GTC AGM 2010 BR Amended.rtf - The Guild of Television Cameramen

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Just prior to the AGM on 20th May 'ARRI Cameras - the Next Generation' will have taken place at ARRI Media. At the time of writing (4.5.10) there were serious doubts whether the star turn - the new Alexa 35mm format camera would be available for demonstration (due to delays caused by the volcanic dust cloud). Demo sequences shot on the Alexa and an overview of the workflows involved were still on the cards along with the latest in Arri lighting. Still to Come - 'Meet the Wildlife Filmmakers' - June 28th This features Tim Shepherd - the time-lapse and motion control expert of 'Life on Earth' fame and John Waters - well-known 'Meerkat Manor' cameraman plus contributions from Mike Salisbury, producer of five David Attenborough series and Karen Partridge who is an award-winning natural history producer. The latter will cover sequence building, story-telling and 'wildlife and the law'. Produced in association with Bristol Wildlife Filmmakers. Likely to be sponsored by Panasonic and Pyser-Sgi. Coming in August - 'Data Wrangling and the Work of the D.I.T.' with Dan Mulligan. 'Work in Progress' The 'Red Day Out' at Molinare is getting much closer now the building work is almost finished housing the new Baselight Suite. 'How to Survive as a Freelance' - following the earlier events in London and Birmingham, there is to be another workshop, this time in Manchester. Workshops on 'Health & Safety', '3D' and 'Monitoring in the Field' are also on the list for the coming months. Clive North Zerb Managing Editor Report Credit goes again to our Advertising Manager, James French, for managing to maintain advertising revenues on Zerb, as well as GTC In Focus, in an extremely difficult economic climate. This enabled us once again to publish two very full issues (at 84 pages the Spring issue was the biggest ever). This year my thanks go to Nigel Cooper for his hard work and support as guest editor on the Autumn 2009 issue, and also to Alan Duxbury who has stepped into to the breach (for the second time) and is currently working as guest editor on this year's Autumn issue which, amongst many other topics, will be taking a look at 3D. Thanks also to our designer Mark Williams from Toast Design and the printers, Nuffield Press of Abingdon. In the ongoing quest to make the back catalogue of Zerb more available and searchable, we are exploring options of how to get more editions of Zerb on to the website as downloadable and searchable PDFs. As ever, we continue with the 'guest editor' system on Zerb and so, as always, Alison is on the lookout for editors and contributors. If you fancy doing something different and having a go at editing our industry recognised magazine, please contact Alison on zerb.production.07@gtc.org.uk. GTC Website Administrator's Report
The website continues to grow with a steady stream of members asking to be added to the user database and an increasing number of hits per day. The site was relaunched in the Autumn with a new accordion-style navigation structure with a view to the sidebar being able to accommodate more pages without getting too lengthy. Content continues to grow but we are always glad to be sent more material, especially images suitable for the home page or elsewhere, and links or technical information of interest to other members. If you have an idea for content that it would be good to add to the site, please submit it to Alison Chapman at webadmin@gtc.org.uk. Probably the most noticeable recent addition to the site has been the classified ads section which is already being well used by members with gear to sell. I have not yet been able to gather data on how many sales are resulting from advertising on the site but we are pleased to have been able to respond to a request from members to offer this facility. There are couple of features that can be improved around the logistics of handling ads (like providing a delete facility to the posting member) but these have been noted and the site designers are working on them. Do continue to give us your feedback and suggestions for the site. As we build its presence, it also helps if you can add click-throughs to it from your own sites, so please do continue to do so - if you would like to add the GTC logo, as a member you can download the Guild's logo at 'GTC Logo Downloads' under 'Resources'. Alison Chapman 2010 The following resolution was passed by the meeting: The Annual General Meeting of the Guild of Television hereby resolves to adopt the Chairman’s and Council Officers’ Reports for the period ending 31 st January 2010. Proposed: Tony Covell Seconded: Simon Roe Agreed nem con Statement of Accounts of both the Guild and Zerb Magazine The Guild’s auditor, Terry Abrey, presented written financial statements showing the income and expenditure of both the Guild and Zerb magazine and highlighted the salient points in them. The Guild’s accounts showed a surplus of income over expenditure of £45,470 with its balance sheet detailing assets of £167,910 for the year ending 31 st January 2010. The Zerb accounts showed a trading loss of £17,899 for the year, whilst the balance sheet showed a £83,689 deficit for the year ending 31 st January 2010. Mr Abrey stated the accounts showed the Guild to be in good financial order. In answer to a question from James French, Mr Abrey agreed to show income generated by the website separately in the next year’s accounts. In response to a question from Alan Pettener, Mr Abrey also agreed to show clearly staff costs in future accounts. In response to a question by Tony Covell, Mr Abrey gave his view on the legal status of the Guild and the implications for members of any financial liability. He concluded his report by thanking John Hoare and Simon Roe in the preparation of the accounts. The following resolution was passed by the meeting: The Annual General Meeting of the Guild of Television Cameramen hereby resolves to adopt the accounts duly audited for the period ending on 31 st January 2010 Proposed: Rex PalmerSeconded: Drew Hartley Agreed by a majority, with one abstention
Page 1 and 2: Minutes of the 38th Annual General
Page 3 and 4: Treasurer’s Report As all members
Page 5 and 6: The GTC attended the recent BSC sho
Page 7: A successful year for the workshops

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