October 2014 Meeting preview

To all DPI-SIGmembers and other interested parties:

Our next meeting is this Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 7 p.m.

Please submit your theme photos by Tuesday, October 7, 2014, for inclusion in this month’s slideshow.? The theme for this month is:” J U S T M O N O C H R O M E.Members are eligible to submit 6 pictures or a 2 minute video to: dpi-theme@naples.net. Please follow the guidelines on our web site listed below, to resize your photos.

Richard Tindell will distribute the award ribbons for the DPI-SIG’s 3rd Competition of 2014. The two judges for the competition were Quentin Roux of the Marco Island Sun Times, and Erik Kellar. Both judges will be at the meeting.

The competition award winners have been posted on the website: https://dpi-sig.org. Click on – Member Photo Galleries; DPI-SIG Competition Winners; 2014 Third Competition Winners.

Peggy Farren, of Understand Photography, will be at the meeting at 6:30 p.m., if you would like to bring your camera for cleaning or repair to Southern Photo Technical Service. The $25 covers shipping and packaging both ways for most items.

If time allows, Curtis Tackett will have an “Ask the Expert” session.

 

Reminder: Don’t forget to bring money to buy a DPI-SIG mug! Price is $12.00 each and is a fund raiser for our camera club.

 

As always, several door prizes will be available for our members and any new members who join at the meeting.?

Don’t forget to bring a dollar or two. Please make a donation in the receptacle provided at the entry table to help offset the rental cost of the conference room. Many thanks to all who contribute each month.

If you have any?photography training CD’s or DVD’s that you are no longer using, and would like to donate?to the DPI-SIG Members’ Library, please bring them with you Thursday night.

 

Don’t toss those photography magazines or books! Bring them to the meeting to distribute on the “Free” table. If you are a member, you may also offer photography items on the “For Sale” table.

 

Hope to see you at our 123rd meeting on Thursday night!

 

……All Meeting Previews & Meeting Notes are posted on our web site: dpi-sig.org/breaking-news.

Betty Saunders (for Sonny Saunders & Bill Coakley)?DPI-SIG Website: https://dpi-sig.org

 

DPI-SIG is a special interest group of the Naples Free-Net, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit organization providing education and internet services to over 4,000 registered members and the public at-large. The Naples Free-Net is totally run by volunteers and the only remaining Free-Net in the country.

 

DPI-SIG meetings are held, unless published otherwise, at 7 p.m. each second Thursday of the month at the Conference Center, Building J, of Florida SouthWestern State College (formerly Edison State College), Lely Campus. Turn west onto Lely Cultural Drive, at the first traffic light south of Rattlesnake Hammock Road on Route 951 (Collier Blvd.). We are permitted to park in Staff Parking for our DPI-SIG meetings (the parking lot in front of Building J.)

 

PLEASE REMEMBER: FSW IS A SMOKE-FREE CAMPUS!!!