PHOTOGRAPHER SUMMER 2000 Annual Membership Meeting Minutes the Annual Business Meeting of the Making a Few Changes
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Ohio News SUMMER 2000 Photographer PAGE 2 OHIO NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER SUMMER 2000 Annual membership meeting minutes The Annual Business Meeting of the making a few changes. The board would need Ohio News Photographers Association was them by the summer board meeting. called to order on April 8, 2000 with officers A round of applause began the discussion Bob DeMay, Ed Suba, Jr., Lisa Dutton, Vince of the newsletter by DeMay. People are very ONPA Association Inc. Shivers, Kimberly Barth and David I. happy with it. The biggest need is for more Ohio News Photographers Andersen present. It took place during the information and tidbits from members. If lunch hour of the Annual Convention held in something interesting has happened at you Board Chairman Bob DeMay Cleveland. paper or with co-workers, simply e-mail Phone (800) 777-9477 The first order of business was handled DeMay. He also invited members to write E-mail [email protected] by Richard Bixler who swore in all current articles. officers to another two-year term. There was no old business. President Ed Suba, Jr. A motion was then made to waive the Under New Business, it was announced Phone (800) 777-9477 reading of the previous meeting’s minutes, that The ONPA Board and the Beacon Journal which passed. would be hosting the 2001 convention at E-mail [email protected] Barth reported that the ONPA’s checking Attwood Lake Lodge near New Philadelphia account was in good shape. The organization on March 30-31. Volunteers are needed to Still Vice President Lisa Dutton lost $491 in 1999. She also stated that last help out. This will be the 50 anniversary of Phone (419) 724-6143 year’s convention, which was held in Dayton, the organization and its history will be empha- E-mail [email protected] lost $1,972. sized. Any members with information they DeMay had talked with Still Monthly think would be useful should get in touch with TV Vice President Vince Shivers Clip Contest Chairman Chris Parker who a board member. Phone (330) 744-8821 reported that there is a need to separate the The ONPA’s website was the next topic E-mail [email protected] News category into General News and Spot of discussion. The general feeling was that it News. Also it will be easier and faster to get needs to be beefed up. Forum discussions, out the results if entrants put their e-mail links to personal websites, pictures and video Secretary David I. Andersen address on the back of the entries. clips of winners were among the ideas tossed Phone (216) 999-4156 The Annual Picture Contest was dis- around. Mark Duncan reported that he has E-mail [email protected] cussed next. Suba, who has been the interim had numerous problems with the Ohio.net chairman, said that we had more entries this server presently used. They also provide only Treasurer Kimberly Barth year and the quality was up. A discussion then 5 megs of space. Phil Long then made two Phone (800) 777-9477 followed on making the competition digital motions. The first was to secure a domain E-mail [email protected] instead of slides. DeMay and Suba talked name. The second was to seek a donated site about their experience judging a digital con- with 15 megs of space. If it can not be found test in Pittsburgh. The biggest problem they the ONPA would pay for the space. Both Still Clip Contest Chris Parker saw would be people following the directions. motions passed. Later in the day Mark Duncan Phone (614) 841-1781 If you did not do it correctly, the judges would secured www.onpa.org. E-mail [email protected] not see your picture. It was decided that the The final item on new business was the judging will stay in Columbus because the George Smallsreed Estate. DeMay reported TV Clip Contest David Colabine turnout has been good. Finally, David Polcyn that the estate is settled and the money is in a Phone (513) 763-5443 volunteered to chair next years Annual Picture trust. A tax lawyer has been hired and should E-mail [email protected] Contest. Thank you David. have the money figures in time for the next New television contest chairman Tony newsletter. The board would like input from Annual Still Contest Ed Suba Giordullo reported that sending the tapes out members on the best way of using the money. to be judged worked well and they plan to The operating fund should enable the board to Phone (800) 777-9477 continue doing that. David Colabine and keep dues where they are currently. E-mail [email protected] Giordullo are pushing members to enter the The meeting was then adjourned. quarterly clip. It can be a great help with the Annual TV Contest Tony Giordullo annual contest. They have