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Cape Camera January 2024

News from the Council

As we enter the new year we are make CTPS stronger and better
introducing several new initia- and membership more en-
tives that Council hopes will joyable, several members
appeal to our members. said that they wished for
assistance with creating a
The first is a change of panel, or a Body of Work
personnel, with Sally-Ann (BOW). Others asked that
Spooner replacing Rudi the salon Special Interest
Pothas as secretary. This Group (SIG) we had a few
came about when we dis- years ago, be resurrected.
covered that Rudi has a pas-
sion for collection and preser- Both these wishes will now be
vation, especially old cameras, granted.
and that he was willing to volunteer All members interested in working on producing a BoW,
to take responsibility for our archives, memora- instead of only single images, are invited to a preparatory
bilia and storage venues. meeting on Monday, 28 February, where Kim Stevens will
Read more on p5 about Sally-Ann, our camera displays in discuss the plans going forward. She says the main focus
the Cape Science Centre and the memorabilia and books will be on the creative journey and if all goes well, partici-
in our storage facility in Ottery. pants can aim for an exhibition of their work at the PSSA
congress CTPS is organising in Struisbaai in August 2025.
Some of the publications in our collection date from the
early years of CTPS and are in a fragile state. Flooding of If you are interested in joining this introductory meeting,
the library area of our club house in the Cape Quarter re- please contact Kim at kim@limelightfoto.com after Feb-
sulted in some water damage, which has been excarcebat- ruary 8th (when she'll be back from overseas).
ed by the heat and dust in the current storage facility. Part The aims, plans and workings of the salon group will be
of Rudi's responsibility will be to find safe storage for the discussed at the introductory meeting on February 22nd
valuable documents and books and to investigate options at 7pm. All CTPS members are welcome, whether they are
for their preservation. seasoned salon participants, or beginners, and meetings

Sally-Ann had previously expressed interest in assisting will be held via Zoom. Read more on p7 or contact me on
the Society and when the secretarial position became va- nicol@sportstrader.co.za.
cant, I managed to twist her arm to fill the post. We are Nicol du Toit
looking forward to working with her in this key position. President
At the strategic planning meeting last year, where mem- Please contact CTPS on info@ctps.co.za and visit the web-
bers could express their wishes for activities that would site 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
Editorial team
Off-Council workers Cape Camera Editor Trudi du Toit
Weekend outings Richard Goldschmidt Proofreader Lesley Parolis
Member promotions Jacoba van Zyl Competitions Lesley Parolis
Members & Events Joyce Goldschmidt (assist) Events Photographer Joyce Goldschmidt
Body of Work Kim Stevens Judges comments Anna Engelhardt
Facebook Kim Stevens & Steff Hughes Member profiles Dave Gordon
Investments Richard Goldschmidt Publisher Andre Mouton
AV Group Ken Woods PS Tips Kim Stevens
Venue Assist Phil Green Travelogues Brian Jones

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