Otago Amateur Movie Makers
Incorporated
President’s Report for 2012 AGM
I have much
pleasure in presenting the 2012 President’s report.
75th Anniversary
The
most important activity for the year was undoubtedly the 75th Anniversary
of the founding of the club. Nevill Smith led the sub-committee that organised
the event, arranged the speaker and provided entertainment for the dinner. The
club is an important part of Dunedin’s
heritage and the milestone was suitably marked.
Thank
you Nevill Smith, Andrew Wylie,
Frank Weedon and Robyn Armstrong.
Southern Reels
The
committee believed it was a suitable time to update the history of the club and
a book entitled “Southern Reels” was researched and compiled by Robyn
Armstrong. Thank you Robyn and all those who provided information and
assistance with this history.
Social
The mainstay
of our social programme remains the monthly meetings. This year we encouraged
our members to make up programmes.
This proved
successful and a number of films going back quite a few years again saw the
light of day.
The
Mid-winter’s dinner was again successful.
There is a
balance between education and entertainment and I believe these evenings
successfully achieved that balance.
The Blog site continues
to be a useful adjunct to our communications. It contains information relating
to meetings and happenings around the club and further a field. As time goes by
it will become more and more interesting as a repository of the recent activities
and history of the club.
It has been
accessed by more than 4500 hits.
Competitions
Peter Begg has
kept tabs on the winners and the results of his labours are here tonight.
I would remind
you all that the competition rules have been published on the Blog and they are
also available in written form.
On a national
basis Nevill Smith has again had a major success with a first placing in the
prestigious Arnold Stanbury Competition. We are proud of you Nevill.
Conclusion
Finally I wish
to thank the Committee for their help and assistance during the three years of
my presidency. I want to especially thank Andrew
Wylie who beavers along behind the scenes.
Also to Nevill
Smith for the 75th organisation, Robyn Armstrong for “Southern
Reels”, to our Treasurer Murray Elston and our Vice President Frank Weedon and
the rest of the committee Peter Begg, Gio Angelo, Gordon Caley, and Warren Knox
with Doug Finnie in attendance.
This has been
a successful year but more progress needs to be made in the future.
John Armstrong
President.
Otago Amateur Movie Makers Inc.
26 November 2012
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