been discussing David I. Andersen/ONPA Secretary Phone (513)412-5055 E-mail [email protected] Job moves Thomson sell off Peggy Turbett has joined The Plain Ohio News Photographer Thomson Corp announced June 14 that The official publication of the Ohio News Dealer as an assistant picture editor on the it had reached an agreement to sell The Photographers Association Inc. night desk leaving The Cincinnati Enquirer Repository in Canton, Ohio to The Copley Press, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. where she held the position of assistant Bob DeMay photo director. A week earlier Thomson had sold 38 Editor Joining the staff at The Cincinnati properties, including eight in Ohio, in a deal Phone (330)244-0155 Enquirer as a staff photographer is Brandi with Gannett and Community Newspaper E-mail [email protected] Stafford who spent the last eight years in Holdings. The Ohio publications were all Tulsa, OK. acquired by Gannett and include the Address letters and correspondence Kent State University student Louis Telegraph-Forum (Bucyrus), The to the editor at: Chillocothe Gazette, The Coshocton Sanchez interned at The Cincinnati Tribune, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, News 8300 Sapphire Ave NE Enquirer this summer and will spend this Journal (Mansfield), The Marion Star, The North Canton, OH 44721 fall interning at the Akron Beacon Journal. Advocate (Newark), Times Recorder Fellow classmate Jason Kaye spent the (Zanesville), The Journal-News (Hamilton) summer as an intern at The Vindicator in and Middletown Journal. Ohio Online Youngstown. Gannett, also recently announced that Kendall Griggs left his position at it had given its local newspapers approval to www.onpa.org WNWO-TV in Toledo to join WCPO-TV run advertisements on their front pages. in Cincinnati. Hirt Media Company has acquired The Webmaster Mark Duncan Also leaving the Toledo area for Galion Inquirer in a sale effective May 8. Phone (216) 771-2172 Cincinnati is Molly Corfman who will Hirt Media currently owns seven weekly E-mail [email protected] freelance there. papers in Ohio. SUMMER 2000 OHIO NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER PAGE 3 Odds ‘n ends ONPA web site gets a new address: www.onpa.org Bill Wade, former The ONPA web site has a new host and a new Duncan more flexibility in content and format which staff photographer at the address which should make the site much easier to he is currently working on with Jim Arnold of Akron Beacon Journal find for one and all. Ohio.com. now on staff at the ONPA has purchased the domain onpa.org which Visitors to the site have seen a members only area Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is the new address for the web site. The site was for- which requires a password to access. The area is under recently was named the merly hosted on the servers of Ohio.net courtesy of construction and members will be furnished pass- Pennsylvania Press the Medina County Gazette. The site is now being words when complete. Photographers hosted by Ohio.com courtesy of Jim Arnold. Webmaster Mark Duncan and ONPA President Association’s Ohio.com is the internet division of the Akron Beacon Ed Suba, Jr. are working together on the content for Photographer of the Year. Journal. the site. If you have any suggestions feel free to pass Wade went to dinner fol- The switch in hosts allows web master Mark them along. lowing the judging and got a very accurate fortune cookie. It read, “ your luck Dominican Duel has been completely wins Detrich trip changed today.” Former ONPA mem- around the world ber Sharon Cekada of Block News Alliance photographer Allan The Post Crescent in Detrich was the 2nd Appleton, Wisconsin was place winner in the Million- selected as the Wisconsin Dollar Moment contest News Photographers sponsored by Association’s PhotoPoint.com. Detrich’s Photographer of the Year. prize is a trip for two Cekada is a graduate of around the world valued Kent State University. at $20,000. His entry, “Dominican Duel” was A digital pundit had taken in 1994 while this to say about his digi- working on a story about tal experience recently on baseball in the a discussion list. This is Dominican Republic. how I describe the D1 Seattle Times photogra- experience: You are pher Steve Ringman strapped into the front captured first place and seat of a new super duper a prize of a million dol- lars. roller coaster. As the coaster pulls away from the gate, someone hands you a full cup of hot cof- fee and says, have fun. BestThe winingof the clips frombest 1999 results were kept in their 3rd - Alysia Peyton, Columbus Dispatch, "My Fair Ladies" Incidently the observation categories and rejudged as a group to determine HM - Eric Albrecht, Columbus Dispatch, "Sammy was that of former ONPA the Best of the Best for the year.