Our first club night of the new season began on 1st September 2022, where we were happy to introduce some potential new members to the club. For the first time since 2019 we had all the attending club members in the same room! We took the opportunity to chat over tea and biscuits, catch up, and look at some of the work that club members had produced over the last year. I gave a presentation which introduced members to the new club programme:

There have been some changes to the club meetings since the last season:

• There are no longer compulsory covid restrictions at Fisherrow, although members are welcome to wear a mask and use the hand sanitizer. We are still intending to broadcast the meetings by Zoom but hope that most members can join us in person.
• Our club meetings now start at 7pm, which allows more time for tea and coffee before the 9pm Fisherrow closing time. Meetings which involve another club might start later, so check your programmes.
• The club has a new, faster laptop with a high-resolution screen!
• Our print competitions are back to normal, which means that we are back to accepting 3 mounted prints plus 3 JPEGs.
• The storage space at Fisherrow is being reduced. We now have a new cupboard in room G3 which will store our most commonly used items. The club lighting equipment will be moved to the cupboard under the stairs.

During the meeting I gave the following announcements:

• There was going to be a Musselburgh Communities Day on Saturday, 10th September, 11am-3pm, at the Brunton Hall, but this has now been cancelled. It might be rescheduled at a later date. Watch this link for further information: https://www.activeeastlothian.co.uk/event/musselburgh-communities-day-1732
• Please submit your 3 images for the Digital Projected Images competition to George Todd (georgetodd1957@me.com) by 15th September 2022
• The Scottish Half Marathon takes place on Sunday, 18th September at 11am.
  See https://www.scottishhalfmarathon.com/
• This link gives a summary of some photographic events happening in Edinburgh over the next 12 months: https://www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/events/photography/

I hope you all enjoy the new season. Please don’t forget to contact Stephen Williams (sgpwilliams@outlook.com) to rejoin the club.