For all our members that could not attend, I’ve attached the April agenda as a summary of our meeting. This is a resource for what we have done and what we are planning to do so use it as a reference.
This month I put out the sign-up sheets for Hospitality and Volunteers. We are a small club, currently 55 members and we need everyone to pitch in. Out of the 55 members, 14 have brought refreshments and some have brought more than once. That is not a very good percent. For 11 months of meetings, 3 members per meeting, that is 33 members. We have more than enough members for each to bring one item a year. Hospitality has openings for the remaining months except for May. If you did sign up please let Maggie know if you will be attending. This last meeting the member who signed up for drinks did not attend thus no drinks. Send me a note at (president@kwphotoclub.com) if you can help. We appreciate your generosity.
We also need door watchers. For years Darrell Hancock stayed by the door to let in our members. The church will not allow us to leave the door unlocked so someone must babysit it. We had one volunteer last night, Kelly Roxburg, but Chuck would like a few more. It is not a difficult job and it just means that you arrive early and come up 5 minutes after the meeting starts. It is also important for our members to come on time otherwise they may be locked out and miss the meeting entirely. Contact Chuck
(admin@kwphotoclub.com) if you’d like to help him out.
Our speaker, Mike Allison of Raptor Aerial Services LLC was resourceful and very knowledgeable regarding drone photography. He talked about some of his experiences with flying drones, like his first flights and how he got the buttons mixed up and flipped the drone. Also learning that a 40 mph wind can stop all forward motion from the drone.
I was surprised by how drones are being used today. Mike mentioned he has done mapping, also used by farmers, law enforcement, movies, real estate and I read today that drones were used to fight the Notre Dame Cathedral fire. The FAA has authority for commercial drone flying with knowledge and certification requirements. Mike had quite a range of drones on display, one question we all wanted to know, what was the price range for a drone and camera. His reply, from a small drone around $700 to several thousands of dollars. Not much different than a good camera and lens. Excellent participation from the audience and we might see a few more drone photos in the future!
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