Tewin Village

An essential part of the AGM is the election of the Officers and other committee members for 2011 and we have a potential problem this year that you might be able to help with. Our Constitution and Rules state that our Officers must generally stand-down after three years. So far, we have been able to abide by this rule and it has delivered the benefits of limiting the extent of the commitment from the officers and delivering fresh approaches as new Officers are elected. However, our succession planning has failed this year since no one on the committee is willing to take over the role of Treasurer or Secretary when the current Officers stand-down in January after their three years.

Would you be interested in this? Would you be willing to put your name forward for the THACS committee, with a view to taking on the role of either Secretary or Treasurer? If you are able to help or are interested in finding out more about what the roles involve, then please contact the Chairman, Ray Keppler                                              Email: ray@raykeppler.wanadoo.co.uk   Telephone: 01438 717545.

The AGM will be followed by a talk.

Before refreshments, the talk will be Victorian and Edwardian Photographs given by Bob White, who is a founding member of the Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain.

Bob White has been collecting old cameras and photographica for 50 years and has added a number of books, (including three written by himself), albums, snapshots and studio portraits along the way. The subjects range from the portraits of interesting people, famous faces, people with their animals, topographical subjects from home and abroad, the earliest snapshots and early transport.

The talk does not include the old cameras themselves but he would include images of a few to show people what was being used to make the pictures. He intends to bring along to the talk examples of early images e.g. daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, studio portraits, Victorian snapshot albums and albums of scenes, and perhaps a few cameras as well.

This is an important meeting for THACS  and all members are urged to attend. Non-members are very welcome but not able to vote. The committee are looking forward to seeing you on the night!