FreeLists / asmpstlouis / [asmp-stl] St. Louis ASMP: your guide to upcoming events

[Jay Fram <jay@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

ASMP St. Louis is gearing up for an active fall. We're working hard  
to put together an interesting and worthwhile schedule of events, and  
I hope you can join us at some or all of them. A number of things are  
coming up, and I have been remiss in getting the word out, until now...


1) Board Meeting
This Monday, Sept. 11, 6:30pm, at Mangia Italiano on South Grand. All  
are welcome and encouraged, as always. This is not an oligarchy  
unless voter apathy makes it so.

2) NPPA Women In Photojournalism Conference
ASMP National has agreed to pony up the $500 to sponsor the NPPA  
(that's National Press Photographers Association) Women In  
Photojournalism Conference, which will be held Sept. 15 -17 at the  
Radisson Hotel in downtown St. Louis. That sponsorship fee gets us a  
table/booth in the trade show area, where we can hand out ASMP  
materials, answer questions, sign up new members, and generally just  
have a presence.

But we need VOLUNTEERS! ASMP National is taking care of almost  
everything, and in return we need to staff the table. I'd say we need  
at least four volunteers to do about 4 hours each, and it would be  
even better if we could have two people behind the table most of the  
time. Depending on the conference schedule, volunteers will be able  
to attend some of the weekend's presentations and speakers, which are  
otherwise only available to attendees who have paid a hefty fee for  
the whole weekend. The trade show is open from 9am - 5pm on Saturday  
and Sunday, Sept. 16 & 17. I am available on Saturday. Anybody else  
have some time?

To learn more about the conference, including the schedule, check here:
http://www.womeninphotojournalism.org/

3) Chicago Passion and Profession
So far, we have 6 people enrolled to attend the Chicago ASMP Passion  
& Profession weekend, October 13 - 15, at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The  
$275 entry fee covers room, board, and everything for the whole  
weekend except transportation (but you could catch a ride with us).  
Applications are accepted until September 15.

For more on this check out http://www.chimwasmp.org/p&p/.
Or contact organizer Liza Richards at: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

4) ASMP Web Marketing Seminar
The Web Marketing seminar is on Thursday, October 26, 6:30 - 9:30pm,  
at Meoli Studio. Host Blake Discher, a Detroit photographer, was here  
two (or was it three?) years ago with the Marketing, Pricing, and  
Negotiating seminar at Ferguson Katzman studio. Blake's presentation  
was very popular with St. Louis members; we had a large turn-out and  
great reviews.

Entry fee for this seminar is $30 for members, $55 for non-members.  
It's best to pre-register for this event, as registration at the door  
is $10 extra. For more details, and to pre-register, go to:
http://www.asmp.org/commerce/education/event_details.php?id=3.
Or call the national office at: (215) 451-2767, ext. 1203.

5) Photo Scavenger Hunt
The Photo Scavenger Hunt is set for Saturday, November 11. We'll meet  
at a central location in the morning and hand out an assignment list.  
Everyone gets the same list, maybe ten or so items, some of them  
concrete and tangible, and some vague concepts with more room for  
interpretation. You shoot all day (or however long you want). In the  
evening we all meet back up for a meal and a slide show of the day's  
images. If you shoot film, you can display polaroids, or even hit a  
one-hour photo lab.

That's it for now. Don't forget to pre-register for the Web Marketing  
seminar! And if you have a couple hours to give next weekend, we  
could sure use your help at our booth at the NPPA Women in  
Photojournalism Conference.

All of this information is either already, or will soon be, posted to  
our local website at: http://www.asmpstlouis.org/


thanks,
jay

co-prez, ASMP-StL


jay • fram • photography
314.241.4888
www.jayfram.com


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