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February 9 at 6 to 8pm, McMenamins Edgefield ,
PPO Annual Convention is February 8th through 10th and it looks like they have a terrific program. There is, of course, a fee to attend the entire program, however all Active PMPA members have been invited to attend the Tuesday evening TRADE SHOW from 6 to 8pm. If you need to renew your PMPA membership before the 9th you can do so on the PMPA.net websi
UPDATE - Suppliers Night, Februany 11th
February 11 at 7PM, SMILE Station,
Our annual supplier night, come and see all of the new photographic supplies to take your business to the next level: albums, frames, lighting, labs, etc.
Here's a list of our terrific suppliers... so far... check back as we update.
Daniel Payne - Tualatin Web
Mark Fitzgerald - Digital Darkroom
Sean Roach - Pounds Lab
April Cullett - Studio Gagliano
Derrick Ollar - Excel Frames
Zoran - Rice Studio Supply (Tentative)
Julia Fitzgerald - CPA
Hoot - Art Shippers Production
Ron LeBlanc - Green Screen Wizard
Rob Layman - Pro Photo Supply
More events here
.Cool Improvements to the Website
I had a kid in my class in elementary school named Zach Zorn, the LAST one called for anything if the teachers went alphabetically!
Soooo what happens if a client visits our PMPA web site and searches for "Portrait Photographer" Well, Zach would be thrilled! Website Search results now come up randomly; therefore, all the members who indicate that they specialize in Portrait Photography (or any other specialty) now appear randomly from one search to another.
BTW... Aaron Anderson, too bad you've had it way too easy since kindergarten!
We have several members participating in Gresham's Color Explosion. Check it out! Danny Abrego, PMPA President, commended Focus On Youth as the Association's primary outreach for 2010. Yesterday, the Gresham Outlook published an atricle about Focus On Youth and one of their young artist. It's exciting to see PMPA members and friends doin' exciting things. Read the Article here.
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Notice to Amend By-Laws
The Board of Directors recommended the following changes to the Association's By-Laws and is providing notice that there will be a vote by the membership attending our March 11, 2010 meeting at Loma Smith Photography in West Linn. Any modification to our By-Laws affects each member, so please try to attend. A ?favorable concurrence of two-thirds of the members present and voting? will be required to pass these amendments.
The proposed modification is as follows:
Article V: Membership Organization
Section 5.3.1
Add and include the Standing Committee: Public Relations
Results of this modification to the By-Laws: A Standing Committee of Public Relations would be established and added to our By-Laws. The director of that committee would be included in the Board of Directors.
Note: This committee and position has been in existence for some time under a different title and never established as a Standing Committee, allowing the director of that committee to participate as a Board Member.
Article V: membership Organization
Section 5.3.2
Modify wording as follows: Additional Standing Committees and Committees may be established by the Board as needed.
Results of this modification to the By-Laws: The board may establish new Standing Committees by the Board if the need ever arises, while following Parliamentary Rule as prescribed by our By-Laws.
Article VI Duties of Officers and Directors
Add this sub-section to our By-Laws:
Article XII - Policies
Section 13.1
The Board shall have the power and authority to create policies for the Administration of these By-Laws.
Section 13.2
As an Affiliate of the Professional Photographers of America, Inc., at any time these Policies are in conflict of theirs, the requirements of the Professional Photographers of America, Inc. shall prevail.
You can view our current By-Laws at http://pmpa.net/pdf/PMPA_Bylaws_08L13.pdf
Did you know, members can add a LOGO or Photo to their profile
A recent change to our website profiles allows you to add a small image to your profile. We thought, since we're in a visual business, we might want a graphic as part of our profiles. The board suggest using your LOGO or your personal image however any image may be used. The image will appear at 110pxl
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