The May 6^th meeting is a very important meeting for the club as we will have 3 very important votes.  First we will be voting for the NVPS Board members for the 2008-2009 club year.  Second we'll be voting on changes to the rules of competition and third we will be voting on amendments to the constitution of NVPS.

The nominations are in and were announced at the March 11^th meeting for the 2008-2009 NVPS Board and were published in the April Fotofax.  No additional nominations have been received and the election will occur at the May 6^th Program meeting and the election will be by a voice vote since no additional nominations have been made.  I would like to thank the nominating committee of Sam Schaen and Fred Chitty for bringing together a well qualified slate of candidates:

Board Nominations for 2008 -2009

President: Tom Brett
Co-VPs Competitions:  Sandi Croan & Matthew Schmidt
VP Programs:  Mary O'Neill
Treasurer: Fred Chitty 
Secretary/Historian: Terri Klinkosz 

One April 13, 2008 the NVPS Board met to discuss business of the club.  A discussion of amendments to the competition rules consumed a significant portion of the meeting and this will result in our recommendation for modification to the rules to reduce the number of images from a maximum of 4 images per competition to a maximum of 3 per competition.  Over the last few years it's become a struggle to provide enough time for competitions as to allow judges enough time to provide quality commentary and from time to time the judges have been rushed to get through the large number of images.  This change is consistent with the least objectionable change indicated by the membership poll performed earlier this year. Our Vice-President of Competition Amie Tannenbaum will be bringing forward this amendment to the rules for vote by the membership during the May 6^th program meeting.

Finally there are amendments to the NVPS Constitution and By-Laws which were brought before the Board at the April 13^th meeting and are being brought before the membership for a vote.   The changes are detailed in this edition of Fotofax and will also be voted on at the May 6^th Program meeting.

It's an important night to have your vote heard and shape the future of NVPS.

We'll see you at the club!

Scott Musson - President NVPS
smusson@mindspring.com