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President's Message - January 2012
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Dutchess Regional Professional Photographers, Inc.
DRPP Goals for the Year 2011

1. Renew and maintain our Professional Photographers of America (PPA) affiliation.

2. Maintain or hopefully increase the number of active DRPP Members.

3. Maintain or increase the number of DRPP Members who are PPA Members. (We need to have at least ten members who are active members of the PPA).

4. Organize one or two half-day seminars or group field trips between May 2011 and October 2011.  (Note: Lightroom presentation is scheduled for November 6, 2011). 

5. Get more members involved in DRPP's Print Competition Committee.

6. Have two or three members participate in Membership Committee - greet members        and assist Treasurer in collecting dinner payments at each monthly dinner meeting.

7. Continue to distribute the New Member's "Welcome Kit" created in 2008.

8. Advertise the existence of our DRPP organization - have upcoming meetings published in local newspapers to attract potential new members.

9. Encourage creativity and awareness of photographic trends  (ie: Adobe Lightroom) by openly sharing knowledge with fellow members. 

10. Offer informal critiques of member's Prints during the Social Hour prior to each monthly dinner meeting to encourage greater participation in Print Competitions.

11. Encourage members to join our Board of Directors and possibly fill vacancies on the DRPP Board in April 2012.   The President's Term of Office ends on April 12th, 2012.

12. Utilize our  www.DRPP- NY.org  website to promote our DRPP organization.
a. Display upcoming guest speakers' names and presentation topics.
b. Display print competition winning prints along with judges' comments.
c. Post a listing of videotapes and books that are in our DRPP Library. 
d. Create an 'Ad' screen for selling / buying photography equipment.

13. Continue to post Print Competition winners' names and Prints in local newspapers (with a reference to our website) to hopefully attract new members to join DRPP.

14. Distribute our tri-fold brochure about DRPP to various locations for display. Also distribute brochure at photographer's trade shows - ie: local Bridal Shows. In short -  we need to publicize our existence  -  to attract more members.

Revised as of  April 1, 2011. 

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