News Photographers Association of Canada /
Association des photographes de presse du Canada
(NPAC/APPC)
2014 Annual General Meeting Minutes
Held Saturday, May 24, 2014
UBC Robson Square
1. Call to Order
• The meeting was called to order by President John Lehmann.
2. Adoption of Agenda
• Jack Simpson motioned to accept the agenda. It was seconded by Mark Cohene.
3. Adoption of Previous Minutes
• Joe Bryksa motioned to accept the adoption of the previous minutes from April 27th, 2013. Seconded by Jenna Hauck.
4. Financial Reports
• Lily Liu, our representative from Acro Accounting went through the financial reports in greater detail to the membership at hand. The financials were accepted and adopted by Ric Ernst and seconded by Jenna Hauck. A copy of the financials to be posted online on the NPAC website.
5. Business Arising
• No business arising from the minutes.
6. New Business
• Jimmy Jeong raised the question that as more and more photographers are now freelancing, what type of support is being provided by our organization to help with the transition. John Lehmann advised that we have recently connected with the Canadian Media Guild who is actively involved with working with Freelancers and offer considerable support options.
• Jimmy suggested that a list of freelance supports and potential work could be listed on the NPAC website that members can access to gain more resources and potential jobs.
ACTION: It was determined that Jimmy, John Lehmann and Darryl Dyck will look into resources and will create a new tab for the NPAC website for supports for freelancers.
• John Lehmann advised that we may now be able to look into advancing photojournalism projects and that we should look into potential partnership and sponsorship opportunities to offset costs associated.
ACTION: Ali Ledgerwood and John Lehmann to discuss what this would look like for future sponsorship opportunities and John Lehmann to work with members interested in participating to create more projects.
• John Lehmann advised that as part of the NPAC mandate for greater transparency in the organization we decided to live-stream the judging for the NPOY this year. The Executive was very happy to report that at one point there were 150 viewers watching the judging live. It was determined that next year we will have the finalist discussion available on the NPAC site after the awards ceremony as there was some fascinating discussions and it could be a great benefit as a learning tool for those submitting next year.
• John Lehmann wrapped up the discussion by thanking everyone who was involved with the NPOY and conference planning. He acknowledged that without the volunteers, there would be no organization, let alone conference and we couldn’t do it without you.
7. Election of Executive
• As it was determined at the last AGM of April 27th, 2013, the Executive had agreed to have a two-year stint to ensure continuity.
• Thereby the Executive consists of:
o John Lehmann, President
o Ben Nelms, Vice-President & Secretary
o Jason Payne, Treasurer
o Ali Ledgerwood, Executive Director (by proxy)
8. Next Meeting Date and Adjournment
• The next meeting is scheduled for May 9, 2015 and adjournment was motioned by Jack Simpson and seconded by Graeme Roy.
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