and drinks – and participate in our
lon performance from p8 onwards. image evaluation session on September 18th. We
While the enthusiasm of our members for entering sa- would really like to talk and socialise with you during
lons can not be doubted, council members are some- this evening, which has always been very popular. And
what concerned that there is not the same enthusi- you are most welcome to share anything that you be-
asm for joining in our monthly outings and attending lieve we can do better with any of the council mem-
our E&D evenings in person. bers (they are the people with the blue badges).
We do, of course, realise that many of our members Alternatively, please drop me a line if you have any
live far away -— several overseas — and we are very suggestions about how we can make your club experi-
grateful that they join us on zoom. Our concern is with ence more enjoyable. We are here to serve you.
the members who live in Cape Town, who do not want
to join us on outings or attend the very interesting Nicol du Toit
talks or workshops we’ve offered. CTPS President
Yvette Jordaan went to a lot of trouble to with her nicol@sportstrader.co.za

Please contact CTPS on info@ctps.co.za and visit the website www.ctps.co.za .
Contact CTPS Council

President Nicol du Toit 082 377 8285 Outings Andre Mouton 071 892 1981
Vice-President Lesley Parolis 082 780 6925 Archives/Storage Rudi Pothas 082 516 9215
Secretary Sally-Ann Spooner 079 274 2073 Cape Camera Trudi du Toit 082 572 6127
Treasurer Andre Mouton 071 892 1981 Website/Snapshot Andre Mouton 071 892 1981
Competitions Lesley Parolis 082 780 6925 Venue Mike de Villiers 074 113 1415
E & D Steff Hughes 082 356 3979 Public Relations Trudi du Toit 082 572 6127
Members & events Anna Engelhardt 082 413 2112

Off-Council workers Editorial team
Weekend outings Richard Goldschmidt Cape Camera Editor Trudi du Toit
Member promotions Jacoba van Zyl Proofreader Lesley Parolis
Members & Events Joyce Goldschmidt (assist) Competition images Lesley Parolis
Body of Work Kim Stevens Judges comments Anna Engelhardt
Facebook Kim Stevens & Steff Hughes Member profiles Dave Gordon
Investments Richard Goldschmidt Snapshot Andre Mouton
AV Group Ken Woods Travelogues Brian Jones
Salon Group Nicol du Toit Events Photographer Joyce Goldschmidt

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