Competition nights are always fun! Over 40 people were present, and there were 13 Slides, 21 Prints, 57 Digitals entries, all entering under the theme of “Desert Wildflowers & Desert Scenes” Rich Breault was our judge tonight, giving us wonderful critiques on each and every entry. This is beneficial for the novice photographer as well as the master photographer.

John Shedrick stated the fair signup sheet is on the website. Be sure to also sign up for the fair and sign up on line. There will be no book this year as everything is on-line.

John Shedrick announced the workshop for May 26 - Ted Dayton, Pres. Santa Clarita Photo Club, (gave program on HDR Photography) merge 3 versions of one raw file for HDR like photo. The June 20th workshop – How to prepare photo’s for AV Fair @ Van Dam Bldg @ AV fairground and the June 23rd workshop - Photo Gear Questions and Answers.

Sue Craft made the announcement about the June Annual Meeting –the program will be put on by John Haslett “The Manteno Expedition” - “Pictures of the Year” - Members will be voting on entries by class so this year’s winners should bring their winning entries for the competition. 2009-2010 LPA Officers to be installed.

David Wilkins report for the Newsletter was submitted “No problem with the newsletter and I(Wilkins) would like to thank all who sent in photos and articles. Member submissions have been good and I would like to encourage more pictures and also more articles”.

We briefly discussed the field trips for the club which included May 4-6 to Monterey & Pt. Lobos which was led by Arley Clark and May 17 to Willow Springs Raceway which was led by Glenn Olsen & Lyle Trusty. We again would like to thank all three of these leaders. On May 30th we have another field trip coming up to Anacapa Island, with David and Christine Wilkins as our leaders. Everyone should make their own boat reservations with Island Packers if they want to go on this trip. What a wonderful month, having three field trips. Remember…if you are interested in leading a field trip on being in the committee, go to the website under committees and sign up under fieldtrip. We will be in touch with you.

Dave Anderson and Bonnie Matthews explained why the club was Incorporating LPA as a Non-Profit Org. Questions were asked and answered. Dave brought up at the Board meeting the board voted on and passed and is recommending to the membership an increase in membership dues. The main reasons are 1) the Incorporation of LPA, 2) the yearly insurance expense (Liability Insurance for Board of Directors) LPA will incur, 3) the programs LPA provides to the membership and 4) as a Nonprofit Org we will be able to offer many more benefits to our membership. Dave Wilkins made a motion to ratify and approve the boards recommendation of individual membership dues from $26 to $35, family membership dues from $35 to $45 and junior membership dues from $12 to $15. Terri Garner 2nd the motion. Discussion, Hand vote by membership, Passed

Lyle Trusty presented the slate of nominees for the following positions:
Pres-Dave Anderson; VP-Sue Craft; Treasurer-Nan Carder; Secretary-Bonnie Matthews;
Extra board members are Terri Garner and David Wilkins.
Since no offices are contested, a vote was taken by a show of hands from membership and passed.

Terri Garner gave her report on the LPA BBQ Club Picnic, to be held on June 13th at the Lancaster City Park. In order to keep the per person cost down, we are only asking $5.00 per person to cover the cost of the facility rental and charcoal. The LPA will provide the charcoal to BBQ with. You're on your own to bring your own picnic foods, may be even something to share if you wish, and be sure to bring that special (meat or other) item to BBQ.

Tylene Trout welcomed 2 new members. Thank you for joining us.

Our refreshments for the evening were provided by Lee Simmons. Please consider taking a turn in providing snacks for the evening. Reimbursement from the LPA for up to $30 for snacks.

Kurtiss Humphrey was the winner of the 50/50 drawing.

Aritcle by Bonnie J. Matthews
Photography by Kurtiss Humphrey

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Digital Winners

Master Digital

Nan Carder		Desert Flower
Sue Craft		Under the Desert Sun
Helen Henry		Purple Flowers
David Wilkins		The White Desert
Sue Craft		Joshuas in the Goldfields

Advanced Digital

Anita Kratofil		Sunrise Glow, Death Valley
Dean Webb		Red Rooster
James Pemberton		Teardrop
James Pemberton		Organ Pipe
James Pemberton		Toadstool

Amateur Digital

Glenn Olson		Desert Sunrise
Glenn Olson		Lacy Phacelia
Sharna Lee		Desert Eagle
Scott Shackelford		Wildflower Carpet Grapevine Mtns
Alex Rajadhyaksha		Joshua Bridge

Novice Digital

Sharon Martinez		Yellow Poppy
Sharon Martinez		Waiting
Wayne Staley		Sand Dunes Sunrise
Sharon Martinez		Daisys in a Basket

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Master Prints

Helen Henry		Lupine on Angle
Lyle Trusty		Out To Pasture
Lyle Trusty		Old Boundary Marker
Michael Harris		Poppy Farm

Advanced Prints

Katelyn Humphrey		Wild Poppy
Katelyn Humphrey		Hawaiian Reg
Katelyn Humphrey		Flower with Bee

Amateur Prints

Jerry Stowell		Old, Proud & Prickly
Bill Sutton		Closing for the Night
John Waterbury		Wild Bunch
Bill Sutton		Desert Storm
Bill Sutton		Southern Sierras

Novice Prints

No Entries

Slide Winners

Darlene Sprunger		Paintbrush
Walt Old		Red Rock Desert
Darlene Sprunger		Poppy & Lupine
Darlene Sprunger		Joshua Bloom
Walt Old		Yellow Canyon