club rules & Dues
1) The club shall be called the Harwich and Dovercourt Camera Club and membership shall be open to all those interested in photography.
2) Membership of the club implies the undertaking to comply with and abide by these rules.
3) The annual subscriptions shall be fixed for the following year at the A.G.M.
4) The affairs of the club shall be managed by a committee. The committee has the power to co-opt new members to the committee if deemed necessary.
5) All sitting officers and committee members are eligible for re-election each year at the A.G.M.
6) At a committee meeting four members shall form a quorum and at general meetings six shall make a quorum.
7) Officers' Duties
9) Prints submitted for competitions can be any size, however, they must be mounted on a 50cm x 40cm mount and the backing board must be fixed with double sided tape or adhesive so that when it is stacked it will not adhere to any image underneath it. Maximum entries are 3 colour and 3 black and white or mono.
10) All prints shall have a backing board the same size as the mount to avoid damage to other prints.
11) Prints gaining 1st place will be awarded 7 points, 2nd place 5 points, 3rd place 3 points and 0 point will be awarded for highly commended at the judges discretion.
12) No "point-winning" print shall be re-entered in future competitions.
13) All winning prints shall be made available for selection for inter club competitions.
14) No alteration of, or addition to, these rules shall be made except by the A.G.M.
Annual Membership
Adult: £10 + £3 per each session attended (including refreshments)- Under 18: No annual fee + £1 per session attended
Note: this amendment to session fees was agreed on the 30th March 2015 at a general meeting
2) Membership of the club implies the undertaking to comply with and abide by these rules.
3) The annual subscriptions shall be fixed for the following year at the A.G.M.
4) The affairs of the club shall be managed by a committee. The committee has the power to co-opt new members to the committee if deemed necessary.
5) All sitting officers and committee members are eligible for re-election each year at the A.G.M.
6) At a committee meeting four members shall form a quorum and at general meetings six shall make a quorum.
7) Officers' Duties
- The secretary shall keep minutes of all committee meetings, plus the A.G.M. and conduct the correspondence of the club.
- The treasurer shall collect all subscriptions and moneys due after authorisation by the committee. At the close of each club year a balance sheet shall be drawn up by the treasurer and audited by an auditor appointed for this purpose at the A.G.M.
- The person responsible for the maintenance of the club website is allowed a certain amount of creative licence, but it is the chairman and committee who have overall control of what material is shown on the World Wide Web.
9) Prints submitted for competitions can be any size, however, they must be mounted on a 50cm x 40cm mount and the backing board must be fixed with double sided tape or adhesive so that when it is stacked it will not adhere to any image underneath it. Maximum entries are 3 colour and 3 black and white or mono.
10) All prints shall have a backing board the same size as the mount to avoid damage to other prints.
11) Prints gaining 1st place will be awarded 7 points, 2nd place 5 points, 3rd place 3 points and 0 point will be awarded for highly commended at the judges discretion.
12) No "point-winning" print shall be re-entered in future competitions.
13) All winning prints shall be made available for selection for inter club competitions.
14) No alteration of, or addition to, these rules shall be made except by the A.G.M.
Annual Membership
Adult: £10 + £3 per each session attended (including refreshments)- Under 18: No annual fee + £1 per session attended
Note: this amendment to session fees was agreed on the 30th March 2015 at a general meeting
